EPMO Lead / Manager - Project Management Office | Vantrock Real Assets | Mumbai

Build, institutionalise and lead the EPMO. The framework, the standards and the stage gates do not exist yet - whoever takes this seat writes them. We also want a specific career arc: started on the developer or contractor side, carried a site, then moved into consulting. Depth first, structure second.

ABOUT VANTROCK

Vantrock is an independent real assets platform. Real assets only. We start where we know the ground: logistics, warehousing and industrial parks, across the full chain - first mile, last mile, city-centre, dark-store and self-storage, and logistics-anchored mixed-use. From there, in sequence and only as each is delivered: industrial plots; suburban campuses, GCC and back-office space; strata offices; and, in parallel, data centres and senior living.

The platform was founded by Anshul Singhal, Founder & CEO, who has built every platform he led as if it were his own - three times over, on other people's capital. This is the fourth build, on his own. Across his career that record runs to 52 million sq ft delivered, 32 million as developer and 20 million as contractor, over 2,000 acres acquired and all of them litigation-free, and more than 200 buildings.

Delivered across the founder's three prior platforms. The board is chaired by Shailesh V. Haribhakti. The platform runs on Vantrock Intelligence, its own AI-native operating layer.

ROLE PURPOSE

Build, institutionalise and lead the EPMO, providing portfolio-level visibility across real estate, construction and business improvement initiatives. The role will establish sustainable governance and decision-making practices that improve delivery outcomes.

Ground breaks on the first 2 million sq ft of a 10 million sq ft pipeline in January 2027, which is why the governance has to exist before then rather than after.

CONSTRUCTION PORTFOLIO AND EPMO GOVERNANCE

- Establish the EPMO governance framework, operating rhythm, standards, tools, reporting formats, stage gates and escalation protocols across the real estate and construction portfolio.
- Consolidate and review portfolio information across design, statutory approvals, procurement, construction, facilities management and operations, covering scope, schedule, cost, cash flow, quality, safety and milestones.
- Prepare executive dashboards highlighting portfolio health, trends, delivery risks, exceptions and decisions required.
- Challenge project schedules, budgets, forecasts and progress data to identify delays, cost pressures and corrective actions.
- Facilitate leadership reviews, drive closure of decisions, risks, issues and actions, and support portfolio prioritisation and sequencing.
- Coordinate across design, statutory approvals, procurement, contracts, construction, finance, sales, facilities management, operations and technology.
- Manage PMCs, design consultants, technical advisers and other outsourced providers, including appointments, scope, performance, deliverables, variations, claims and contractual obligations.
- Coach project teams on governance, reporting, risk management and problem-solving.

TRANSFORMATION AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

- Lead transformation, operational excellence, process improvement, cost optimisation, digital enablement and other enterprise improvement initiatives.
- Translate business priorities into structured projects with clear objectives, workplans,



ownership, benefits and success measures.
- Identify process, control and efficiency gaps; develop practical solutions and support implementation through stabilisation.
- Track benefits realisation and measurable operational, financial and customer outcomes.
- Manage cross-functional initiatives outside the core construction portfolio, as assigned by leadership.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

- 10 to 12 years of professional experience in real estate development, construction or capital projects.
- Proven experience monitoring a portfolio of multiple construction projects, including project controls, management reporting and risk governance.
- Working experience across design coordination, statutory approvals, procurement, construction, facilities management and operations.
- Experience in transformation, operational excellence, process improvement, cost optimisation, digital or other enterprise improvement initiatives.
- Consulting, advisory, programme management or project management firm experience is strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or a related discipline. Civil is read first.
- MBA or relevant postgraduate qualification is preferred; recognised project management certifications, such as PMP, would be an added advantage. Among postgraduate qualifications the ones we know well are NICMAR (ACM, APM, REUIM), the RICS School of Built Environment, CEPT, an IIT or NIT M.Tech, and the NMIMS MBA (Tech.) Civil Engineering with Operations Management. Separately, an MBA in Finance, a CFA or CA is an added advantage.

CORE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

- Strong understanding of the end-to-end real estate and development lifecycle.
- Ability to analyse project and portfolio data, identify issues and translate findings into practical management actions.
- Sound knowledge of project controls, scheduling, cost monitoring, risk management and governance.
- Commercial and contract management capability across procurement, consultant engagements, variations and claims.
- Structured problem-solving and process improvement capability.
- Solid stakeholder management, communication, executive presentation and report-writing skills.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, scheduling tools or portfolio management platforms is preferred.
- Ability to apply AI tools for analysis, reporting, workflow automation, research and decision support.

THE CAREER SHAPE, AND THIS ONE IS NOT NEGOTIABLE

We are looking for a specific arc, in a specific order. You started on the developer's or the contractor's side. You carried responsibility on a site, and you know what a delay costs because you have been the person who had to explain it. Then you moved into consulting, advisory or programme management, where you learned to structure a problem, write for an executive, and hold more than one project in your head at a time.

The order matters more than either half.



Someone who has only ever consulted can build a governance framework nobody on the ground respects, because it asks for things a site cannot give. Someone who has only ever been on site can hold a project but not a portfolio. We want depth first and structure second, and we want both.

Bring the first half in detail. We will ask which projects, what your scope was, what went wrong on your watch and what it cost. This sits alongside the preference for consulting and advisory experience above rather than against it. We want both, and in that order.

HOW YOU WILL WORK

Deliberately small, no departments. Every seat carries a real mandate. The doctrine before any addition is outsource first, then automate, then hire, and it applies here directly: collection, chasing, formatting and routine reporting go to Vantrock Intelligence, and you are expected to keep pushing work in that direction rather than defending it as your own. What stays with you is judgement.

THE WORK IS YOURS TO DO

We are not building an army. You do the work rather than receive, route and report on it. The coordination, inside the platform and outside it with consultants, agencies, lenders and authorities, is done by you in person, on the phone and on site. You run your own tech stack rather than specifying it for someone else. Seniority changes what you are accountable for, not whether you roll up your sleeves.

CULTURAL FIT

We're building Vantrock over a decade, not a funding cycle. We're looking for people who treat technology as the default answer rather than a supplement, who want to be co-builders of the platform rather than employees executing instructions, and who are comfortable saying "I don't know" and "I was wrong." If you want a defined role with defined edges, this isn't the right seat. If you want to help build an institution from zero, it might be.

Two requirements stand behind that and apply to every seat here. AI proficiency: every candidate takes the Vantrock AI Proficiency Test, supervised, regardless of seniority. Partner command: consultants, contractors, auditors, valuers, law firms and system vendors do a great deal of Vantrock's work, and everyone here is expected to command that work rather than defer to it.

COMPENSATION

Benchmarked against the upper quartile for the role and market, weighted toward equity, with performance-linked incentives and ESOPs. We discuss numbers in the first conversation rather than anchoring either side prematurely.

HOW WE WILL ASSESS An AI interview, reviewed before your CV. The AI Proficiency Test. A supervised Excel and PowerPoint round on real, messy project data: build the one-page pack and defend the numbers you chose to show. Two references. Five working days to hear back, and every conversation is confidential.

TO APPLY

Write to [email protected], subject line "VR-46 EPMO Lead - [your name]".

Four things: your CV, with the site half of your career set out as clearly as the advisory half; one artefact you personally built - a portfolio dashboard, executive review pack, risk register or benefits tracker - with three sentences on what was hard about it; your current fixed compensation, expectation and notice; and one short paragraph about a number you challenged that turned out to be wrong, and how you knew. That paragraph matters more than the CV.

We don't hire roles. We build the platform.

📌 EPMO Lead (Mumbai)
🏢 Vantrock
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