Director of Land Acquisition (2132)
$120,000–$160,000 year
On-siteEnglewood, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Identify opportunities for land and lot acquisition, negotiate contracts, and secure regulatory approval from local, county, state, and federal agencies. Oversee land development functions, manage budgets, and coordinate engineers, architects, and contractors to ensure projects progress according to plan. Lead the land entitlement process, assess site viability, and prepare bid packages while maintaining market awareness through networking with builders and developers. This Director of Land Acquisition role supports the division's strategic objectives by aligning business plans with organizational goals and managing the development team. The position requires strong negotiation skills and knowledge of homebuilding financials to drive acquisition and development success.
Required Qualifications
- A demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others
- An ability to think ahead and plan over a 1-2-year time span as well as a long range 5-year time frame
- The ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
- Problem analysis/resolution skills at the strategic and functional level
- Evaluation of the staff group structure and team plan for continual improvement of efficiency and effectiveness of the group as well as providing individuals with professional and personal growth
- Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
- Must have knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing and spreadsheets (MSWord, Excel)
- Strong land negotiation and contract skills
- Knowledge of market trends, pricing, growth and supply
- Knowledge of local, county, state and federal regulations
- Broad functional experience in areas of blueprints and specifications, general knowledge of homebuilding financials and systems
- Bachelor's Degree in related field
- minimum 7 years experience within the homebuilding industry with concentration in Land & Entitlement
- Exposure to residential homebuilding or land development environment
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