Program Controls Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida, +5 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead and unify the Cost Controls and Scheduling teams within a cohesive program controls framework.

• Establish and enforce governance for program-wide controls, including estimating standards, scheduling discipline, and forecasting methodologies.

• Enhance cost and schedule predictability through benchmarking, analytics, and visibility into risks.

• Support client financial stewardship goals by implementing disciplined controls processes and aligning reporting.

• Oversee program estimating throughout scoping, engineered drawing, and final pricing stages.

• Supervise the creation and validation of scoping budgets, engineered drawing budgets, and final pricing estimates.

• Direct portfolio-level benchmarking, market intelligence tracking, and analysis of pricing trends.

• Implement scheduling governance and standards across the entire portfolio.

• Establish practices for schedule development, milestone management, reporting, and forecasting.

• Spearhead portfolio-level forecasting and controls analytics related to cost and schedule performance.

• Create standardized reporting and variance narratives for executive leadership and client stakeholders.

• Maintain controls dashboards, assumption logs, and risk registers.

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Cost Controls and Scheduling teams.

• Set performance expectations, prioritize workloads, and uphold quality standards.

• Drive improvements in controls processes while supporting innovation, automation, analytics, and reporting initiatives.

• Collaborate with Project Delivery, PMO, Design Enablement, Innovation, COE leadership, and client stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Finance, Business, or a related discipline.

• Over 10 years of experience in construction cost controls, estimating, scheduling, or program controls leadership.

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary controls or program management teams.

• Strong grasp of integrated cost and schedule controls methodologies.

• Extensive expertise in construction estimating, scheduling, forecasting, and program controls governance.

• Exceptional leadership and organizational management skills.

• Capability to integrate cost, schedule, and operational data into insights and decision support at the executive level.

• Strong analytical skills paired with financial acumen.

• Ability to influence strategic decisions through credible, data-driven recommendations.

• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with both clients and executive leadership teams.

• Familiarity with architectural and engineering drawings.

• Proficiency in CostX, RSMeans, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Bluebeam, and PlanSwift.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, reporting tools, and data analytics platforms.

• Must have authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care.

• 100% salary paid parental leave.

• Paid Time Off and Company Holidays.

• Early access to earned wages through Daily Pay.

• A supportive culture and a comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical, and emotional health.