Regional Director of Entitlements and Development

Bring your experience in homebuilding, residential land development, civil/site project management, etc and join our client - the largest residential community developer in the country.

Highlights

• Region Level Role: Focused on driving strategic initiatives and training rather than managing people/projects.
• Rocketship: Company grew 10x since 2020 and is now the largest residential land and lot developer in the USA.
• Business is (still) Scaling: Position is open/created due to successful region expansion and growth.
• Advantage: Company is self-financing all purchases and construction efforts, limiting exposure to macro risks.

What you’ll do

• Oversee and support entitlements, engineering and land development for multiple division land teams.
• Drive and execute all regional strategic, technical and operations initiatives to ensure successful execution of horizontal construction and land development projects within the approved budget guidelines.
• You will be based out of Atlanta, GA with travel to operating markets around the Southeast.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic plans for entitlements, engineering and land development processes.
• Collaborate with executives and leaders within the organization to ensure land development projects align with the company’s overall strategy and objectives related to forward planning, target deadlines, and budgeting.
• Approve and direct preparation of necessary agreements, easements, licenses, and approvals required to allow work on land development for required projects.
• Analyze site plans, provide quality assurance through identification of issues in design and scope of work.
• Advise the design and budgeting of “hard” and “soft” cost items, including conceptual planning, final construction documents, and development cost estimates.
• Provide input on selection of subdivision details for amenities and common areas (landscaping materials, screening walls, etc.).
• Provide support in the preparation of internal investment committee memos for approval of acquisitions.
• Collaborate with local Directors and land development teams on department initiatives for improvement.
• Develop key relationships and partner with local and regional clients, engineers, consultants, contractors, and government officials to ensure successful project completion.
• Monitor industry trends, market conditions, and competitive landscape, and make recommendations for changes to the organization’s land development strategy.

What you’ll need

• 10+ years of experience in residential land development.
• Bachelor's Degree and/or a Professional’s Engineer license are highly desired.
• Experience leading complex, large (150+ acre) site development projects.
• Ability to value engineer plan sets and experience managing civil engineers through a design phase.
• Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to train, motivate and develop teams of land professionals.

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