Project Manager

CIC is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager, Expansion to lead the real estate assessment and support the delivery of complex expansion opportunities worldwide. This is a hands-on, senior individual contributor role for someone who can combine rigorous project management with strong real estate transaction knowledge, commercial judgment, and confidence working with senior internal and external stakeholders.

The Senior Project Manager turns qualified opportunities sourced by other resources into well-assessed, coordinated, and executable projects.

CIC builds and operates spaces where startups, scale-ups, corporations, and public institutions come together to overcome challenges and grow.

Founded in 1999, CIC was one of the first companies to offer flexible office space and coworking options, providing a platform for entrepreneurs to develop their ideas in a shared environment.

CIC manages a global network of workspaces, laboratories, and event spaces across North America, Europe, and Asia. Beyond our spaces, CIC also develops innovation-focused programming, builds and enables industry clusters, and offers consulting services to help the public and private sectors foster innovation ecosystems.

We invite you to explore our opportunities and learn more about our teams here.

CIC Catalyst is the strategic advisory and programming arm of CIC. It designs, operates, and manages innovation hubs and ecosystem programs that drive competitive specialization, sustainable growth, and impact. Catalyst provides advisory and programming to governments, corporations, and universities, grounded in 25+ years of hands-on operational experience and deep global ecosystem connections. To date, Catalyst has delivered 100+ programs and cohorts globally across CIC campuses, supporting 700+ startups, facilitating 500+ corporate-startup meetings, running 50+ technology scouting programs, and supporting 10+ government agencies through market-entry programs.

HOW THE ROLE FITS INTO THE EXPANSION MODEL

Expansion is led by Catalyst advisory and is supported by a range of senior staff and executives throughout CIC. The Senior Project Manager is the operational and real estate lead for assigned opportunities, namely projects that will become future CIC centers:

- Coordinate the initial real estate feasibility assessment and prepare a clear recommendation for green-light consideration.

- Own internal project coordination and execution, using the Expansion Process SOP and agreed stage gates.

- Build trust and continuity with external counterparts and, when delegated, lead day-to-day project discussions and selected negotiations. The designated country or regional lead retains ownership of the overall external relationship.

- Coordinate closely with the Executive Sponsor, Catalyst Advisory, Corporate Finance, Design and Construction, Legal, and Campus operations, bringing each team into the process at the right stage.

As a Senior Project Manager on our Expansion team, you will be the operational and real estate lead for opportunities that become future CIC centers, working closely with our Catalyst Advisory team, Executive Sponsors, and partners across Corporate Finance, Legal, Design and Construction, and Campus operations.

You are a structured, pragmatic project leader and a proficient English user who isn't just looking for a job, you're looking for a mission. You are calm under pressure and energized by the «beautiful chaos» of building something new, and you thrive when no two deals look the same. You are a natural connector who can hold a room of executives and external partners while staying close enough to the details to keep a project moving.

Please submit your application in English. Thank you!

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WHY CIC

This is an opportunity to shape how CIC delivers its next generation of international expansion projects. You will work on complex, high-impact opportunities with senior leaders and partners across markets, while helping build a more disciplined and scalable Expansion function.

CIC is committed to building teams that reflect the communities we support. We welcome candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. If you require an accommodation during the application process, please let us know.

CIC welcomes all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status or disability. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.