Senior Project Executive – Owner's Representative, Urban Placemaking

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Convert the owner's goals into a unified approach involving designers, contractors, funders, operators, and public authorities.

• Safeguard the owner's interests and the integrity of their decisions without taking on the role of the builder.

• Formulate delivery strategies and procurement alternatives.

• Suggest professional teams and construction organizations for collaboration.

• Set the integrated baseline for scope, budget, schedule, risk management, and contingencies.

• Oversee changes and create decision documents for the owner, detailing pros and cons.

• Track progress, costs, and quality against the established baseline, and escalate any discrepancies.

• Harmonize owner, operator, and tenant needs for staged handover and occupancy.

• Collaborate with legal, commercial, engineering, safety, and commissioning experts.

• Lead and nurture a project team from the owner's perspective.

• Deliver analysis, recommendations, reporting, and escalation as per the mandate.

• Grant approvals within designated authority when explicitly assigned.

• Engage in joint decision-making with the owner's board, committee, or development leadership.

• Register professional interest for future leadership roles as the owner's representative.

⛳️ Requirements

• Established owner's representatives, senior project executives, and project directors who currently lead owner-side delivery, or credible candidates preparing for such responsibilities.

• Proven ability, or assessed potential, to spearhead owner-side delivery within an appropriate mandate.

• Documentation of owner-side accountability, encompassing projects, usage, scale, procurement methods, appointing entities, and sanctioned decisions.

• Capacity to assess delivery and procurement options and determine what aspects the owner should retain.

• Experience in governing changes while ensuring cost, schedule, and quality remain transparent to decision-makers.

• Familiarity with phased handovers, operator readiness, and occupancy procedures.

• Ability to collaborate with development leadership, designers, and contractors without assuming their responsibilities.

• Comprehension of accountability, collaborative decision-making, and influenced results.

• No strict minimum project value or experience duration is applicable to this Evergreen profile.

• Professional credentials are acknowledged and assessed alongside demonstrated capabilities.

• A current résumé is required for registration.

• Three brief written responses regarding owner-side delivery decisions are needed.

• Registration responses must not contain any confidential information.

🏝️ Benefits

• Membership in the Rutherford Talent Guild™ for accepted individuals.

• Long-term career relationship with Rutherford.

• Curator-led Career Thesis development for approved members.

• Selective introductions to organizations for specific roles where a suitable match exists, following applicable arrangements.

• Access to exclusive talent pipelines and retained searches by Rutherford & Company.

• Opportunity to express interest in fractional or independent consulting roles via the Rutherford Talent Clearinghouse™.

• RutherfordINTEL Assessment interpreted by a curator alongside experience, accomplishments, and goals.

• Professional development priorities identified through the curation process.