Vice President of Land Development

What You’ll Do:

The Vice President of Land Development oversees Entitlements, Land Development, New Community Planning, and the coordination of departments to produce new projects on time and within budget.

Your Key Responsibilities Include:

• Network and manage relationships with developers, engineers, planners, municipalities, and landowners.
• Perform due diligence to determine the viability of each deal.
• Work with legal to address all legal issues during and after construction.
• Entitlements:
  • Manage all entitlements personnel and entitlement projects throughout the process.
  • Manage the land entitlement and forward planning of all company projects and land in the Company portfolio.
  • Coordinate the hiring and daily management of consultants for the due diligence, land development and entitlement processes of projects, and the CD approval process.
  • Coordinate all consultant interaction and work directly with various approval agencies, including City and County Planning/Engineering/Zoning/Xcel/HOA Departments related to all entitlement processes and other issues that arise.
  • Ensure timely payment of consultant fees and accurate project budgets.
  • Ensure entitlement projects stay within budget.
• Land Development
  • Coordinate preparation of entitlement budgets and project schedules.
  • Manage the preparation of all land development budgets for all projects and ensure all projects stay within budget and on schedule.
  • Manage the negotiation of contractor agreements, pricing, terms, etc.
• New Community Planning
  • Oversee and manage New Community openings to completion.
  • Coordinate with necessary departments to determine product, pricing, spec levels, design, site planning, etc.
  • Manage community open deadlines for all new communities.
  • Coordinate with Construction and Permitting to ensure building permits for models and first specs are on time.
• Perform other duties as needed or assigned.

What You Have:

• Ability to design and supervise land planning and construction projects such as roads, water and sewer utilities, and stormwater drainage.
• Public administration knowledge to facilitate the acquisition of information concerning planning proposals and government initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, including the ability to interact successfully with local officials, community leaders, staff, and the public, to organize and facilitate meetings and events, and to conduct negotiations, find common ground, and develop consensus among disparate interests.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including making public presentations to large and small groups and researching and drafting media and public education materials.

Your Education and Experience:

• A Bachelor's in Land Use Planning, Economics, Civil Engineering, Business Administration, Real Estate, Public Administration, Land Development, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in land development and analysis.
• Prior experience with public homebuilding companies preferred.