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Urban renewal project manager
Would you like to steer the practical transformation of neighbourhoods and areas while coordinating multidisciplinary teams? The job of Urban Renewal Project Manager could be the ideal opportunity to build a career that is both strategic and committed. Before you take the plunge, it’s essential to find out about the tasks, skills required and prospects offered by this profession.
The business
What is an Urban Renewal Project Manager?
Its role
The Urban Renewal Project Manager oversees the transformation of neighbourhoods and urban areas. You orchestrate all development operations, from design to completion. Your mission: to design and implement sustainable housing projects that meet today’s social and environmental challenges.
Its field of action
As an Urban Renewal Project Manager, you will work at the heart of a complex ecosystem involving local authorities, social landlords and private players. You have a good command of town planning law and negotiate with local elected representatives to defend your urban development projects.
Your frequent travels in the field enable you to meet local players and monitor worksites. This proximity to local realities enhances your expertise in regional development and positions you as a key contact for local authorities.
The functions
What are the duties of an urban renewal project manager?
Your daily life is punctuated by large-scale projects that are transforming urban areas over the long term.
You manage the financial and legal arrangements for urban renewal projects
You carry out the necessary urban planning, technical and regulatory studies
You negotiate with local authorities and institutional partners
You are familiar with development plans and social housing programmes
You build up and lead a network of strategic local players
You will be responsible for monitoring regulatory developments in planning and construction law
You draw up in-depth territorial social diagnoses
You coordinate project teams and specialist design offices
Qualifications
The qualities and skills needed to be a good urban renewal project manager
Legal and technical expertise
Your expertise in town planning and construction law is your professional foundation. You have a perfect command of regulations and are able to navigate the administrative complexity of urban development projects.
Negotiation and communication
Your interpersonal skills enable you to convince elected representatives, technicians and residents. You’ll be able to adapt your approach to suit the people you’re dealing with and effectively defend your urban renewal projects.
Strategic territorial vision
Your ability to analyse social and urban issues guides your planning decisions. You can anticipate territorial developments and incorporate the challenges of sustainable urban development into your projects.
The benefits
What are the advantages of working as an Urban Renewal Project Manager?
This job offers you a unique opportunity to bring about real change in your local area and improve the quality of life for local residents. You will play an active part in public urban renewal policies and help to resolve contemporary social issues. The sector is benefiting from sustained public investment and a favourable dynamic linked to the ecological and digital transitions.
Your expertise in urban planning gives you a high degree of decision-making autonomy and professional recognition. Your career prospects will take you into urban programme management, planning director positions or strategic territorial development functions within local authorities.
Remuneration
Urban renewal project manager: salary and career development
The job offers attractive remuneration. At the start of your career, you can expect to earn €35,000 gross per annum. With experience, this rises to €50,000, reaching €65,000 by the end of your career. There are significant regional variations, with higher salaries in the Île-de-France region.
In addition, there are often significant benefits, such as a company car, project-related performance bonuses, reduced working hours and ongoing training. Your career prospects will take you into urban programme management or strategic functions in regional development.
Up to
65 000€
Salary per year
Training courses
How do you become an urban renewal project manager?
Our training courses
To become an Urban Renewal Project Manager, it is essential to follow a specialised course at a recognised school. At INSEEC, we can help you realise your career plans by offering programmes and specialisations tailored to the challenges of urban planning, sustainable development and territorial project management.
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