Assistant Director of Redevelopment

Assistant Director of Redevelopment

Salary

$102,898.00 - $131,144.00 Annually

Location

2700 Town Center Blvd Sugar Land, TX

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

2400333

Department

Community Planning and Redevelopment

Opening Date

08/24/2026

Closing Date

Continuous

• Description
• Benefits

Shape Whats Next for Sugar Land!

The City of Sugar Land is seeking a strategic, entrepreneurial and relationship-driven leader to serve as Assistant Director of Redevelopment.

Sugar Land is a nationally recognized community with a strong economy, highly educated workforce, exceptional quality of life and a reputation for thoughtful growth and innovation. As the community continues to mature, the Citys economic opportunity is evolving. The next generation of economic development is not simply about attracting something new. It is about reimagining what is already here.

The Assistant Director will play a central role in helping Sugar Land identify, advance and implement opportunities to redevelop aging commercial and retail properties, strengthen established neighborhoods, reposition underutilized land, catalyze private investment and create the places that will define Sugar Lands next chapter.

The Opportunity

This position is ideal for a professional who can see both the market opportunity and the community opportunity. You may be an experienced economic development professional who has developed a particular expertise in redevelopment. You may be a commercial real estate professional ready to bring your market knowledge into public service. You may be an urban planning or community development leader who knows how to turn vision into implementation. Or you may be a public-private partnership professional who understands how government can strategically catalyze private investment. Whatever your path, you should be someone who looks at an aging shopping center, commercial corridor, vacant parcel or established neighborhood and asks: "What could this become?"

What We Offer

• A competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance package with coverage starting Day 1
• TMRS pension with 2:1 city match; 457(b) options
• Paid holidays, vacation, and paid parental leave
• Wellness programs, mental health resources, and an EAP
• Grow your career with professional development programs, training opportunities, and career advancement through our Gold Standard People Development Division.

What We Pay

The Assistant Director of Redevelopment is an exempt position with a starting salary of $102,898.

What You Will Do as the Assistant Director of Redevelopment:

Working as a strategic member of the Citys redevelopment leadership team, you will:

• Lead and advance complex redevelopment initiatives involving commercial, retail, mixed-use and community assets.
• Identify opportunities for strategic redevelopment and reinvestment throughout Sugar Land.
• Develop relationships with property owners, developers, investors, brokers, businesses, community leaders and other stakeholders.
• Evaluate market conditions, development opportunities and potential public-sector strategies to catalyze investment.
• Develop and implement redevelopment strategies for targeted properties, corridors and areas.
• Help structure and negotiate public-private partnerships, development agreements, incentive programs and other tools that support strategic redevelopment.
• Collaborate with Planning, Engineering, Public Works, Finance, Legal, Communications and other City departments to move complex projects from concept to implementation.
• Advise executive leadership and elected officials regarding redevelopment opportunities, challenges and strategies.
• Monitor economic, demographic, retail, real estate and development trends affecting Sugar Land.
• Represent the City in meetings with developers, investors, businesses, regional partners and community stakeholders.
• Build consensus around complex projects where economic, community and public interests intersect.
• Lead, coach and develop staff while creating a culture of innovation, accountability and collaboration.
• Help shape the Citys long-term redevelopment strategy and identify opportunities for proactive intervention.

What Makes This Position Different

The Citys redevelopment function was intentionally established to spotlight a critical dimension of economic development: reinvestment in the community we already have. Our redevelopment work recognizes that successful communities evolve. Retail changes. Consumer behavior changes. Properties age. Neighborhoods mature. Land uses shift. Market opportunities emerge. And community expectations change. The successful candidate will help the City anticipate those changes and turn them into opportunities.

Formal Education:

• Bachelors degree in Economics, Public Administration, Urban Planning, Business Administration, Finance or a related field.
• Master's degree preferred.

Relatable Work Experience:

• Minimum five (5) years of professional exempt-level experience in urban planning, redevelopment, economic development, zoning, and/or municipal finance, including three (3) years in a supervisory role.
• Municipal experience working with various municipal government departments including executive leadership, City Council and appointed boards and commissions, state and federal agencies, consultants developers and business owners is preferred.

An advanced degree or two (2) additional years of exempt-level relevant work experience resulting in acceptable proficiency levels in the above knowledge, skills and abilities may be substituted in lieu of experience or specific education requirements.

The citizens of Sugar Land depend on City employees before, during and after an emergency or disaster to provide or restore essential public services for the health, safety and quality of life for our community. In the event of a wide scale emergency that could impact our community, all employees must be ready to assist in managing the crisis and will be considered essential for the continuity of governmental operations.

Our success is achieved by the courage to do things differently and accept that failure will occur on the path to innovation.

The City of Sugar Land is an equal Opportunity employer.

