Director, Project Delivery

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About the Role

Cruise is looking for a Director, Project Delivery to lead the growing in-house team and outsourced partners from acquisition and due diligence through execution of capital construction projects.  Projects will include fleet, lab and office spaces and projects will range in scale and complexity from tenant improvements to urban redevelopment.  This position will work closely with internal business unit stakeholders, the CRM, transaction management team, program management office, EHS and facilities operations.  If you’re interested in creating a foundation for scale and thrive in a dynamic environment, Cruise is the place for you!

What you’ll be doing:

• Establishing a scalable process:
• Provide strategic, forward-thinking leadership of all real estate design and construction activities including new builds, remodels and critical infrastructure installations and upgrades.
• Act as a key contributor during the early strategy & acquisition phase of the real estate end-to-end process.Program management of third party project management services.
• Coordination with key internal stakeholders including: Real Estate Management, Workplace & Portfolio Strategy, CRM, TPM, Facilities Operations, Global Security, EH&S and IT to integrate multiple standards and schedules into every project’s delivery.
• Lead stakeholder coordination throughout the project delivery phase.  
• Ensure a seamless hand-off to site operation once projects are delivered.

• Uplevel Cruise’s project management maturity for commercialization:
• Development and management of reporting across all project types and asset classes including scope, schedule, budget and risks. 
• Identify innovative opportunities to enhance quality, decrease capital costs, reduce delivery time and increase scalability.
• Development of contracting and procurement strategies in coordination with Global Procurement and Sourcing for a bench of key consultants including general contractors, architects, civil and structural engineers, power and utilities consultants, and permitting expeditors among others.  
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external consultants to develop Design Guidelines/Kit-of-Part, programming templates, work letters and foundational tools and templates to prepare for scaling across multiple metros and asset classes.

• Create and implement rigor around capital project budgets and planning
• Establish annual and longer-term capital budget forecasts and projections.
• Oversee the entire capital project financial impacts including guidance over project cash flows and procurement approvals. 
• Create cost and schedule benchmarks for all asset types and delivery methods.

What you must have:

• Are a creative, innovative, and curious individual who doesn’t shy away from challenging projects and tight deadlines
• Appreciate a late stage startup culture where function often overshadows form, we are in a prototyping stage where budget management and speed to delivery are most important
• Past experience and success working with an outsourced service provider to deliver projects, this role will have a combination of employees and third part project managers 
• Possess excellent management and leadership skills and the ability to motivate and work with and through others to achieve desired results.
• Ability to solve and digest complex problems that require both qualitative and quantitative considerations
• Have worked with multiple authorities having jurisdiction including planning departments, local/regional/state governments, and utilities providers
• Experience in managing a capital plan and ability to assist with capital planning efforts via cost estimation, benchmarking and industry knowledge
• Must be able to communicate concepts, procedures, and systems needs clearly to all levels of the organization including internal peers, business unit stakeholders and the C-suite 
• Ability to travel to project job sites

Bonus points!

• 15+ years of experience managing teams and delivering across multiple asset types in dense urban environments
• PMP Certification
• Architectural, Electrical or Civil Engineering Degree
• Experience with R&D Lab, Heavy Equipment Industrial, Electric Vehicle Charging, Automotive Lab, and Office product types
• Google Suite skills and deep knowledge of project management applications and technologies
• In coordination with the transactions and legal, experience in creation of work letters
• Experience in a variety of delivery methods (i.e. build to suits, brownfield redevelopment, TIs) and procurement methods 

Why Cruise?

• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
  • Competitive salary and benefits 
  • 401(k) Cruise matching program 
  • Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
  • One Medical membership
  • Subsidized mental health benefits
  • Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
  • Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
  • Paid parental, jury duty, bereavement, family care and medical leave
  • Fertility Benefits
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
  • Flexible Spending Account 
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees
  • CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time.

• We’re Integrated
  • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.

• We’re Funded
  • GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price & Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.

• We’re Independent
  • We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.

• We’re Vested
  • You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow.
  • Recurring Liquidity Opportunity (RLO) - a unique equity program where employees, both current and former, have the option to sell any amount of their vested equity on a recurring basis, currently quarterly.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. 

We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.

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Vaccine Mandate. 

At Cruise, we’re tasked with leading in the communities we serve — and doing our part to help keep our communities and our teams safe. Our #StaySafe culture transcends and informs all we do, and because of this, as of October 31, 2021 Cruise will be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all US-based Cruisers who need or want to access any of our US Cruise facilities and engage in any business travel — including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event. 

If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, disability, or a strongly-held religious belief, Cruise will consider requests for an accommodation.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.