TA Instruments · 1 month ago
Real Estate Project Manager, Americas
Waters Corporation is a global leader in analytical instruments and separations technologies, serving various scientific fields for over 65 years. The Real Estate Project Manager for the Americas will lead transformative projects focusing on real estate strategy and M&A integration, managing high-impact projects across laboratories and office spaces while ensuring compliance and effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
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Responsibilities
Lead real estate workstreams for acquisitions, divestitures, and mergers, including site assessments, transition planning, disposition, and consolidation opportunities
Conduct real estate due diligence for acquired portfolios (lease review, building condition, capital needs, compliance gaps, laboratory infrastructure readiness)
Develop integration roadmaps, project plans, critical-path schedules, and resource requirements
Oversee relocation of employees, equipment, labs, and regulated materials across multiple sites with minimal disruption to business continuity
Collaboratively partner with senior management leaders to align and support their business objectives. Be a thought leader and provide forward-thinking corporate real estate market intelligence
Support strategic portfolio decisions across offices, labs, warehouses, and manufacturing spaces resulting from M&A activity
Perform space forecasting, utilization analysis, and scenario modeling to evaluate footprint optimization and consolidation strategies
Prepare business cases with CapEx/OpEx estimates, ROI analysis, and recommendations for executive approval
Partner with brokers and internal stakeholders to execute site searches, RFPs, LOIs, and lease negotiation support for both integration-driven and routine projects
Assess lease risks and obligations for newly acquired sites and advise on renewals, terminations, subleases, and consolidations
Responsible for real estate transaction management as an end-to-end process
Lead programming and requirements gathering with scientific, manufacturing, and operational end users
Partner with the workplace strategy team on workplace design trends and development of standards by region
Guide architects and engineers through programming, conceptual design, laboratory planning, and engineering reviews
Ensure compliance with life science-specific code requirements, including BSL standards, environmental permits, and hazardous materials storage
Oversee construction activities, including schedule, budget, quality, safety, commissioning, and change management
Direct general contractors, consultants, and technical vendors during project execution
Partner with global procurement to optimize vender management
Partner with the environmental health and safety team to ensure we are in compliance with all local government regulations and that we are providing a safe and healthy work environment for all occupants within our space portfolio
Develop and manage project budgets, cash flows, and forecasts across multiple concurrent projects
Provide regular financial updates, variance analysis, and scenario models to Finance and leadership
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required
10+ years of experience desired in real estate project management with a strong track record in life sciences projects
Experience managing end-to-end design and construction projects across multiple sites
Strong understanding of life sciences building systems
Strong project management skills
Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in fast-paced environments
Strong customer relationship management skills
Travel - 30% of the time
Ability to work with international teams, in different time zones
Experience in working with wide variety of complex operational and commercial challenges
Proven ability to prioritize tasks and to initiate follow-through with meticulous attention to detail and high level of accuracy
Knowledge of risk management with the ability to identify activities
Resolve and/or escalate issues in a professional and timely manner
Company
TA Instruments
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