REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE IS MANDATORY

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. PROJECT & CONSTRUCTION LEADERSHIP

- Provide overall leadership for the execution of multiple real estate and construction projects.
- Drive projects from pre-development stage through construction, completion and handover.
- Establish project milestones, execution plans, budgets and performance KPIs.
- Ensure projects are delivered within approved time, cost, quality and safety parameters.
- Monitor construction progress, contractors, consultants, architects and project management teams.
- Identify project risks, bottlenecks and delays and ensure timely corrective action.
- Establish strong project review mechanisms and ensure regular reporting to the CEO/MD.
- Drive quality standards, construction productivity and efficient utilisation of resources.
- Ensure effective coordination between design, construction, procurement, finance, sales and customer-facing teams.

2. LAND ACQUISITION & DEVELOPMENT

- Lead and oversee the land identification, acquisition and development process in coordination with the relevant teams.
- Evaluate land parcels from commercial, development, legal, regulatory and feasibility perspectives.
- Coordinate land due diligence, title verification and documentation with Legal and external advisors.
- Lead negotiations with landowners, aggregators and other stakeholders.
- Support Joint Ventures, Joint Development Agreements and other land-development structures.
- Ensure land acquisition decisions are aligned with project feasibility, business plans and return expectations.

3. LIAISONING & STATUTORY APPROVALS

- Oversee liaisoning and coordination with relevant government authorities, development authorities, municipal bodies and regulatory agencies.
- Ensure timely processing and tracking of project approvals, permissions, NOCs and statutory clearances.
- Build and maintain strong professional relationships with relevant authorities and external stakeholders.
- Establish an approvals tracker and ensure that regulatory milestones do not adversely impact project timelines.
- Coordinate with internal and external liaisoning teams to resolve approval-related bottlenecks.

4. LEGAL & RERA

- Oversee coordination with internal and external legal teams on land, contracts, development agreements, construction contracts,



vendor agreements, customer matters and project-related legal issues.
- Ensure appropriate legal due diligence before acquisition and development commitments.
- Maintain strong working knowledge of RERA and applicable real estate laws and regulations.
- Ensure projects, sales processes, customer documentation and project commitments remain aligned with RERA requirements.
- Monitor RERA registrations, project updates, statutory filings, extensions and compliance requirements.
- Coordinate resolution of legal notices, disputes, claims and regulatory matters affecting projects.
- Identify potential legal and regulatory risks and ensure timely mitigation.

5. PROCUREMENT, CONTRACTS & COST CONTROL

- Oversee procurement strategy for construction materials, contractors, consultants and project-related services.
- Ensure competitive procurement, quality assurance and timely availability of materials.
- Review major contracts, work orders and commercial terms in coordination with Finance and Legal.
- Monitor contractor performance, variations, claims and cost overruns.
- Drive cost optimisation without compromising project quality or timelines.
- Establish appropriate commercial controls across projects.

6. BUSINESS & OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT

- Convert organisational strategy into annual, quarterly and project-wise operating plans.
- Establish clear KPIs, accountability structures and performance-review mechanisms.
- Drive coordination between Projects, Construction, Land, Legal, Liaisoning, Procurement, Finance, Sales, CRM and HR.
- Identify operational inefficiencies and implement scalable systems and SOPs.
- Develop MIS and dashboards for real-time visibility of project and business performance.
- Support the CEO/MD in strategic decisions, expansion plans, new projects and business development initiatives.

7. FINANCIAL & COMMERCIAL DISCIPLINE





- Work closely with Finance to monitor project budgets, cash flows, collections and expenditure.
- Ensure operational decisions are aligned with project profitability and cash-flow requirements.
- Monitor project-wise cost, revenue, margins and financial performance.
- Support feasibility assessment and commercial evaluation of new projects.
- Drive accountability for cost, revenue and profitability across operating teams.

8. LEADERSHIP & PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

- Lead senior functional and project teams with explicit accountability and performance expectations.
- Build a culture of ownership, execution, discipline and transparency.
- Mentor Project Heads, Construction Heads and other functional leaders.
- Strengthen the organisation's second line of leadership.
- Ensure effective manpower planning and deployment across projects.
- Drive performance management and capability development.

CANDIDATE PROFILE We are looking for a senior professional with:

- 1825+ years of experience in Real Estate, Construction, Infrastructure, Property Development or Buildcon.
- Proven experience in a senior leadership position such as COO, Business Head, Executive Director, Project Director, VP Projects, Head – Projects or equivalent.
- Strong experience managing large-scale and multiple real estate/construction projects.
- Demonstrated experience in project execution, construction management and project delivery.
- Strong understanding of land acquisition, land due diligence and real estate development processes.
- Hands-on understanding of government liaisoning, statutory approvals and regulatory processes.
- Strong working knowledge of RERA and real estate regulatory requirements.
- Exposure to legal matters relating to land, development agreements, construction contracts, customer agreements and disputes.
- Strong commercial understanding of project budgets, procurement, contracts, cost control and profitability.
- Experience in managing large multidisciplinary teams and external consultants/contractors.
- Strong negotiation, stakeholder management and problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Engineering, Architecture, Management, Law or related professional qualification preferred. MBA/PGDM will be an advantage.

📌 Chief Operating Officer Real Estate (Bhubaneswar)
🏢 EVOS BUILDCON
📍 Bhubaneswar