General Manager- Projects

General Manager – Projects Bangalore, India |Zyeta About Zyeta Zyeta is a global workspace design and build company that integrates strategy, design, and technology to create workplaces that inspire people and elevate performance. We partner with leading global enterprises to deliver high-quality, immersive environments that reflect their culture and business vision. Our culture is defined by ownership, agility, and excellence where speed, accountability, and teamwork are the foundation of everything we do. At Zyeta, leaders are doers. We believe in showing up, solving problems, and driving outcomes with clarity and conviction.

Role Overview The General Manager – Projects is a senior leadership role responsible for driving end-to-end project delivery performance across multiple cities or business units. This role requires a strategic yet hands-on leader who can build systems, scale operations, and ensure consistent execution excellence across complex, high-value projects. The General Manager acts as a bridge between business objectives and execution teams, ensuring that operational strategies translate into predictable, profitable, and high-quality project outcomes. You will lead delivery heads, strengthen planning frameworks, and establish governance rhythms that bring clarity, speed, and accountability to the organization. You are a structured thinker, an operational strategist, and a hands-on executor who understands both ground realities and enterprise-level decision-making.

Key Responsibilities Strategic Project Leadership & Governance • Drive overall project delivery strategy aligned with Zyeta’s growth and profitability goals. • Oversee multiple large-scale projects across regions, ensuring timely, high-quality, and commercially successful execution. • Establish standardized delivery frameworks, governance structures, and performance benchmarks. • Monitor city-level performance and intervene proactively to mitigate risks and performance gaps. • Lead quarterly and annual delivery reviews with leadership, presenting operational insights and improvement roadmaps.

Operational Excellence & Scaling Delivery • Design and implement structured planning and scheduling systems across projects. • Build robust forecasting models for manpower, procurement, and cash flow planning. • Standardize the use of project management tools (MS Project, Zoho Projects & Sprints) across teams. • Ensure strong cost control mechanisms and margin protection strategies. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance speed, predictability, and execution quality. • Develop dashboards and reporting systems that provide real-time visibility into project health.

Financial & Commercial Oversight • Ensure projects are delivered within approved budgets while maintaining margin targets. • Review project P&L statements, cost variances, and financial forecasts. • Collaborate with procurement and finance teams to strengthen commercial discipline. • Approve high-value contracts, vendor negotiations, and major commercial decisions. • Drive accountability for financial performance across all delivery leaders.

Client & Stakeholder Leadership • Build strong executive-level relationships with enterprise clients and key stakeholders. • Represent Zyeta’s delivery leadership in strategic client reviews and board-level discussions. • Ensure structured communication cadence across clients, consultants, PMCs, and partners. • Resolve escalations swiftly while maintaining trust and transparency. • Strengthen Zyeta’s brand reputation for reliability, professionalism, and execution excellence.

Change Management & Risk Governance • Establish structured change management protocols across projects. • Ensure variation orders, scope revisions, and commercial impacts are properly documented and approved. • Identify systemic risks across regions and implement preventive controls. • Drive root-cause analysis for recurring delivery challenges and institutionalize corrective frameworks. • Maintain operational resilience across fluctuating workloads and market conditions.

Leadership & Capability Building • Lead and mentor City Heads, Project Directors, and senior delivery leaders. • Build a scalable organizational structure to support rapid growth. • Strengthen second-line leadership and succession pipelines. • Foster a culture of ownership, agility, collaboration, and high performance. • Spend time across project locations to stay connected with execution realities. • Lead by example with clarity, decisiveness, and accountability.

Who You Are • A strategic operator who balances big-picture thinking with ground-level execution. • A disciplined planner who builds systems, not dependencies. • A strong commercial thinker with deep understanding of project financials. • A confident communicator who can influence internal and external stakeholders. • A structured leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments. • A hands-on decision-maker who believes in accountability and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications & Experience • 15–20 years of experience in project management, construction, real estate, or allied industries. • Proven experience managing multi-city or large-scale project portfolios. • Strong financial acumen with experience handling project P&L responsibilities. • Expertise in planning, scheduling, and project management tools. • Demonstrated experience in scaling delivery operations and improving margins. • Exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, and organizational development skills.

Why Zyeta At Zyeta, leaders are doers. We believe in clarity, speed, and ownership. As General Manager – Projects, you will play a critical role in shaping how we scale, deliver, and lead across markets. This is your opportunity to build operational systems, lead high-performing teams, and strengthen the execution backbone of one of India’s most respected design and build firms.

“DREAM IT. DO IT.”