Senior Project Manager Construction Consultancy
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An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to join a leading global construction and property consultancy in London. This Senior Project Manager role offers the chance to work on some of the most prestigious luxury hotel and workplace fit-out projects across the UK, delivering high-profile developments for internationally recognised clients.
The incoming Senior Project Manager will be responsible for managing projects from inception through to completion, working closely with clients, consultants and contractors to ensure successful delivery. This Senior Project Manager opportunity would suit an ambitious individual seeking greater responsibility, exposure to prestigious projects and a clear pathway towards Associate Director level.
You must have prior construction consultancy experience as a Project Manager to be considered for this role.
The successful Senior Project Manager will lead the delivery of luxury hotel and office fit-out projects, ensuring programme, cost and quality objectives are achieved.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing projects throughout the full project lifecycle.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for clients and stakeholders.
- Leading multidisciplinary consultant and contractor teams.
- Chairing project meetings and preparing client reports.
- Ensuring projects are delivered in line with client expectations and industry best practice.
- Supporting business development and maintaining strong client relationships.
- Mentoring and supporting junior project management professionals.
The ideal Senior Project Manager will have a strong consultancy background and experience delivering premium commercial projects.
Requirements:
- Experience working as a Senior Project Manager within a construction consultancy.
- Proven experience delivering luxury hotel and/or office fit-out projects.
- Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience managing projects from inception through to completion.
- Excellent communication, leadership and organisational abilities.
- Degree qualified in Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline.
- Chartered status or working towards MRICS, MAPM or MCIOB.
- £68,000 - £78,000
- Performance-related bonus.
- Private healthcare.
- Professional membership and chartership support.
- Clear progression towards Associate Director level.
- Exposure to prestigious luxury hotel and workplace projects.
- Ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
Senior Project Manager | Luxury Hotels | Office Fit Out | Construction Consultancy | MRICS | Project Management London
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Application advice
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⭐ Open your Personal Statement with explicit mention of construction consultancy experience and luxury hotel or office fit-out projects, as the advert states consultancy background is mandatory for consideration.
📊 Quantify your project delivery record: e.g. 'Delivered 6 luxury hotel fit-out projects totalling £42M GDV, on programme and within 2% of budget'.
🎯 Highlight your chartered status or progress towards MRICS, MAPM or MCIOB prominently in your CV header, as the advert lists this as a key requirement.
🤝 Include a dedicated 'Client Management' section or bullet points showing you acted as primary client contact on named projects, mirroring the advert's emphasis on client-facing accountability.
🌐 Demonstrate progression towards Associate Director level by referencing any mentoring of junior PMs or business development contributions, as these are explicitly called out as responsibilities.
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- •Led end-to-end delivery of a £18M luxury hotel fit-out in Central London across 12 months, achieving practical completion 3 weeks ahead of programme with zero client-reported quality defects.
- •Managed a multidisciplinary team of 14 consultants and contractors on a Grade A office fit-out, reducing RFI response time by 35% through a structured weekly reporting cadence.
- •Mentored 3 junior project managers within a construction consultancy, supporting 2 to achieve MAPM affiliate status within 18 months of joining the team.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Brandon James Ltd's Senior Project Manager vacancy within a leading global construction consultancy is precisely the step I have been targeting. Having spent my career delivering luxury hotel and office fit-out projects within a consultancy environment, I am well-versed in managing full project lifecycles, chairing multidisciplinary teams and acting as the primary client contact on high-profile UK developments.
My background in construction project management spans inception through to completion on premium commercial and hospitality schemes. I have consistently delivered projects against programme, cost and quality objectives whilst maintaining strong client relationships and contributing to business development activity. I am currently progressing towards chartered status and welcome the professional membership support your firm offers.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk us through how you manage a luxury hotel fit-out project from inception to completion — what programme tools and reporting frameworks do you use?
- ›How do you ensure cost and quality objectives are maintained simultaneously when managing multidisciplinary consultant and contractor teams?
- ›Describe your approach to chairing project meetings and producing client reports — what format and cadence do you use?
- ›How do you manage scope creep on high-value fit-out projects, and what contractual mechanisms do you rely on?
- ›What is your experience with RIBA stages in the context of commercial or hospitality fit-out, and how do you gate-manage each stage?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage a difficult client expectation on a prestigious project — how did you handle it and what was the outcome?
- ›Describe a situation where a project was at risk of missing its programme — what actions did you take and what was the result?
- ›Give an example of when you mentored a junior project manager — what approach did you take and how did they develop?
- ›Tell me about a time you supported business development — how did you contribute to winning or retaining a client?
- ›Describe a moment when you had to lead a multidisciplinary team through a significant challenge on site — what did you do and what did you learn?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a situation where a project was at risk of missing its programme — what actions did you take and what was the result?
Tell me about a time you had to manage a difficult client expectation on a prestigious project — how did you handle it and what was the outcome?
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