Project Controls Specialist (Data Governance)

Location: Chatham, New Jersey, USA, or Creve Coeur, Missouri, USA

Salary: $89,250–$105,000 per year

Company

Cushman & Wakefield provides commercial real estate and workplace services, supporting global client portfolios and project delivery programs.

What you will do

• Establish and maintain centralized project controls, governance frameworks, protocols, and playbooks for consistent project delivery.
• Oversee document control, audits, quality assurance, quality control, delivery assurance, risk assessments, and compliance reporting.
• Maintain centralized data management systems, approval processes, audit trails, and performance dashboards for real estate and workplace projects.
• Collaborate with program managers, project controls analysts, finance, IT, technology, data governance teams, and business stakeholders.
• Use analytics and reporting tools to monitor project performance, identify improvement opportunities, and support operational excellence and sustainability initiatives.
• Drive training, best-practice sharing, process innovation, and continuous improvement across project management teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, business administration, data/analytics, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of directly related experience in project management governance or project support.
• Experience working in a Program Management Office and overseeing internal and external delivery teams for corporate upfit projects in occupied work environments.
• Knowledge of project and change management methodologies, processes, and techniques.
• Experience managing budgets, costs, and profitability for a company or account.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, plus excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• PMP or PMI-CP certification.
• Experience with TRIRIGA.
• Experience with reporting platforms such as Power BI.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to influence project controls and governance across a global real estate and workplace portfolio.
• Collaboration with executive stakeholders, technology teams, clients, vendors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance.
• Paid and unpaid time away from work and competitive compensation based on location, experience, qualifications, and other eligibility factors.
• Equal employment opportunity and workplace accommodation support.