CITY OF SUGAR LANDs OVERVIEW OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

• Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)

Employee contribution: 7%

City matches 2:1 with 5-year vesting

Retirement Eligibility:

1) Age 60 + vested; or

2) 20 years of service, any age

• HOLIDAYS

The City recognizes 10 Holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating Holiday. In lieu of a floating holiday,

firefighters will receive September 11th, Patriot Day, as a fixed holiday.

• VACATION - Other than Public Safety

0 -2nd Year 10 days per year

3 -10 Years 15 days per year

11+ Years 20 days per year

• VACATION - Public Safety

First Year 10 days per year

2-10 Years 15 days per year

11+ Years 20 days per year

• SICK LEAVE - Other than Firefighters

8 hours per month, to a maximum of 1,040 hours

• SICK LEAVE - Shift Firefighters

12 hours per month, to a maximum of 1,456 hours

• SICK LEAVE INCENTIVE PROGRAM

Annual conversion of sick leave to vacation

Sick Days Used from 01/01 to 12/31 Eligible Sick Days for Conversion

1 day or less taken 3 days

Up to 2 ½ days 2 days

More than 2 ½ days and up to 4 days 1 day

More than 4 days 0 day

• LONGEVITY PAY

After one year of employment, employees will receive an annual payment of $4.00 per month of employment with the City for the first 25 years of continuous employment (maximum of $1,200 annually). Qualified employees receive longevity payments each December.

• 125 CAFETERIA PLAN

Premium contributions for the medical and dental plans as well as Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts are available to all full-time employees through this arrangement.

• GROUP HEALTH & DENTAL

The City contributes to employee and dependent coverage in the HMO, HDHP and dental plans offered.

Medical HSA KelseyCare Gold KelseyCare Blue Employee Only $101.44 $19.56 $0.00 EE + Spouse $346.60 $144.55 $96.48 EE + Child(ren) $257.51 $106.09 $66.79 EE + Family $454.39 $202.24 $141.00 Dental DPPO DHMO Employee Only $7.35 $3.14 EE + Spouse $18.49 $5.89 EE + Child(ren) $17.90 $8.45 EE + Family $31.41 $10.33 Vision Plan Employee Only $7.35 EE + Spouse $18.49 EE + Child(ren) $17.90 EE + Family $31.41

• VISION CARE PLAN

Employees can voluntarily elect to purchase vision care insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.

• AFLAC PLANS

Employees can voluntarily elect to purchase through payroll deduction: Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness, and Hospital policies for themselves and their eligible dependents. (Rates are age-banded. Employee must contact representative directly for rates and enrollment.)

• BASIC LIFE and AD&D

The City provides all employees annual salary of life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) coverage of one-time annual salary with a minimum of $50,000.

• LONG TERM DISABILITY

The City provides employees with Long Term Disability in the amount of 60% of your salary (depending on position category) to a maximum of $7,500 per month. Benefits begin after 90 days of disability and may continue to Social Security Normal Retirement Age (SSNRA) if you qualify. LTD is designed to replace a reasonable portion of your income in case of

serious injury or sickness whether on or off the job. Benefits will be offset by any payments from SS, Workers Comp and other income offsets.

• SUPPLEMENTAL LIFE and AD&D

Employees can elect supplemental life insurance and AD&D coverage up to $750,000 for themselves and up to $250,000 for their spouse; as well as $15,000 of life insurance for child(ren).

• SHORT TERM DISABILITY

This optional benefit allows employees to receive 70% of their weekly salary, to a maximum of $1,500 per week (tax free), following either Option A: a 30-calendar day elimination period; or Option B: a 7-calendar (injury) or 14-calendar (illness) elimination period, for a maximum of 90-calendar days from on-set per qualifying incident.

• PRE-PAID LEGAL PLAN

Employees can voluntarily elect to participate in a legal access/assistance plan at a base cost of $7.87 per pay period. Optional plans are also available. (Employee must contact representative directly for rates and enrollment.)

• DEFERRED COMPENSATION

Employees are allowed to contribute to this optional program at a minimum set by the plan administrator and a maximum set annually by the IRS. Currently the City contracts with 2 administrators for this program: Dearborn & Creggs ($50 per month minimum contribution); and ICMA-RC ($1.00 per month min. contribution). The maximum contribution for 2023 is $19,500

and $6,500 for age 50 + catch-up.

• CREDIT UNIONS

Houston Federal Credit Union: (866) OUR-HFCU

Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union: (855) 391-2149

• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE

The EAP is designed to provide employees and their dependents with professional, cost-effective assistance in resolving difficult personal problems. Individual, voluntary involvement in the EAP is confidential. The Citys EAP administrator is Alliance Work Partners (AWP) at 1-800-343-3822. Registration code: AWP-COSL-3822

Employer City of Sugar Land

Address 2700 Town Center Blvd., N

Sugar Land, Texas, 77479

Phone (281) 275-2735

Website http://www.sugarlandtx.gov