Sustainability & Green Building Project Manager

About the role

The Sustainability & Green Building Project Manager integrates environmental and social sustainability into interior design, renovation, visual merchandising and event projects. Reporting to the Architecture Team Director and dotted-line to the Sustainability Director, the role manages the day-to-day delivery of sustainability initiatives, leads green building certification work and supports lower-carbon materials and construction practices. It works mainly within the Boutique Architecture Team and with the Sustainability Team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead LEED certification requirements across interior spaces and building renovations, from early design to completion
• Set up a process for following up sustainability and LEED requirements on new boutique openings and renovations, sharing alerts, recommendations and lessons learned
• Manage several sustainability projects at once, coordinating priorities, deliverables, timelines and resources
• Monitor progress, quality, risks and schedules, give regular updates and escalate issues needing corrective action
• Advise architects, designers, contractors and suppliers on meeting sustainability objectives
• Coordinate certification documentation, evidence collection and submissions, and report construction-site waste data
• Support monitoring of social and labour aspects of construction workers, and track embodied carbon emissions of selected projects
• Maintain and improve sustainable materials databases for Architecture, Visual Merchandising and Events teams, and research lower-carbon, circular and responsibly sourced materials
• Translate sustainability priorities into project requirements, guidance and performance indicators, and contribute to internal sustainability reporting
• Represent sustainability requirements in negotiations with landlords, developers, property managers and leasing partners

Required profile

• Degree in architecture, interior design, building engineering, construction management, environmental engineering or a comparable technical field
• Approximately 8-10 years of relevant experience, including significant project management in retail, commercial interiors, architecture, construction or engineering
• At least three years integrating sustainability requirements into projects (circularity, energy efficiency, materials, construction waste, embodied carbon)
• Demonstrated experience delivering LEED ID+C projects, especially luxury commercial interiors, retail interiors, tenant fit-outs or workplaces
• Experience with LEED BD+C, major renovations, Core and Shell or LEED O+M is an advantage; LEED AP ID+C strongly preferred, LEED Green Associate may be considered
• Good understanding of construction materials, specifications, procurement and contractor management
• Ability to negotiate or advise on commercial leases, green lease provisions and sustainability clauses
• Familiarity with social sustainability and worker welfare is an advantage

Required skills

• Construction waste reporting and sustainable materials selection
• Embodied carbon assessment, life-cycle assessment or project carbon accounting
• Japanese and English, with influence skills