Director, Preconstruction & Development Cost Strategy, East Region
$133,000–$211,000 year
On-siteMiami, Florida, United States or Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Partner with Development Management and Capital Deployment during early project phases to align market conditions, contractor feedback, and design assumptions with business objectives. Serve as a regional resource on construction pricing and market dynamics, translating design implications and cost drivers into clear executive insights for faster, more informed development decisions. Support multiple concurrent pursuits by facilitating structured GC RFP processes, evaluating contractor proposals, and providing decision-ready recommendations on pricing, scope, and constructability. Own structured project and market data capture to enhance benchmarking, forecasting, and future AI-enabled insights across assigned U.S. East regions.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of direct experience in commercial construction, with meaningful preconstruction or design-build experience in industrial, warehouse, data center, or large-scale commercial development projects
- Strong understanding of industrial construction sequencing, constructability, conceptual design, design-cost implications, cost drivers, and development execution
- Experience supporting early-stage feasibility, conceptual design and budgeting, scope evaluation, design coordination, capital deployment decision support, or pursuit strategy activities
- Experience identifying and evaluating VE opportunities and design-cost tradeoffs during conceptual and design development phases
- Direct exposure to GC bid breakdowns, including divisional scopes, general conditions, fees, contingencies, allowances, exclusions, and commercial risk evaluation
- Experience leading competitive GC RFP processes, contractor engagement, or proposal evaluation activities
- Ability to interpret market conditions, contractor pricing, escalation trends, design implications, and trade dynamics to support development and capital deployment decision making
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to structure construction cost, bid, and design-assumption data into clear business insights and recommendations
- Demonstrated ability to influence project design procurement, and investment decisions through analysis, expertise, and stakeholder engagement in a matrixed organization
- Experience working across cross functional teams including Development, Construction, Procurement, Capital Deployment, consultants, and contractor partners
- Advanced Excel skills, including bid leveling, scenario comparisons, normalization, and cost analysis
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate technical, design, cost, schedule, and market inputs into concise business insights and recommendations
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent pursuits and projects in a fast paced environment
- Experience with forecasting tools, predictive analytics, or scalable cost intelligence initiatives
- Willingness to travel as needed
- All full-time roles in the US come with a robust benefits package which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
- Our 401(k) retirement plan has a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation
- We also offer generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year in addition to paid holidays and volunteer time
- All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of background verification
Desired Qualifications
- Experience leading design-build preconstruction, conceptual estimating, and integrated project delivery teams
- Familiarity with long lead equipment strategy, supply chain risk management, or utility coordination
- Experience supporting multi market or enterprise level development or construction programs, including standardized processes, templates, workflows, or reporting structures
- Familiarity with construction markets, including labor availability, trade capacity, entitlement impacts, and regional cost drivers
- Experience with Autodesk, Power BI, Tableau, construction analytics platforms, AI enabled forecasting, predictive analytics, or scalable cost intelligence initiatives
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