Sr. Project Manager Area Development

Project overview

Please note! This role is only available for secondment/suppliers or for freelancers who join our payroll. We can tell you more about this by phone.

Requirements

You are an experienced project manager with vision, decisiveness, and a feel for administrative relationships. You bring:

You distinguish yourself by:

Practical

Wishes

• A completed HBO or WO degree (e.g., Construction, Urban Planning, Real Estate)
• At least 7 years of experience with large-scale area development (> €50 million)
• Experience with planning processes and the Environmental Act
• Knowledge of project management methodologies (Prince2/IPMA)
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Decisiveness and sense of responsibility
• Strong stakeholder management
• Strategic insight and execution power
• Connecting leadership
• Flexible working hours (e.g., 4x9) and hybrid working
• Two intake interviews will take place
• Candidate has a completed HBO or WO degree in Construction, Urban Planning, Real Estate, Civil Engineering, or equivalent.
• At least 7 years of demonstrable experience as a project manager in area development.
• Candidate has knowledge of and experience with the Environmental Act.
• At least 10 years of demonstrable experience as a project manager in area development.
• The candidate has experience with large-scale projects in area development.
• Candidate has experience with large area development projects within hospital, university, campus, or science park environments.
• The candidate is Prince2 Practitioner, IPMA-C, or similarly registered.
• Experience with coordination with municipalities, provinces, and/or water boards.

Project details

maximum €125

UMC Utrecht

About the organization

Do you want to work on area development that truly matters? At UMC Utrecht, you will have the opportunity to play a key role in the transformation of one of the largest and most dynamic healthcare campuses in the Netherlands. Here you will combine social impact with complex projects and visibly contribute to a future-proof and sustainable environment for healthcare, education, and research.

Senior Project Manager Area Development (Construction)

The role

Your role and impact

As Senior Project Manager Area Development, you will be responsible for the integral development of the outdoor area of the UMC Utrecht campus. You will work on an ambitious program with a scope of approximately €150 million. Your responsibilities will include:

What will you do?

In this role, you will be responsible from start to finish for the successful realization of complex area development projects. You will start in the planning phase, where you will guide the development of the area and translate ambitions into concrete, achievable plans. You will ensure that these plans are elaborated into clear program specifications and supported designs, continuously focusing on coherence, feasibility, and quality. Throughout the entire process, you will maintain sharp control.

You will monitor progress, steer on schedule and budget, and ensure that risks are identified and managed in a timely manner. At the same time, you will not lose sight of the substantive quality and the long-term ambition of the area. You know exactly when to adjust and when to give specialists room. You will play an important role in guiding planning and legal processes. You will ensure that procedures run according to schedule and that all necessary agreements are carefully prepared and concluded. You will work within the framework of the Environmental Act and coordinate intensively with involved authorities.

A large part of your success lies in connecting people and interests. You will actively maintain contact with stakeholders such as municipalities, provinces, water boards, partners within the Utrecht Science Park, and local residents. You will understand their interests and bring them together into supported solutions. Within UMC Utrecht, you will work closely with fellow project managers, advisors, and the Facility Services department. You will ensure that area and building development are well aligned, thus strengthening the integrity of the program.

You will manage design teams and executing parties, assess plans, and ensure that execution proceeds according to agreements. Furthermore, you will be a strong discussion partner at management level. You will advise directors and management, prepare decision-making, and know how to convey complex issues clearly and persuasively. You will effortlessly switch between strategy and execution and always keep the end goal in mind.

The work environment

You will become part of the Construction and Housing Department, a key department within UMC Utrecht.

What you can expect:

• The development of a new urban planning framework and environmental plan
• The realization of a parking facility with 2,600 spaces
• The replacement construction of the Ronald McDonald House
• The landscaping of the site into a green ‘common green’
• You will operate in a complex playing field with many different interests and stakeholders. You will take the lead and ensure that plans are actually realized.
• Working on a campus of approximately 450,000 m²
• A large-scale area transformation over 25 years
• Direct contribution to healthcare, research, and education
• Collaboration with driven professionals in a complex environment
• area development
• project management
• sustainability
• stakeholder management
• environmental plan
• campus development
• budget management
• risk management
• decision-making
• integral collaboration
• Start: 2026-10-25T23:00:00
• Location: Utrecht, NL
• Languages: Dutch