Real Estate Project Manager

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Real Estate Manager

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Your Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be a tenured member of the Real Estate function in the given geography/specialized area who owns a specific area of responsibility/topic within the function. Each day, you will improve efficiency, performance, and cost-effective service delivery, by analyzing and proposing the plan of actions for the function. You will also showcase your expertise by supporting the systems implementation/upgrade in your area of functional responsibility.

- Work model: Li-hybrid

In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact, as you will be accountable for:

• Participating in defining, implementing, and continuously improving processes, procedures, and action plans, ensuring alignment with Group guidelines, policies, and procedures.

• Recommending, developing, and supporting the implementation of special initiatives within the relevant functional area, including real estate–related programs.

• Ensuring accurate and up‑to‑date maintenance of ABB-owned/leased/rented property databases; identifies project scope, conducts risk and cost assessments, and prepares project timelines while overseeing the architectural and engineering design process.

• Managing the entire bidding process, organizing tender documentation, responding to pre‑bid inquiries, evaluating proposals, making recommendations, and defining negotiation strategies.

• Overseeing contractors to ensure delivery of scope, quality, budget, and deadlines; administering project budgets and acting as a technical advisor and spokesperson on critical matters influencing real estate operations.

Qualifications for the Role

• You have strong expertise across the full project life cycle, delivering engineering and architectural solutions from land due‑diligence to the realization of approved investments, ensuring cost‑effective and timely project delivery across the real estate portfolio.

• You bring at least 3 years of experience in Real Estate, Construction, Civil/Architectural Engineering, Architecture, or related fields—preferably within Corporate Real Estate or industrial environments—and you are at ease communicating in both Italian and English.

• You possess solid knowledge of Italian Real Estate regulations (e.g., leasing, purchase/sale), Occupational Health and Safety laws (D.lgs 81/08), and environmental legislation.

• You are an analytical problem solver, able to manage complex, multi‑variable situations with limited standardization while maintaining high‑quality output under pressure.

• You demonstrate strong management, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills with a high level of independence, professional ethics, customer orientation, and a proactive mindset.

Benefits

Locally, you can count on:

• Competitive compensation: Attractive salary packages and performance bonuses.

• Corporate welfare: Access to a wide range of services and personal well-being support.

• Career development: Structured career paths, individual development plans, opportunities for internal mobility, including international roles, technical and managerial training programs, mentoring and access to global learning platforms

• Flexibility and work-life balance: Flexible working hours, hybrid work options, and a strong focus on work-life integration.

• Employee Support: free services like psychological help, wellness coaching, and emotional support for employees and their families.

• Parental Leave: at least 12 weeks of fully paid leave for primary caregivers and 4 weeks for secondary caregivers, promoting DEI values.

• Meal allowance: Access to canteen or ticket restaurant is provided to support daily lunch expenses.

More about us

Our mission in Real Estate (RE) is to enable ABB businesses to perform at their best through a global real estate management that covers the full end-to-end lifecycle from site selection, management and maintenance to site termination. We have a passion for operational excellence and make every effort to create value for ABB businesses. Our efforts grow out of a commitment to provide healthy and engaging work environments, improve energy efficiency and sustainability and optimize space efficiency for all our buildings in more than 100 countries all over the world

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. 
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