Project Manager

Who we're looking for

Schroders is seeking a Project Manager to oversee the renovation and fit-out of the group's hotel assets (mainly 4 and 5 stars) both in France and across Europe. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and implementing value-enhancing projects across a diverse portfolio, with 50% of the assets based in France and the remainder located in Italy, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Scotland, and England.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive individual eager to contribute to the ongoing development and modernisation of our hotel portfolio. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

The ideal candidate will thrive in an international environment and is motivated to take an active role in shaping the future of our asset portfolio as part of a leading asset management group.

About Schroders Group

Schroders is a leading provider of active asset management, advisory and wealth management services and is widely recognised as a leader in sustainability. Few investment managers can match the combination of capabilities and global reach that Schroders offers. This breadth of services across public and private markets allows for distinctive solutions for the diverse needs of clients, who look to Schroders to provide superior long-term investment outcomes.

About Schroders Capital

Schroders Capital is the private markets business of Schroders with $111bn of AUM. We work as a global network of specialised, entrepreneurial teams. We combine a global perspective with local market expertise to serve institutional and private wealth clients. Our offering spans the private markets universe and provides access to unique capabilities across private debt and credit alternatives, real estate equity, private equity, and infrastructure equity.

The firm has deep expertise in creating bespoke solutions for institutional clients and is committed to providing scalable capabilities across the spectrum of risk, return and sustainability and impact objectives.

Supported by the resources, experience, and institutional framework of one of the world's leading asset managers, Schroders Capital is dedicated to helping investors achieve their goals and is at the forefront of product innovation to meet the evolving needs of investors.

We see our role as being a driver of positive change drawing on deep skills to select, acquire, and improve the assets we own.

What you'll do

The Project Manager is involved with all the group's hotel assets, both in France (50% of the portfolio) and abroad (Italy, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Scotland, and England).

Your main tasks:

 

Management of renovation/restructuring works as project owner

Each year, in collaboration with the asset management team and hotel General Managers, you develop a 5-year investment plan (CAPEX) to maintain or improve the quality of the hotel portfolio.

You will manage the entire lifecycle of renovation/restructuring projects, from initial design through to delivery and final completion, including:

• In collaboration with the different teams (Investment, Finance, Asset Management), establishing project specifications,

• Leading the formation of a project management team, coordinating tender processes, and estimating the works

• Administrative follow-up on planning permission and other regulatory authorisations (e.g. planning consents, development permits)

• Overseeing key phases of the works up to delivery, to ensure deadlines, quality, and costs are met

• Administrative and regulatory control, monitoring, and filing of project documentation (company insurance, staff lists, statutory declarations, certifications, etc.)

• Overseeing and liaising with external technical contractors responsible for controls concerning health, safety, and compliance (Control Bureau, SPS Coordinator, Asbestos Diagnostics, etc.)

• Producing and/or maintaining various dashboards enabling the Asset Management and Executive Committee teams to track key project aspects including budget compliance, schedule, decision milestones, quality, etc.

You will also contribute to achieving the company's environmental improvement objectives for the property portfolio, in collaboration with the ESG Project Team.

Technical Due Diligence

In acquisition/disposal projects of hotels or hotel portfolios, you will support the Development team, particularly on the technical and administrative aspects of building assets, including:

• Selecting advisers and negotiating contracts

• Analysing and synthesising technical risks and proposed costed solutions

• Providing recommendations and advice to the Team

Other

• Regularly verifying lease clauses relating to the division of works between tenant and landlord

• Regulatory and legislative monitoring regarding changes in fire, safety, accessibility regulations, anticipating and adapting hotels to new standards

• Tracking and archiving all property documentation specific to each hotel

Each Project Manager will handle 3 to 5 projects simultaneously, each at different stages. For each asset, a "reference team" is assembled, comprising members from each business unit within Schroders Hotels: project management, development, asset management, and finance.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help

• Engineering school degree

• Fluent English (European exposure)

• Around 5-7 years' experience in construction/restructuring of public-access buildings (hotels, retail, offices, shopping centres, etc.)

• Experience as project owner (investors, developers, hotel chains, project owner's representatives) and/or general contractor and/or project management

• Ideally, solid knowledge of the technical requirements specific to hotels, for both maintenance/security and refurbishment/restructuring

• Experience with complex projects, ideally from design to delivery

• Technical skills to effectively manage/challenge project teams

• Financial literacy (project profit and loss, CAPEX budgets, etc.)

• Legal literacy (knowledge of principal legal documents governing project management)

What you'll be like

• Rigour, organisational ability

• Good interpersonal skills, autonomy, curiosity, adaptability

• Good listening skills

• Teamwork

• Responsiveness, deadline compliance

• Leadership to effectively guide the project team and external partners

• Good judgement and pragmatism

• Creativity and the ability to solve unfamiliar problems

We recognise potential, whoever you are

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic.