Regional Projects Director

**Regional Projects Director**

**Job ID**
- 228614

**Posted**
- 09-Jul-2025

**Service line**
- GWS Segment

**Role type**
- Full-time

**Areas of Interest**

Facilities Management, Project Management

**Location(s)**

Hong Kong - Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur - Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, Singapore - Singapore
- CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting a Regional Projects Director to join the Asia Pacific team. This role can be based from Hong Kong/Malaysia/Singapore.

**Role Purpose**:

- Leading the projects business across APAC.
- Create, deliver and own the pipeline to achieve the agreed target.
- Ensure project compliance and QHSE regulations and standards are maintained consistently across the business and where possible exceed industry standard
- Provide leadership and development for the team of project professionals in the business
- Building external relationships with clients and supply partners to deliver major projects

**General Activities**:

- Responsible for initiating and delivering project opportunities, project delivery, sales/self
- delivery and P&L.
- Deliver projects to completion on time and on budget to the satisfaction of all parties; customer expectations are to be exceeded wherever and whenever possible.
- Ensure project opportunities on all maintenance contracts are identified to deliver increased turnover and profit to the Business.
- Create a supply chain of exceptional delivery partners
- Identify, reduce and manage all risks (technical, statutory, health and safety, commercial or otherwise) associated with each and every project.
- Ensure compliance with CBRE project management policies and procedures
- Ensure that health and safety policy and process is effectively implemented across both CBRE and supply partner activities
- Ensure appropriate control systems are in place to ensure statutory, policy and contractual commitments are met.
- Continually innovate the ‘Projects’ offering to generate more revenue streams and opportunities

**Business Development**:

- Responsible for generating and securing new sales to meet the financial plan.
- Responsible for leading the development and management of all bids, tenders and proposals in for Projects in excess of $1m to circa $10M in value
- Strategically plan and develop long term opportunities by creating a pipeline of potential orders.
- Seek out opportunities to generate revenue through innovation and different technologies.
- Supporting the sales process through solutions development, participation in presentations and consultation meetings.
- Develop ‘Project’ case studies and marketing literature on the projects being delivered.

**Building Relationships**:

- Develop effective relationships with current and potential customers through demonstrating our capability in project delivery solutions.
- Build strong relationships with subcontractors, in particular preferred suppliers. This is to ensure cost effective solutions which meet our quality expectations can be delivered to our customers whatever the scope of works. Note all risks are to be managed, with our suppliers engaged on back-to-back terms and conditions.
- Working with operational managers/Directors to ensure the collaborative development of the projects business with effective team working and support of colleagues.
- Stakeholder management across the business

**Compliance**:

- Ensure compliance with CBRE project management policies and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with CBRE health and safety policy and process whilst ensuring that they are effectively implemented across both CBRE and its subcontractor’s activities. These are to be regularly audited and reviewed.
- All projects must commence with a pre prepared Health and Safety file for the works. The Head of Projects is responsible for ensuring that this is compliant with current CDM Regulations.
- Chair monthly and ad hoc project review meetings covering all aspects of Health & Safety / CDM Legislation and requirements.

**Business and Financial Management**:

- Develop a project business plan and annual financial plan for revenue and profit delivery.
- Financial responsibility for the delivery of the annual projects Plan.
- Carry out monthly forecasting and ensure the project are delivered at the right margins
- Oversee the monthly P&L and ensure all over-head costs (PMs/HoP) are fully accountable and recoverable.
- Produce monthly and ad hoc financial reports for the business.
- Leverage margins on projects by working with subcontractors and suppliers to reduce project costs.

**People Management and Development**:

- Provide leadership to and development of the team of ‘Projects’ professionals.
- Establish and implement best practice training programmes to ensure capabilities match future business needs.
- Lead the recruitment and on-boarding of all Head of Projects across the business inc