Director of Project Management
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Must have
- 10+ years of Project Management experience in commercial construction, with demonstrated P&L ownership across multiple concurrent projects.
- Proven experience leading and developing other project managers — not just managing individual project scope.
- Deep fluency in contracts, estimating, and change-order/claims management.
- Track record of owning client relationships on complex, high-stakes projects.
- Based in Birmingham, AL, or willing to relocate.
Nice to have
- Experience in a self-perform, vertically integrated, or design-build environment.
- Healthcare construction experience (ICRA, AHCA, infection control standards).
- Financial fluency beyond contract and schedule management — GC fee structures, insurance spread, self-perform economics.
- Experience building project controls, reporting systems, or PM organizational structure from the ground up.
Full description
Director of Project Management
Location: Birmingham, AL
Reports to: Zach Van Schoyck, Chief Operating Officer
Employment Type: Full-time
Compensation: Competitive salary + performance-based bonus + benefits
About Creature
Creature is a vertically integrated Design–Manufacture–Construct (DMC) company headquartered in Birmingham, AL. We replace the century-old, siloed model of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry with one disciplined system — design, manufacturing, and field execution operating as a single team, not a chain of handoffs. Our in-house Plumbing, HVAC, and Carpentry trades are the backbone of that system, and the reason Creature delivers medical and commercial facilities faster, safer, and to a higher standard than a traditional general contractor.
Purpose of the Role
Own the project management function across Creature's active portfolio — the seat responsible for every dollar of margin, every client relationship, and every contract once the field has already earned its value. This is not a bigger Senior Project Manager role. The Director of Project Management leads and develops every PM and APM on Creature's board, owns P&L and estimating discipline across the portfolio, and operates as the disciplined counterweight to Field Operations, defending the value the field creates while finding new value the field will never see. Where Field Operations plays offense, this seat plays both sides of the ball: defense that protects margin, contract, and client relationship, and an offense of its own that closes the value gaps between design, production, field, and finance.
Core Accountability
Own the P&L, the client relationship, and the contract on every active project — while building the PM bench, systems, and cross-functional discipline that let Creature's project volume double without the project management function straining twice as hard.
Key Accountabilities
- P&L, Margin & Estimating Discipline
Own P&L and gross margin generation across every active project under this seat, protected by a genuine understanding of the contract rather than discovered after a change-order dispute. Build estimating discipline that holds up under the actual conditions of the job, not just at bid, and drive change-order and claims management that keeps margin from leaking back out after the field has already earned it. Track estimating accuracy — variance between bid and actual — and drive it down, project by project.
- PM/APM Leadership & Bench Development
Lead, manage, and hold accountable every project manager and assistant project manager on Creature's board — not as approver of last resort, but as the leader who develops PMs capable of running a client relationship and a contract independently. Build the bench faster than the pipeline requires it: cast and recruit the next PM before the contract that needs them is signed, and enrich PM and APM roles with more capability and ownership rather than multiplying headcount to match growth.