Project Executive

WE ARE HIRING | PROJECT EXECUTIVE

Company: SmartCity PLC

Department: Projects/Technology

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos

Reports To: General Manager, HazanaNest & HazanaFTZ

Employment Type: Full-Time

ABOUT SMARTCITY PLC

SmartCity PLC is an urban systems and lifestyle operating company with interests spanning real estate, infrastructure, technology, and lifestyle businesses. Our real estate portfolio includes land, residential, and mixed-use development opportunities across strategic locations in Nigeria.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a proactive, organised, and results-driven Project Executive to coordinate and monitor projects across our real estate and technology operations.

The successful candidate will support project planning and execution, coordinate internal teams and external stakeholders, track project milestones, and ensure deliverables align with approved timelines, budgets, quality standards, and business objectives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Project Planning & Execution: Develop project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables while monitoring progress and ensuring timely completion.

• Team & Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate project teams, contractors, consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders. Facilitate meetings, track action points, and follow up on outstanding tasks.

• Budget & Resource Management: Support budget preparation, monitor expenditure, track resource utilisation, and identify potential cost overruns.

• Real Estate Project Management: Monitor construction activities, contractor performance, site progress, and project milestones while escalating delays, technical issues, and project risks.

• Technology Project Management: Coordinate software implementations, digital platforms, business systems, and process automation projects. Track development, testing, deployment, and issue resolution.

• Reporting & Performance Monitoring: Maintain project documentation, prepare progress reports, and ensure project deliverables meet agreed requirements and quality standards.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Estate Management, Building Technology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• 8–11 years' experience in project management, project coordination, or project delivery.

• Demonstrable experience managing projects from planning through execution and completion.

• Experience in real estate, construction, infrastructure, property development, or related industries is highly desirable.

• Familiarity with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Trello, Asana, or Jira.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

• Excellent organisational, communication, coordination, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.

• PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, or an equivalent project management certification is an added advantage.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to recruitment@smartcityplc.com using “Project Executive” as the subject of the email.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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