Relocation Project Manager Jobs in Valley Stream, NY

THE BRAND

Jean-Georges Management is built on a powerful culinary foundation and has evolved into a reputable and award-winning restaurant group. From inception, Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten placed emphasis on the importance of providing the very best in culinary and tailored hospitality, which has resulted in the success of an acclaimed constellation of international restaurants. With over 60 restaurants located worldwide, we continuously strive towards excellence and rely on the support of our culinary and hospitality team members to contribute to our worldwide operations.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Project Manager serves as the central coordinator for new projects across the Jean-Georges portfolio, ensuring that development initiatives, restaurant openings, renovations, and company-wide implementations remain organized, on schedule, and moving forward.

Working directly with the COO and CEO, this role is responsible for managing project schedules, maintaining critical paths, coordinating stakeholders, tracking deliverables, and driving accountability across multiple concurrent projects. Serving as the central coordinator for new projects across the organization, this individual ensures that teams remain aligned, deadlines are met, risks are identified early, and projects continue progressing from planning through execution.

The ideal candidate is exceptionally organized, detail-oriented, and thrives in fast-paced environments with multiple active projects and competing priorities. This role is best suited for someone who enjoys coordinating people, managing timelines, solving problems, and ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks. Hospitality, construction, development, or project management experience is strongly preferred.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIESExecutive Partnership & Strategic Project Support

Work directly with the COO and CEO to support company initiatives, development projects, capital improvements, and operational implementations

Participate in executive meetings, development discussions, ownership meetings, and project planning sessions

Serve as a central point of coordination between executive leadership and project stakeholders

Prepare project updates, executive summaries, presentations, meeting materials, and status reports

Organize project priorities and ensure executive initiatives continue progressing according to established timelines

Project Planning & Critical Path Management

Develop, maintain, and manage project schedules, timelines, critical paths, and milestone tracking across multiple active projects

Ensure project deliverables are assigned, tracked, and completed within established deadlines

Monitor project progress and proactively identify schedule risks, bottlenecks, dependencies, and items requiring escalation

Maintain project dashboards, action-item trackers, status reports, and accountability tools

Coordinate project meetings, document key decisions, distribute meeting notes, and track follow-up items through completion

Drive accountability across departments and project teams to ensure commitments are met and deadlines remain on track

Manage competing priorities across multiple projects while maintaining organization, visibility, and communication

Cross-Functional Coordination

Coordinate communication between operations, culinary, finance, HR, marketing, technology, purchasing, design, construction teams, and external consultants

Ensure stakeholders remain informed, aligned, and working toward established project milestones

Facilitate project execution by organizing information, tracking outstanding items, and ensuring timely follow-up across all parties

Support decision-making processes by gathering required information, identifying open items, and escalating issues as needed

Maintain visibility into project status and communicate progress, challenges, and next steps to stakeholders

Restaurant Development, Construction & Capital Projects

Support restaurant openings, renovations, facility improvements, relocations, and capital projects from planning through execution

Coordinate project schedules involving architects, designers, engineers, contractors, consultants, vendors, landlords, and ownership groups

Track permitting timelines, construction milestones, procurement schedules, equipment deliveries, inspections, and opening readiness requirements

Maintain development timelines and ensure critical path items remain on schedule

Coordinate project turnover from development teams to operating teams

Assist with pre-opening planning, operational readiness activities, and implementation schedules

Implementation & Operational Projects

Coordinate company-wide operational initiatives including technology rollouts, systems implementations, process improvements, training initiatives, and organizational projects

Assist in developing implementation plans, timelines, communication strategies, and rollout schedules

Monitor project performance and identify opportunities to improve execution efficiency

Ensure successful deployment of new programs, systems, and initiatives across the organization

Track implementation milestones and coordinate follow-up across departments

Budget & Resource Tracking

Assist with project budgets, capital expenditure tracking, and financial reporting

Monitor project-related expenditures against approved budgets

Support forecasting, reporting, and project documentation for executive leadership

Maintain organized project files, records, contracts, schedules, and reporting systems

Ownership & External Partner Coordination

Serve as a point of coordination for ownership groups, developers, consultants, architects, contractors, landlords, and external vendors

Prepare project updates, presentations, status reports, and executive summaries for stakeholders

Ensure timely communication and follow-through between all project participants

Track outstanding decisions, approvals, and action items to ensure project momentum is maintained

QUALIFICATIONS

5+ years of project management experience within hospitality, construction, development, real estate, or related industries

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities and deadlines

Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail

Experience managing project schedules, critical paths, timelines, budgets, and stakeholder communications

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong follow-through and accountability management abilities

Ability to coordinate and influence teams without direct reporting authority

Highly proficient in project planning, organization, and execution

Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with multiple active initiatives

Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and project management tools

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

Hospitality, restaurant, hotel, or mixed-use development experience

Construction, renovation, or capital project management experience

Experience supporting restaurant openings and pre-opening activities

Experience coordinating architects, contractors, consultants, and ownership groups

Formal project management training or certification is a plus

COMPENSATION
The base pay range for this position is a salary range of $115,000-130,000 per year. The determination of what a specific employee in this job classification is paid within the range depends on a number of factors,including, but not limited to, prior employment history/job-related knowledge, qualifications and skills,etc.
Jean-Georges is an Equal Opportunity Employer