Senior Construction Project Manager

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This role leads the Miami luxury residential platform, overseeing project delivery, client relationships, and financial performance while ensuring meticulous quality control and team growth.
Our client, a privately owned high-end General Contracting and Construction Management firm, is seeking a Senior Construction Project Manager to lead and grow its Miami luxury residential platform. Our client specializes exclusively in ultra-high-end residential construction, delivering custom single-family homes, penthouses, and select residential-focused mixed-use projects. The firm operates with a quality-over-quantity philosophy, intentionally limiting project volume to ensure best-in-class execution, discretion, and client satisfaction. This is a compelling opportunity for a senior professional currently active in Miami’s luxury residential market who brings an existing book of business, deep subcontractor relationships, and the vision to build and lead a high-performing team over time. This role will function as the senior leader for the Miami operation, effectively managing a regional branch of the business. The individual will have full responsibility for project delivery, client relationships, financial performance, quality control, and long-term growth of the platform. The Senior Construction Project Manager will operate with meaningful autonomy while receiving strong support from ownership, estimating, and field leadership. A critical component of this role is serving as the strategic steward of quality—setting the vision, standards, and processes for QA/QC across all projects and ensuring flawless execution from pre-construction through turnover. Role Responsibilities
  • Project, Quality & Financial Leadership
  • Lead ultra-luxury residential projects from preconstruction through completion
  • Maintain full oversight of project budgets, schedules, profitability, and risk management
  • Manage schedules using Primavera P6 and related project controls tools
  • Establish and oversee a rigorous QA/QC framework to ensure uncompromising standards of craftsmanship, detailing, and finishes
  • Proactively identify constructibility issues and develop creative, outside-the-box solutions to complex design, material, and site challenges
  • Provide senior oversight of permitting and regulatory processes
  • Business Development & Client Relationships
  • Leverage an existing book of business to source and secure new luxury residential projects
  • Maintain and grow trusted relationships with:
  • High-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth homeowners
  • Owner’s representatives and family offices
  • Leading architects and interior designers
  • Elite luxury residential subcontractors and specialty suppliers
  • Identify and cultivate new opportunities to support sustained regional growth while preserving discretion and confidentiality
  • Team & Branch Leadership
  • Serve as the senior leader for our client’s Miami luxury residential platform
  • Build, mentor, and scale a dedicated project management and field team over time
  • Collaborate closely with estimating, field leadership, and ownership on strategy and execution
  • Set clear expectations and accountability standards while fostering a collaborative, people-first culture
  • Quality, Safety & Culture
  • Uphold best-in-class standards for craftsmanship, execution, and attention to detail
  • Ensure job site safety and a culture where people, quality, and long-term relationships come first
  • Lead with professionalism, integrity, discretion, and a long-term ownership mindset
  • Role Requirements
  • 15+ years of experience in ultra-high-end luxury residential construction
  • Proven delivery of $7M–$50M+ custom homes, penthouses, and complex residential projects
  • Deep expertise in luxury materials, finishes, and premium residential brands (kitchen, bath, lighting, millwork, stone, and specialty systems)
  • Strong working knowledge of specialty low-voltage and smart home systems, including CCTV, access control, automation, and custom hardware
  • Demonstrated ability to lead QA/QC at a visionary level, anticipating issues before they arise and driving continuous improvement
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills with a creative, solutions-oriented mindset
  • Strong understanding of the privacy, anonymity, and discretion required by high-net-worth luxury homeowners
  • Active relationships with Miami’s top-tier luxury residential subcontractors and suppliers
  • Well-established ties to architects, designers, owner’s representatives, and high-net-worth clients
  • Proven success managing budgets, schedules, and profitability
  • Experience building, mentoring, and leading project teams
  • Currently operating at a senior level with an established presence in the Miami luxury residential market
  • Miami-based or willing to be fully based in Miami
  • Senior Construction Project Manager – Luxury Residential
    Location: Miami, FL
    Compensation: Competitive and commensurate with project scope, execution quality, relationship management, business development impact, and achievement of organizational objectives

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