About the Role
Cushman & Wakefield's Project Management team is seeking a Senior Project Manager in London to deliver office, mixed-use, and complex refurbishment projects for investor and occupier clients. This role requires end-to-end project leadership from brief to handover, including procurement, contract administration (JCT), and stakeholder management in fast-paced environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead projects through the full lifecycle: brief, feasibility, design, procurement, construction, and close-out.
- Act as the day-to-day client lead, building trusted relationships and providing clear commercial and programme advice.
- Manage consultant and contractor teams, including appointments, scopes, deliverables, governance, and reporting.
- Develop and control programmes, budgets, risk registers, and project controls.
- Run procurement routes and tender processes, including RFPs/ITTs, bid evaluation, and recommendations.
- Deliver contract administration (predominantly JCT), including change control, valuations, instructions, and progress certification.
- Manage stakeholder groups across client, landlord, occupier, design teams, and supply chain.
- Support fee proposals, business development, and cross-selling across the PDS platform.
- Drive quality, H&S, and compliance aligned to C&W governance and client standards.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience delivering commercial/office projects within a consultancy environment.
- Strong capability across cost, programme, risk, and procurement.
- Working knowledge of JCT contracts and contract administration fundamentals.
- Confident stakeholder management and clear written/verbal communication.
- Proven ability to run multiple projects simultaneously and maintain high-quality reporting and controls.
- MRICS (or working toward) and/or MCIOB (Desirable).
- Experience across both investor and occupier projects (Desirable).
- Familiarity with governance-heavy client environments and multi-disciplinary teams (Desirable).
Skills
- Project Management
- Procurement
- Contract Administration (JCT)
- Stakeholder Management
- Budget Control
- Programme Management
- Risk Management
- Reporting
- Commercial Advice
- Client Relationship Management
- Health & Safety
- Compliance
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- MRICS (or working toward)
- MCIOB
Benefits
- Structured career development
- Flexible working
About the Company
- Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a global leader in real estate services, leveraging specialized expertise to deliver innovative solutions and exceptional value to owners and occupiers.
- With 52,000 employees in nearly 400 offices across 60 countries, we are one of the largest firms in the industry, with more than 100 years of history.
- In 2023, we generated $9.5 billion in revenue from our core services.
- Visit www.careers.cushmanwakefield.com to learn more.
Equal Opportunity
- Cushman & Wakefield is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer.
- All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
- Cushman & Wakefield is committed to equity in employment, and our goal is to have a diverse, inclusive and barrier-free workplace.
- If you are a person with a disability and need any other accessible accommodations during the hiring process, you are invited to bring this to the Talent Acquisition Advisor’s attention once they have made contact.
