R0012035 Build to Rent Land Acquisition and Development Director

We trust that as a BTR Land Acquisition and Development Director you will: (responsibilities)

• Utilize geographic market study data to identify submarkets that are best suited for our build to rent strategy based on our target consumers and their preferences
• Establish a network of colleagues, brokers and sellers able to bring build to rent acquisition opportunities
• Educate third party stakeholders (municipalities, brokers, land sellers etc.) regarding our build to rent footprint
• Understand residential, commercial and multi-family municipal zoning ordinances and apply as appropriate to achieve build to rent entitlement approvals

• Identify, control and purchase properties necessary to achieve established divisional build to rent forecasts and financial objectives
• Negotiate land purchase contracts and review with outside counsel
• Meet with engineers, planners and government agencies to ensure proper execution of high-density site plans
• Review due diligence materials for land acquisitions
• Review subdivision development agreements, environmental reports and soils studies as needed
• Generate financial proforma model projections for proposed communities with assistance from Finance
• Prepare asset committee land approval request submittals
• Prepare project timeline schedules for planning and development work
• Generate and maintain land development budgets
• Manage the bid process for land development and amenity work
• Coordinate front-end activities with Construction and other internal departments to ensure timely project execution
• Keep abreast of local market land transactions for multi-family and purposed single family for rent communities
• Proactively advise the Division President and BTR leadership of potential problems and proposed solutions
• You are willing to perform other duties as assigned

• Communication
• Leadership
• Multi-Task
• Negotiation
• Prioritization
• Results Oriented

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Planning, Civil Engineering or Construction Management
• Five years of experience in land acquisition, entitlements and development
• Experience in multi-family or single family build to rent projects highly preferred
• Involvement with higher density zoning, entitlements and development highly preferred
• Local land market and municipal knowledge highly preferred
• Computer proficiency
• Ability to anticipate possible obstacles and propose favorable solutions
• Strong work ethic and commitment to implementation and execution of BTR playbook strategy
• Concise writing and public speaking/presentation skills are desirable for reporting to internal and external customers

• Office or non-manual work, which is directly related to management or general business operations
• Act as a primary component of which involves the exercise of independent judgment and discretion about matters of significance

• Report to Division/Corporate Office/Community daily and adhere to schedule
• Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer and/or electronic device
• Ability to have face to face conversations with customers, co-workers and higher level manager
• Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time and move around work environment as needed
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle if applicable
• Comply with company policies and procedure

• Must be able to able to remain in a stationary position up to 50% of the time
• The ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds