Sr. Project Manager
 University of California - San Francisco | |
TBA
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 United States, California, San Francisco | |
| 521 Parnassus Avenue (Show on map) | |
 Aug 04, 2026 | |
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Under the general direction of the Associate Director of Project Delivery, Health Design and Construction Sr. Project Manager (PM) is accountable for project management services to ensure design and construction projects are on schedule, within budget, high-quality, cost-effective, and appropriate to client program needs. Simultaneously manages multiple projects of various sizes in the challenging healthcare construction environment. Services include all elements of project management from concept through project closeout including initial scoping, budgeting, funding, procurement, construction management and closeout of large and small projects. The PM organizes, plans, and controls the design and construction efforts on projects ranging from $50,000 - $70,000,000. This involves selecting professional design staff (architects and engineers), general contractors and subcontractors, coordinating the activities of clients, construction inspectors, and others associated with the projects; managing project progress to achieve overall project objectives consistent with department standards and in alignment with customer expectations including, budget, cost and quality; resolving problems that arise in the projects; working with state agency officials to ensure compliance and safety. The project manager has a first line responsibility to communicate effectively with project stakeholders regarding program, budget, schedule, and construction impact. The PM utilizes internal project management tools and systems to monitor progress, control schedules and budgets, generate timely reports, and maintain comprehensive records throughout the project lifecycle. Ensure accurate data entry and updates to support transparent communication, audit readiness, and informed decision-making. PM provides support to the annual Capital Budget development process. Project managers may be responsible for coordinating the activities of HD&C Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers as directed. Represents UCSF Health on design and construction projects, including new development, facility expansion, renovations and retrofitting. Responsible for coordinating, monitoring and reporting on all design and construction activities. Administrate consultant and construction agreements, facilitate quality control, maintenance of design and construction schedules, construction management and owner representative responsibilities. Manage medium-to-large teams of external vendors and internal affiliate and service line staff on medium-to-large projects. Demonstrate a mastery of project management, works with a high degree of autonomy, and is responsible for delivering medium to large scale projects with moderate to difficult complexity. Responsible for delivering projects on time and on budget. Exercises independent judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. PM leads developmental stage of capital projects to assure that project scope, schedule, and phasing are adequately defined. Use Health D&C project benchmarks and/or work with the design professionals to create the preliminary project budget and schedule. PM defines working criteria for a proposed project, determining the hazardous materials, infection control, phasing of work, and fire and life safety requirements that are necessary. Estimate the design review efforts for a project to assure that the quality of the construction documents is sufficient to minimize the risk of cost overruns during construction. PM coordinates the efforts of the Inspector of Record, state agencies (e.g., OSHPD), the contractor and University representatives to ensure code compliance and quality of work, and a constructive relationship with the regulators. Prepare and verify that all required documentation is completed prior to occupancy or authorized approval of a project. PM coordinates all project relocations, furniture, equipment and IT scopes of work, which may be supported by other internal HD&C resources. PM is responsible to assure that all aspects of the project are addressed in a timely manner. Skills
Position will work at all UCSF Health locations in San Francisco. All Real Estate staff are required to be on-site, in-person, no less than 4 full days per week, although project activities may require beyond that requirement. The PM is required to be responsive to the project needs and demands based on the phases of the project and construction activities. Department Overview The organization of UCSF Real Estate is focused on the development, planning, delivery, and management of physical space for UCSF. Key responsibilities include a unified approach to oversee the active UCSF growth planned on a multi-site campus and to manage the complex metropolitan environments affecting capital assets and projects and efforts to align municipal challenges with maximum effectiveness in support of the UCSF mission. UCSF Real Estate is an integrated unit that enables the alignment of development, planning, design, construction, and management of facilities and a lease portfolio of 1 million square feet across UCSF. Services are provided through the following departments: Building Permit Services, Campus Design and Construction, Campus Planning, Construction Contract Administration, Health Design and Construction, Health Major Capital Projects, Real Estate Services, Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Capital Program Management and support through Business Intelligence, and Finance, Administration and Operations. The UCSF Health, Design & Construction is responsible for providing comprehensive capital project delivery services to the inpatient, ambulatory and hospital administrative units on the Parnassus, Mt Zion, Mission Bay, and satellite campuses in San Francisco and throughout the greater Bay Area. Project types include infrastructure & technology upgrades, renovations and upgrades of diagnostic, imaging and treatment facilities, full floor renovations of inpatient units and remodels of clinical, administrative and outpatient facilities. The Health Design & Construction group is responsible and accountable to assure projects are delivered on time and within budget, that the design solutions are appropriate, that public contracting laws and codes are respected, safety of patients and staff is maintained, and that all furnishings, equipment, IT support is in place and active when the project is delivered. All of this must be done with a minimum of disruption to the clinical activities. The current program is $400M and consists of more than 100 projects. The combined UCSF Campus and Health organizations include approximately 198 UCSF and 38 contract personnel; operating/recharge budgets of more than $52.2M per year; current year capital project expenditures of $900 million; and oversight and responsibility for > $13.3 billion long-range capital development.
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