Sr. AVP, Project Management

Who We Are

Revantage, a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company, is a global provider of corporate services.

With a corporate purpose of ‘In Pursuit of Better,’ Revantage delivers value-added services and world-class talent for Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies, spanning diverse asset classes, including residential, logistics, office, hospitality and retail sectors. Headquartered in Chicago, the company’s footprint extends across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Rooted in a commitment to collaboration and inclusivity, Revantage goes beyond traditional corporate services and acts as a trusted partner. Across offerings that include finance, technology, human resources and operations, Revantage proactively anticipates stakeholder needs, recruits exceptional talent and enables its business partners to thrive.

What We Value: Our Culture

Our people are our most important asset, enabling Blackstone portfolio companies and investments to scale and thrive. Together, we foster a workplace where everyone can be themselves, enabling them to do their best work.​

At Revantage, we have exceptional people who live our values and help us pursue better every day. We offer dynamic and meaningful work, competitive compensation, benefits and flexibility. We listen and take action to ensure our organization evolves to reflect our employees’ voices and support an inclusive culture.

Our demonstrated commitment to our people and collaborative culture have earned us numerous awards as a top employer.

Our culture is built on our shared core values and commitment to be:

• Learners – We learn from our challenges and successes

• Leaders – We commit to continuous improvement

• Enthusiasts – We face challenges with optimism and believe anything is possible

• Achievers – We expect high standards for ourselves and enable the success of our teams

• Partners – We deliver value and positive impact to our partners

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Grow your career with us. As a member of our team, you'll gain hands-on experience in the real estate industry and benefit from a supportive environment that fosters personal and professional growth.

Why This Role Is Valuable 

As a critical member of the PMO team, The Project Manager Lead will be responsible for ensuring the timely delivery of projects, initiatives, and activities across multiple data- and technology-related work streams. You will support Technology leadership and Portfolio Companies in ensuring timely delivery of key projects and initiatives. You will also play an important role in informing leadership and technology stakeholders on milestone execution, issues, and risks. You will compile, prepare, and present information for project and program updates and presentations. Additionally, the Project Manager Lead will help build mechanisms for monitoring the overall program progress, coordinate, and drive the operational areas of Revantage’s technology projects through implementation. The PMO team will ensure effective partnership with internal and external stakeholders to effectively deliver key initiatives.

HOW YOU ADD VALUE

Leadership Duties:

• Support Revantage through department initiatives and serve as a lead for project engagement with our portfolio companies
• Enable the business to understand what is possible, through having a deep understanding of their needs, working with them through the ideation, and then delivering viable solutions
• Lead a team of project managers through project planning and execution
• Coach, mentor, and develop project managers to sustain a high-performing team
• Contribute to the creation of standardized processes, tools, and best practices
• Champion, train, and reinforce the use of the collaboration framework for project delivery
• Plan workloads and delegate tasks by communicating goals and deadlines to team members
• Deliver significant individual contributions while collaborating with and strengthening teammates

Project Manager Duties: 

• Plan, lead, coordinate, and monitor activities of one or more projects covering all phases of the project life cycle ranging from project initiation to implementation
• Drive close project collaboration across business, technology, and third-party teams to deliver projects that are on time, on budget, and in scope with strong stakeholder alignment and buy-in leveraging a project delivery framework
• Collaborate with project teams to define project scope, deliverables, and corresponding project governance & decision gating to minimize risks, ensure success, and effectively meet strategic objectives
• Partner with cross functional project task owners to develop detailed timelines, identify interdependencies, manage & track progress, and proactively surface issues and risks address on-going progress, issues, risks, delivery outcomes, etc.
• Enable and motivate project teams into high functioning collaborators by leveraging effective project communication, documentation, meeting facilitation, and timely issue management
• Track project related costs against budget and forecast and provide cost transparency to all stakeholders
• Complete special projects as requested
• Perform other duties as assigned

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree Required in Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, Information Technology, or any closely related field
• Minimum of 5 years in project management, preferably in a technology organization
• Minimum of 3 years people management experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• A demonstrated track record of taking ownership of complex initiatives and producing successful outcomes
• PMP, CAPM, or other relevant project management certification(s) a plus
• Understanding of agile methods and processes
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management tools such as MS Projects, MS Server, Plainview, Niku HP, or Wrike, Airtable, Smartsheets, Clarity, Primavera
• Experience in the areas of process optimization, change management, process management and standardization

Preferred:

• Knowledge in collaboration tools such as Teams and SharePoint
• Experience in usage of JIRA, ADO and Confluence

Base Compensation Range:

$183,000.00 To $245,000.00 Annually. This represents the presently-anticipated low and high end of the Company’s base compensation range for this position. Actual base compensation range may vary based on various factors, including but not limited to location and experience.

Total Direct Compensation:

This job is also eligible for discretionary bonus and incentive compensation on an annual basis.

Benefits: The Company provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

The additional total direct compensation and benefits described above are subject to the terms and conditions of any governing plans, policies, practices, agreements, or other materials or documents as in effect from time to time, including but not limited to terms and conditions regarding eligibility.

Perks for You

• Competitive salary, overall compensation, and 401(k)

• Work-life balance offerings include:

  • Hybrid Work Policy

  • Productivity Hours – weekly meeting-free work time

  • Summer Fridays

  • Work From Anywhere Month

• In-house and external learning & development opportunities

• Generous health insurance and wellness benefits

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