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Please note that as of December 2025, PMA has merged with Brailsford & Dunlavey.

CREATE YOUR FUTURE WITH PMA

Curious to stimulate your career growth through meaningful mentorship and thoughtful training? Are you interested in collaboration, working as an integral part of a team to deliver complex real estate projects across the country? Are you diligent, enthusiastic, and eager to work with clients and make a meaningful impact?

Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is hiring a Project Manager to work with one of our Life Science clients in the San Francisco Bay Area. Accelerate both your professional and personal growth by joining our team!

Our Work and Culture

PMA is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner's representative, meeting sophisticated real estate needs across diverse markets and project types. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry's top professional services firms, including being named to Engineering News-Record Top Lists for three years in a row, PMA is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Tampa, San Diego, and San Francisco.

We know that where you work matters. The people on your team. The culture of the environment. The client and project opportunities. The potential for learning, growth, and evolution. These all impact the quality of your work and the quality of your life. We get it.

Fit is critical for you and for us. That's why we're curious to learn about you and to help you discern if a career with PMA is a good fit for you, your values, and your goals.

Your Role
As a Project Manager, you will interface with PMA clients and project teams through a successful process of strategic real estate planning, design, and construction of new buildings, tenant improvement buildouts, and facilities assignments. Some of the ways you will support our projects:

5+ years of experience in the real estate design and construction industry, including large-scale Life Sciences and/or Mission Critical campus projects, with deep expertise in civil engineering and site development coordination and delivery
   You have a Bachelor's degree or higher in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Urban Planning, Real Estate Finance, or a related field
   You demonstrate skills in managing successful projects and consistently meeting/exceeding client expectations and deadlines.
   You competently review and evaluate qualitative program aspects with the owner and verify program conformance with project goals.
   You easily establish partnerships and serve as a liaison between the client and design and construction professionals.
   You initiate and manage the procurement of design, construction, and consultant services.
   You responsibly draft, review, communicate, negotiate, and enforce contractual documents for design, construction, and consultant professionals.
   You consistently direct and monitor project budget and schedule, including updating and maintaining web-based project controls.
   You create meaningful analysis of budgets and schedules and their effect on the financial objectives of the project.
   You oversee and review the development of architectural and engineering construction drawings and bid documents.
   You effectively establish, direct, and/or document project meetings
   You successfully engage with clients, city officials, architects, engineers, contractors, and consultants to present the project status and anticipate issues
   You actively anticipate potential changes to the budget or schedule and provide solutions on the review and analysis of changes when presented
   You organize and review value engineering alternatives with the owner
   You determine requirements and facilitate procurement of peer reviews and specialty consultants
   You motivate and direct internal resources (Assistant Project Managers and Project Managers), as required
   You oversee the architect in their review of contractor and vendor onsite activities to verify they are in contractual compliance with design specifications, schedules, and workmanship standards
   You are responsible for authorizing the issuance of contracts, purchase orders, as well as developing and processing scheduled progress draw packages for payment
   You observe and report on the construction process and construction-related issues
   You manage the project close-out process to a successful completion
   You proactively seek out and represent PMA in networking and business development opportunities in addition to assisting PMA leadership in project proposals and subsequent interviews

Your Values and Skills
   You are a motivated self-starter with a positive attitude.
   You operate with a high level of personal integrity and business ethics, thriving in a collaborative team environment
   You have a polished presence and excellent verbal and written communication skills
   You have strong interpersonal skills (i.e., high emotional intelligence)
   You exercise enthusiasm and curiosity, committed to seeking creative solutions.
   You practice diligence and discipline to refine options into the optimal result.
   You exude confidence and courage to cultivate yourself as a leader.
   You value fairness, understanding that it is fundamental to transparency and consensus building.

Your Success
The day-to-day experience at PMA promises challenge, collaboration, and growth, while our comprehensive benefits create opportunities for you and your family to prosper, including:
   Being part of a respected company with high-caliber clients and projects
   A workplace that is values-based and consciously practices its values every day
   A culture that respects work/life balance
   Competitive salary and bonus program
   Formal and informal training, leadership development, mentoring programs, and other opportunities for growth and advancement
   Quality benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances, education reimbursement, and much more
   401(k) plan with employer match

The salary range for this position is $100,000-150,000 annually; the base pay offered may vary depending on location, experience, skills, relevant education, and training.