Sr. Manager of Construction

REI is seeking a Sr. Manager of Construction to lead the construction management organization providing for our network of retail stores focusing on new store tenant improvements and capital projects. This role contributes to REI’s success by setting the construction management strategy for the department, managing the construction team, and providing financial oversight of new store development projects. The Sr. Manager of Construction is responsible for the strategy and execution of new store and remodel programs, ensuring projects are completed on time and on budget while engaging support staff, contractors, landlords, and vendors.

Responsibilities include day‑to‑day oversight of construction issues across the portfolio, auditing contractor and vendor performance metrics, and delivering new store and remodel projects in a first‑class manner. This role is a critical partner across the organization, thinking strategically, acting decisively, and inspiring the team to drive optimal results and continuous business process improvements.

This role requires thorough expert knowledge of Construction Management practices. The ideal candidate applies advanced principles, theories, concepts, and strategic thinking and is able to teach, train, and lead others. They use significant expertise and high judgment to deliver against strategic organizational wide goals, often working cross‑divisionally. They are able to effectively influence and negotiate solutions when the path forward is unclear, and they are able to make trade‑offs when evaluating opportunity versus available resources.

• Oversees new store and remodel project delivery across the portfolio of stores.
• Develops and tracks annual construction‑related capital and expense budgets for new store and capital reinvestment projects.
• Directs strategic planning activity for the Construction team, leading employees to identify and prioritize goals.
• Delivers improvements in construction administration, including monitoring of construction quality and schedule, ensuring deliverables are completed on time and on budget.
• Owns General Contractor strategic relationships, including evaluation and hiring of new vendors, and develops tools and processes to drive improvement.
• Owns General Contractor performance in accordance with the contracted standards, SLAs, and established cost labor rates, and drives strategies for continuous improvement, including leading quarterly business reviews.
• Oversees budget creation, bid package approval, and leads strategic cost‑saving initiatives to deliver cost‑effective store construction solutions in partnership with the Architecture team.
• Develops a framework for store cost analysis, determining the right KPIs, and driving improvements.
• Sets the standards for how to prepare and deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting to Director, Finance, and DVPs.
• Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results.
• Ensures employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements.
• Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions.
• Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews.
• Provides coaching, direction, and leadership support to employees to achieve department, Co‑op, and customer results.

• Must possess at least 5+ years of prior people leadership.
• 10+ years of retail construction project management experience, including occupied store remodels, or a combination of 10+ years in mixed construction roles (e.g., 5+ years in a GC role, 5+ years in an owner‑representative role).
• Expert knowledge of retail buildings, store construction processes and equipment including HVAC, elevators, lighting systems, roofing systems, and general building structures.
• Successful record managing a portfolio of retail construction projects, tenant improvements, and renovation capital projects including infrastructure projects.
• Ability to manage geographically diverse teams delivering concurrent projects remotely.
• Advanced skills in establishing and maintaining budgets, schedules, and deadlines, prioritizing, and managing…