Vice President, Property Development – HQ Workplace & Amenities Design & Construction

Global Real Estate and Workplace Experience (GREWE) is a global team at American Express (Amex) responsible for the full lifecycle of planning, execution, and operations of Amex real estate. GREWE supports over 75,000 Amex colleagues and contractors in over eight million square feet of property located in 59 countries. 

GREWE’s purpose is to provide the world’s best workplace experience at a competitive cost, for every colleague, at every site, every day. 

How will you make an impact in this role?

• The Vice President, Property Development serves as the executive leader accountable for the successful planning, governance, execution, and delivery of the American Express New Global Headquarters Workplace and Amenities program.
• Provide end-to-end leadership across workplace strategy, design, project controls, procurement, construction, technology integration, commissioning, occupancy readiness, move, change and stakeholder management.
• Act as the single accountable executive responsible for achieving schedule, budget, quality, safety, sustainability, and colleague experience objectives across the design and construction of the Interiors Project.
• Lead executive governance, decision-making, risk management, and reporting processes for one of the company’s most significant capital investments.
• Serve as the primary interface with the interior architects, engineers, consultants, construction managers, and senior business leaders. And lead the Interiors integration and coordination with the base building development team. 
• Lead and develop internal project teams while fostering a culture of accountability, operational excellence, collaboration, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for all phases of the Global Headquarters workplace and amenities program from planning through occupancy.

• Lead the project through the established governance structures, executive steering committees, reporting frameworks, and decision-making processes.

• Oversee design development, procurement, permitting, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness activities.

• Maintain executive accountability for budget performance, forecasting, change management, and contingency utilization.

• Lead integration between base building development and interior fit-out activities.

• Drive resolution of major commercial, technical, operational, and stakeholder issues.

• Ensure alignment among GREWE, Technology, Security, Facilities, Finance, Procurement, Legal, and other key business stakeholders.

• Provide regular updates and recommendations to senior leadership and executive committees.

• Lead project controls, schedule management, risk identification, and mitigation activities.

• Manage external consultants, developers, construction managers, and key delivery partners.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 20+ years of experience leading large-scale commercial real estate, headquarters, mixed-use, or complex development projects.
• 10+ years of leadership experience managing multidisciplinary project teams.
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects exceeding $1 billion in capital value.
• Deep expertise in design management, construction management, project controls, risk management, procurement, and financial oversight.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead complex decisions.
• Experience working within developer-led and landlord-tenant project environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or MBA.
• PMP, PgMP, LEED, or related professional certification.
• Experience delivering corporate headquarters projects and workplace transformation programs.
• Experience with BIM, Digital Twin, Smart Building technologies, and advanced project controls platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6, Power BI, Microsoft Project, Excel, and executive reporting tools.

 

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions