Construction Project Manager III

American Red Cross

Construction Project Manager with American Red Cross overseeing complex projects and leading teams to ensure successful outcomes. Responsible for project plans, budgets, and communication with stakeholders.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • District of Columbia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $100,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage complex, medium-sized projects with moderate resource requirements and risk initiated at the senior management level, leading the team through all phases including concept, development, implementation, and closeout.
Under minimal guidance, ensure that the project plan, scope, work breakdown structure, schedule, risk, budget, and deliverables are in alignment with the project goal and objectives as defined by the project statement of work.
Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.
Oversee team members’ milestones and performance as compared to project plan, scope, budget, resources, and schedule.
Communicate project progress and information to senior sponsors, stakeholders, and field as appropriate.
Develop and prepare written project plans for complex projects addressing, tasks, roles and responsibilities, risk, resources, budget and communications.
Develop work breakdown structure and perform critical path analysis.
Manage the change control within project, obtaining sponsor approval for changes to scope, budget and schedule that affect the critical path.
Acquire a project charter from senior management and obtain sign off on the statement of work by the project sponsor.
Ensure that scope, budget, and schedule targets are within variance and project delivery date is met.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree required
Minimum 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to develop project plans, budgets, and strategies to achieve organizational goals.
Proficiency with MS Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Ability to work on a team.
Travel: this position will require extensive travel.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental Vision plans
Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
401K with up to 6% match
Paid Family Leave
Employee Assistance
Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
Service Awards and recognition

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementwork breakdown structurecritical path analysisbudget managementrisk managementscope managementchange controlproject planningresource managementstakeholder communication

Soft Skills

interpersonal skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationteamworkleadershiporganizational skillsstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingadaptabilitycollaboration