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At Placemakr, home meets hospitality. We’ve combined the best of apartment living, vacation rentals, and hotel stays into one experience. We partner with developers, property operators, and investors to curate a collection of apartment-like spaces in hand-picked neighborhoods. Our tech-enabled buildings create one-of-a-kind guest experiences and add tremendous value to the underlying real estate. Whether guests are with us for a night, a year, or somewhere in between, these are more than just spaces to spend the night — they’re a place to call home.
Our property team members help our buildings thrive by focusing on execution and ensuring a great experience for both residents and guests. Our non-property team members support property execution and the evolution of other areas within our platform. They can enjoy remote-first work with the freedom to choose their location — as long as they have access to a workspace and reliable Wi-Fi. We believe collaboration is key, so our remote-first teams and property leaders have biannual in-person get-togethers at various locations across the US.
From corporate non-property team members to our property teams and leaders, we’re looking for collaborative, driven individuals to join us as we continue to expand our presence.
The Impact You’ll Have:
At Placemakr, we are obsessed with service and believe in providing exceptional experiences to our valued guests, residents, and partners. As a Project Manager on our Central Property Operations team, you will develop and manage pre-opening, wind-down, and flex use processes, budgets, and plans for properties across our portfolio. You will work across both Pop-Up Hotels and Flex Living buildings, applying your project management and leadership experience to deliver projects on time, within budget, and with high customer satisfaction. In this role, you will work closely with key stakeholders, both internal and external, managing the complete lifecycle of each project and navigating the complexities of successfully launching and transitioning properties. You will serve as the ultimate owner and driver, the main point of contact responsible for the success of the company’s new property openings, takeovers, and wind-downs by leading all aspects of each project from pre-opening through post-completion.
What You'll Do
- Create the overall project plan to help you organize, lead and track project-related schedules, meetings, timelines and details to ensure timely delivery of the project
- Lead intentional project kick-offs to align on overall goals, assign critical tasks with deadlines and provide strategic guidance to all departments across the project, flagging and removing roadblocks before they arise.
- As the main point of contact for your applicable projects, own and organize weekly project check-ins, providing tactical guidance, disseminating critical communication across teams, raising the flag on ongoing risks and ensuring appropriate action is taken by all project collaborators.
- Ensure stakeholders and vendors have the necessary information to complete assigned tasks, managing cross-functional partners to drive timely delivery, follow-through, and proactively mitigate risk to keep timelines on track
- Manage project-specific budgets for pre-opening and wind-down projects with support from the Project Management team leadership
- Report project status to ownership, serving as the primary point of contact prior to opening, while aligning on timelines and proactively communicating any changes to key stakeholders
- Conduct property visits and walkthroughs at key stages to support transitions to the Property Operations team and ensure quality control. Provide recaps of key findings, concerns and next steps with the applicable Placemakr, ownership group and Operations Leadership.
- Deliver turnover documentation, facilitate postmortem analysis, and recommend process improvements to enhance future projects
- Leverage strong problem-solving and communication skills, both verbal and written, virtual and in person, to maintain key project documentation and effectively manage and influence stakeholders at all levels while ensuring project plans deliver on intent
- Actively manage 2–4 property projects simultaneously using project management tools such as Gantt charts and Monday.com
- Additional duties and responsibilities, as assigned
What It Takes
- 4-5+ years of experience leading projects with a physical product (i.e., retail, hotel, multi-family, real estate, CPG, etc.,) either in a formal project manager role or comparable position; leading projects in a start-up environment a plus!
- A Bachelor’s Degree in communications, business management, project management, or a related field; or commensurate experience in lieu of a formal degree
- PMP certification strongly preferred
- Experience using project management software, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint to organize, visualize and communicate project plans, deadlines and roadblocks
- Ability to travel up to 50% for property visits and onsite support during property transitions
- You have a strong track record of successfully leading challenging conversations with confidence and influencing cross-functional partners without formal authority. You hold individuals and teams accountable to expectations and positive outcomes in a respectful way
- You are highly organized with strong attention to detail; you enjoy managing multiple projects, deadlines, and tasks
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and the ability to deliver a message clearly and professionally across varying levels of team members and external partners
- You demonstrate organizational agility, strong consulting and collaboration skills, and adapt quickly to changing demands, making timely decisions to drive projects forward
- You have experience managing people to come to a joint decision, adhering to budgets and deadlines, and have a track record of achieving maximum productivity with minimal waste
- You lead by example and embody the core values of Placemakr. You Own It. You Make It Better. You Treat People Right.
- Project Managers may be on their feet and moving around (stand, sit, or walk for an extended time) and taking a hands-on approach to work (move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 50 pounds without assistance). Doing all these things well (and other reasonable job duties as requested) is critical for our Project Managers and an exceptional guest experience.
Our benefits & perks
Competitive Pay and Generous Stock Options
Medical, Vision & Dental Insurance with options for Flexible Spending Accounts
Generous Paid Time-Off Program
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Life Insurance
401k + 4% employer matching program
Monthly cell phone reimbursement, health & wellness stipend and a generous onboarding stipend for remote employees
Plus, discounts to stay at select Placemakr properties all over the US
Our community norms
Great people are the key to our success. From corporate team members to our property teams and leaders, we’re looking for collaborative, driven individuals to join us as we continue to expand our presence across the US. Most importantly, we create positive community norms that shape our company culture and inform how we do business:
We own it.We make it better.
We treat people right.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and meet our age requirements of 18 years or older in order to be considered for employment with Placemakr.
Placemakr will provide reasonable accommodation to complete an application upon request, consistent with applicable law. If you require an accommodation, please contact our team at recruiting@placemakr.com
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Placemakr values diversity of all kinds and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other. We are an equal opportunity employer and evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
Placemakr participates in the E-Verify program as part of our hiring process in order to stay committed to maintaining a legal workforce and complying with all applicable employment laws. E-Verify is a federal system that allows employers to confirm the employment eligibility of newly hired employees by comparing information from an employee’s Form I-9 to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records. All new hires will be required to complete the Form I-9 and may be verified through the E-Verify system. For more information about E-Verify, please visit www.e-verify.gov.
If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we still encourage you to apply!
