Manager, Technology & Data Project

Link Logistics Real Estate (“Link”) is a leading operator of last-mile logistics real estate. Established by Blackstone in 2019, the company connects consumption, technology, and the supply chain across its portfolio, which spans more than half a billion square feet. With more than 5 percent of U.S. GDP flowing through our spaces, we leverage our scale, proprietary data and insights, and foundational focus on sustainability to drive success for our customers’ businesses and deliver value for our stakeholders. Link Logistics strives to be the most equitable and inclusive industrial real estate company in the business. We put our people, customers, and communities first and find ways to make a conscious, positive impact where we live and work, prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across our workforce to deliver an optimal employee experience. Every day, we work to reinvent and lead our industry forward by thinking bigger and challenging the status quo. 

Because we believe that good business must be synonymous with doing good, strong environmental, social and governance practices are foundational to our identity as a firm. These practices include setting ambitious goals to combat climate change, partnering with local nonprofits, and prioritizing internal diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. We seek to use our position, ideas, and influence to drive progress in our industry and the wider world. At Link, we give our customers space to grow—and we give people space to grow, too. 

Link Logistics Real Estate is seeking a senior-level Technology & Data Project Manager to be a member of our Business Transformation Office’s ePMO, managing enterprise-wide technology projects.

The Technology & Data Project Manager will define and drive technology delivery projects, in partnership with business leaders and key stakeholders across multiple business lines. This role will drive project results, collaborating with various functional teams like data, architecture, change management, business process, etc. This role will be instrumental in delivering various types of technology projects, such as software development, software configuration, infrastructure services, etc.

As a key member of the Link ePMO team, the Project Manager will leverage our project methodology and framework to ensure commitments are delivered in a consistent and disciplined manner with regular readouts to business leaders and our executive management team. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program/Project Management

• Define the development and delivery strategy of multiple programs/projects through the following phases: 

  • Waterfall: Concept, Requirements Definition, Design, Build, Test, and Deployment

  • Agile: Scrum ceremonies and processes

• Define operational and steady state hand-over to platform and product teams

• Develop and maintain expert knowledge of CRE and Prop-Tech products, services, and industry trends

• Develop and maintain a deep and broad understanding of Link’s business

• Manage work across an ecosystem of applications to solve Link’s business challenges

• Define and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) that build confidence in the programs and projects, and ensure delivered programs meet the needs and goals of the business

• Define program and project level plans in Link’s PPM product (Workfront) that house tasks, risks, issues, and financials.

• Contribute to enhancing ePMO processes and tooling

Stakeholder Management

• Engage with business stakeholders to create and manage efficient task structures that equitably handle competing priorities across multiple teams

• Engage with business leaders as their trusted advisor as it relates to delivery

• Develop partnerships with key stakeholders and business owners across all components of distributed Link business units

• Maintain collaborative relationships with the Link Technology and Data teams across architecture, engineering, and product groups

• Maintain relationships with external partners and vendors and enable them to deliver world-class service for Link

• Expert level communication skills to translate technical terms into clear capabilities that will enable business success

Project Delivery

• Oversee the development of business cases, user requirements, and project charters

• Adhere to Link ePMO project controls, frameworks, and phase gate deliverables throughout the project life cycle

• Create and manage processes to prioritize projects, plan releases, and manage resources across a portfolio of projects & cross functional teams

• Create and maintain dependency plans requiring delivery from teams outside of assigned projects

• Create and manage processes for testing, release management, and change control, and hand-over to steady state product teams

• Manage communications with stakeholders, project team, business leaders and IT management

• Collaborate with project and stakeholder resources to plan and execute technical deployments and user go live events

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 5 years managing complex technology projects

• Bachelors degree, preferably in information technology but may be in another subject area

• Project management certifications preferred

• Expertise in digital/technical project management with business-critical technology initiatives across a variety of systems and application types

• Experience leading delivery strategy, discovery, and project initiation processes

• Experience working closely with Business Analysts and business SME’s to define and refine project requirements

• Experience leading scrum teams

• Leadership and team management skills in a highly cross-functional environment

• Project management in software development leveraging multiple delivery methodologies, e.g. agile, waterfall

• Ability to concisely articulate problems and analyze solution alternatives

• Outstanding communication, presentation, and relationship building skills

• Project Financial tracking including capitalization, invoice fulfillment and tracking, estimation, and reporting on actuals

• Expertise managing projects in industry standard project and portfolio management tools such as Workfront, Jira, Clarity, Smartsheet, etc.

• Preferred to have:

  • Experience managing custom development projects with Salesforce

  • Experience managing configuration projects with Yardi

  • Experience in corporate real estate technology

$130,000 - $136,000 represents the presently anticipated base compensation pay range for this position at Link. Actual pay may vary based on various factors, including but not limited to location and experience.

Link provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off.

The 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.

EEO Statement

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email [email protected].