Hybrid Program Manager

at NHOOD

• Job title: Program Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: €48,000 - €58,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: Chef
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

About the role

• Program Manager overseeing the development and implementation of mixed real estate projects at Nhood. Ensuring project quality and coordination across technical, administrative, and financial aspects.

Responsibilities

• You will join our Promotion team for the NORD region, composed of around thirty colleagues (Director, Program Managers and Assistants, Construction Manager, etc.).
• Working autonomously, you will operate within a project team where you are responsible for the development and delivery oversight of mixed-use real estate projects.
• You will report to a Program Director and work across the Hauts-de-France and Normandy areas.
• You will be in charge of structuring and managing a range of complex mixed-use real estate projects that have a positive impact.
• Land recycling and ZAN (Zero Net Land Take), de-sealing and renaturation, intensification of uses and mixed-use development, delivery of housing, and regeneration of urban gateways are among the topical challenges our projects aim to address.
• You will manage projects across all aspects (technical, administrative, legal, financial and commercial), coordinating with all project team members and external stakeholders.
• You will be responsible for program quality, adherence to timeline, margin and fees, client satisfaction — from signature of the preliminary agreement through to final completion — in compliance with internal processes and quality standards.
• Your main responsibilities will include:
• - Defining programs based on market analysis, the urban context and the current use of sites.
• - Defining and ensuring the project ambitions, the key financial balances and the prefiguration and communication strategy.
• - Conducting negotiations and managing land acquisition follow-up.
• - Supporting the political positioning and local authority endorsement of projects.
• - Managing the financial aspects of operations: financial statements, budget monitoring, financing and guarantees.
• - Preparing, submitting and following up on permits and authorizations (planning permissions, DLE, impact studies, etc.) and supervising preliminary technical studies.
• - Overseeing the entire design process (concept, pre-design, schematic design, detailed design, tender documents) and the tendering of contractors up to contract award for construction works.
• - Overseeing the marketing of programs and the progress of works up to handover to clients.
• - Ensuring the legal and financial closure of operations.
• - Coordinating the project with external partners and internal departments.
• - Representing the Group with local authorities and external partners.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or equivalent (business school, civil engineering or construction engineering school, school of architecture, law degree, urban planning/territorial development, etc.).
• You have a successful track record of at least 3 to 5 years in structuring and delivering real estate projects, from program definition to project close-out.
• Knowledge of planning law, environmental law and construction law.
• Experience delivering mixed-use real estate projects in dense urban contexts.
• Global project approach and experience managing complex projects.
• Strong awareness of sustainable development challenges and a taste for innovation.
• A true conductor/orchestrator, you are recognized for your analytical skills and your managerial/organizational abilities.
• Your versatility and proactive mindset will enable you to manage projects autonomously.
• Precision and resilience in project delivery are essential qualities for this role.
• Your ability to adapt your behavior according to context, stakes and interlocutors, together with excellent communication skills and a strong ability to work in teams, will allow you to unite internal and external stakeholders around the project.
• You know how to manage priorities, demonstrate creativity and be a source of proposals to the teams.
• Finally, you are attentive to the evolution of new uses of real estate products, changes in living and consumption patterns, and focused on the end-user customer experience (B2B and B2C).