Project Manager & Process Improvement Lead

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Project Manager & Process Improvement Lead

Project Manager & Process Improvement Lead
Fully Remote
• Newport Beach, CA (Remote)

Description

MIG Real Estate is seeking a Project Manager & Process Improvement Lead to drive operational excellence and project execution across the organization. This role combines construction project leadership with company-wide process optimization, leveraging technology and AI to improve performance across asset management, accounting, portfolio operations, and capital projects. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable on a job site, in a project dashboard, designing cross-departmental workflows, or facilitating process improvement sessions with leadership.

• Own and manage project scope, schedule, and budget across all major initiatives, ensuring strict alignment with underwriting and business plans.
• Apply project management methodologies (e.g., status reporting, critical path tracking) to drive clarity and predictability in execution.
• Maintain project charters and task trackers that define deliverables, owners, timelines, and dependencies.
• Build and manage real-time dashboards and reporting tools using AI-enhanced platforms like
• Manage internal approvals for each project execution phase.

• Manage QA/QC checklists for site walks; conduct regular site walks; document field status and issues using  and other tools.
• Monitor close-out timelines, resolution quality, and recurrence rates to drive long-term improvements.

• Prepare and maintain project budgets; track variances between underwritten and actual costs, investigate discrepancies, and escalate as needed.
• Identify and implement cost-saving strategies while maintaining scope integrity and investment returns.
• Track ROI performance of renovations and improvements relative to forecasts and investor commitments.
• Ensure at least three like-for-like competitive bids are obtained for all major scopes.

• Map current workflows across all departments; identify bottlenecks, redundancies, and gaps.
• Partner with asset management, accounting, portfolio management, acquisitions, and executive leadership to standardize workflows, data standards, and communication protocols.
• Lead process documentation initiatives; create SOPs and training materials.
• Facilitate cross-departmental process improvement sessions to drive adoption.
• Build accountability mechanisms (KPIs, checkpoints) to ensure process adherence.
• Serve as project manager for system implementations and organizational change initiatives.
• Collaborate with data/analytics team to build centralized visibility into projects, performance, and process metrics.
• Lead evaluation and implementation of technology solutions across departments.
• Develop executive dashboards connecting project data, financial systems, and operational performance.
• Champion AI and automation opportunities across business functions. Drive requirements process for considering and implementing AI-assisted processes.

• 3+ years of project management experience in real estate, construction, or asset management
• Strong grasp of project management principles such as scope definition, cost control, risk mitigation, and scheduling
• Experience with organizational process improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Agile)
• Track record implementing cross-functional systems or process changes in small-to-midsize organizations
• Familiarity with emerging AI tools and applications for process improvement and efficiency
• Change management experience; ability to drive adoption across resistant stakeholders
• Systems thinking mindset; ability to see connections between departments
• Proficient with project and data platforms (, Procore, Excel, visualization tools)
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills; able to drive clarity and accountability
• PMP or equivalent certification preferred
• Willingness to travel and maintain a proactive field presence at assets