Senior Director, PDS Projects

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.  Our people at JLL and JLL Technologies are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people  and empowering them to  thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong.  Whether you've got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you're looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.   Strategic leadership in programme and project planning As a Senior Director of Planning at JLL, you will be directly responsible for generating, leading and delivering a complex programme of project planning initiatives across multiple sectors. The role's priorities will lie in ensuring that all programme and project schedules are aligned with JLL project deliverables and are managed to the highest standard. You will manage and mentor a number of project planners and leads to ensure they can identify and communicate project risks and mitigation strategies, including critical paths, project schedule float and slack. A key part of the role will be ensuring the project teams are identifying projet risks and developing mitigation suitable strategies, analysing the impact on programme and project schedules, and applying strategies to ensure projects remain on target.Being at the heart of the teamYou are an individual who sees the big picture, acts decisively and creates a collaborative planning environment. As Senior Director of Planning, you will provide leadership in translating vision into realistic schedules that long with project objectives. Success in this role will be measured by your ability to establish robust planning frameworks, including resource and cost loaded schedules. In this role you will guide project teams and re-scheduling efforts to minimize programme risk. You will also contribute to claim analysis and development by evaluating vendor or client schedule-related claims to reduce potential risk to deliverables.Embracing the human side of businessYou are client-focused, committed to cultivating business relationships, and adept at driving programme planning excellence to deliver tailored solutions. As Senior Director of Planning, you will not only guide scheduling strategies but also coach and mentor planners acoss wider project teams across multiple projects, so they understand the implications of decisions on project deliverables and how to effectively communicate such risks and mitigations to clients. This includes building awareness of risk impacts, leading discussions on schedule dependencies, and ensuring holistic understanding of planning in support JLL's overall goals. You will consistently promote a culture of collaboration, high-quality planning, and accountability, ensuring JLL delivers on its promise with precision and reliability. Location: On-site –Hyderabad, TSScheduled Weekly Hours:0If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all of the requirements.  We're interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the tableJLL Privacy NoticeJones Lang LaSalle (JLL), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services. We take our responsibility to protect the personal information provided to us seriously. Generally the personal information we collect from you are for the purposes of processing in connection with JLL's recruitment process. We endeavour to keep your personal information secure with appropriate level of security and keep for as long as we need it for legitimate business or legal reasons. We will then delete it safely and securely.For more information about how JLL processes your personal data, please view our Candidate Privacy Statement.For additional details please see our career site pages for each country.For candidates in the United States, please see a full copy of our Equal Employment Opportunity policy here.Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.  If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process – including the online application and/or overall selection process – you may email us at This email is only to request an accommodation. Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL.