Director - Development (Land)
On-siteOrlando, Florida, United States
Orlando, Florida, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeSenior LevelLarge
Full TimeSenior LevelLarge
Job Summary
Lead broad aspects of residential land and lot development in Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville, including identifying opportunities, site feasibility, underwriting, entitlements, design, financing, and dispositions. Source, evaluate, and structure new land acquisition projects, preparing investment committee packages for senior management review. Manage project teams and budgets from acquisition through finished lot delivery, overseeing entitlements, permitting, and construction while monitoring performance. Negotiate purchase and sale agreements with homebuilders and facilitate marketing for residential communities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- Demonstrated understanding of primary aspects of residential real estate development
- Experience and/or interest in sourcing development and acquisition new business opportunities
- Experience leading entitlement, zoning, permitting, and development approval processes
- Strong financial modeling, underwriting, and analytical capabilities
- Ability to create complex Excel models and perform detailed financial analysis
- Strong knowledge of project budgeting, job cost management systems, and development financial analysis
- Ability to evaluate real estate investments from both strategic and financial perspectives
- Demonstrated negotiation skills related to land acquisitions, purchase and sale agreements, financing, and development contracts
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting aggressive schedules and deadlines
- Strong leadership, relationship-building, and collaboration skills with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders
- Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with land sellers, landowners, national and local homebuilders, investors, lenders, consultants, contractors, and governmental agencies
- Work indoors approximately 75% of the time and outdoors 25% of the time
- Perform physical inspections of undeveloped land, construction and sales sites
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Availability to travel within assigned territories as necessary
- Ability to travel to and from destinations by plane and/or car
- Ability to visually review and read correspondence, reports, etc.
- Ability to handle stressful, high pressured atmosphere
- Ability to use personal computer, calculator, etc.
- Ability to meet highest attendance requirements
Desired Qualifications
- MBA
- Six to Eight years of direct real estate experience in areas including land acquisition, development management, construction management, architecture, and/or engineering
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