Associate Director, Project Management- Hospitality

About the Role

The Associate Director of Project Management will join the New York Commercial Real Estate hospitality team, supporting the Vice President of Hospitality to drive growth, profitability, and client service. The role involves extensive travel to client and project sites and includes leadership, business development, and service delivery responsibilities. • Support VP in managing client relationships and generating new revenue and contract renewals. • Lead bid teams and coordinate proposal generation with business generation and senior management. • Present service offerings in client interviews. • Interview prospective candidates for the team. • Provide weekly project, initiative, and staffing updates, highlighting issues and conflicts. • Coach and mentor assigned staff to support their professional growth. • Track margins, forecasts, and financial reports using standard spreadsheets and accounting tools. • Ensure accurate, timely client invoicing and follow up on accounts receivable. • Identify cross‑selling opportunities and develop U.S. promotion strategies with senior leadership. • Develop new business with existing and new clients to advance diversification agendas. • Prepare and deliver client presentations or partner with teammates to generate business. • Attend networking events and promotional opportunities. • Lead a small project management team delivering infrastructure improvements on corporate campuses. • Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities where required.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸client management
• ▸bid coordination
• ▸financial tracking
• ▸invoicing
• ▸infrastructure delivery
• ▸sox compliance

What You Bring

The role requires a strong background in construction management, extensive experience in hotel construction projects, and proven team leadership abilities. • Bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering or related field (graduate degree preferred). • Minimum eight years of hotel construction project management experience. • Proven ability to manage client accounts effectively. • Experience leading teams of project managers and support staff. • Consulting or owners’ representative construction experience. • Strong knowledge of the NYC construction market and full project lifecycle. • Ability to build relationships with internal, client, and cross‑functional teams. • Business development expertise, including cross‑selling and client diversification. • Demonstrated technical and leadership experience on major construction projects or programs. • Excellent presentation, verbal, written, organizational and communication skills.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor's
• ▸8 years
• ▸client management
• ▸team leadership
• ▸nyc market
• ▸business development

Benefits

The position offers a base salary of $175K‑$200K, a flexible work environment that emphasizes work‑life balance, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Turner & Townsend is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not charge candidates any recruitment fees.

Work Environment

Office Full-Time