Vice President, Land Operations

Location

Centennial - 6465 S. Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Suite 700

Business

At Brookfield Residential, a leading North American land developer and homebuilder for over 65 years, we have had one goal in mind – creating the best places to call home. From the development of award-winning, master-planned communities to the creation of well-designed homes, we are committed to cultivating exceptional life experiences for our customers, partners, employees, and members of the community.
As part of Brookfield — one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world — we harness our resources to bring a fresh approach, unparalleled creativity, relentless innovation, and sound Sustainability practices to the planning, development, and management of buildings everywhere. From offices, retail spaces, and logistics facilities to multifamily residences, hospitality establishments, and mixed-use structures — we are reimagining real estate from the ground up.

If you're ready to be a part of our team, we encourage you to apply.

Job Description

Overview

The Vice President of Land Operations is responsible for the leadership, and execution of business plan for the Denver division Land Team. This role works closely with multiple internal departments for overall coordination of the Division’s land and housing business.  Leads disposition activities with external builder partners and commercial developers. Directs and manages the land acquisition activities including pursuit, diligence, entitlement, and development.

Key Deliverables

• Provides vision and leadership for all master planned communities within the Division

• Responsible for delivering finished lots, common infrastructure, parks and amenities to meet internal and external demand

• Responsible for all community budgets, cash flows and schedules

• Identifies and accesses top talent and relationships for the benefit of Brookfield, Denver.  Including external consultants, contractors, attorneys as well as internal talent within the Land Department. 

• Owns the development and management of relationships within all levels of municipal staff.  Primary point of contact for City Management and shared responsibilities with Division President for relationship management of elected officials. 

• Manages and oversees Land Department resources and works with Directors and Project Managers in identifying limitations and possible alternatives

• Ensures the appropriate performance and behavior of contractors/consultants retained in the community development process

• Ensures that timely and appropriate feedback is provided with respect to performance and development needs of the land team

• Provides direction, guidance, and support to ensure that corporate directives and policies are understood and achieved

• A key member of the local executive team contributing to the authorship and delivery of annual business plans objectives. 

• Provide strategic input and analysis across all disciplines of the Denver business

• Lead the negotiation and sale of land and lots within existing communities.  Including directing the legal, technical, municipal and development milestones needed to effect a sale

• Help identify and pursue acquisition opportunities and lead the diligence, entitlement, design and development of all new communities

• Manages planning and engineering workloads to ensure that the business unit goals, objectives, and results are achieved with respect to community development applications, permits, and construction

• Ensures the quality and timeliness of products and services delivered by the department

• Ensures that information and timely updates are received by other departments affected by the community development process

• Establishes business metrics to drive appropriate quality results within the department

• Actively stays abreast of new industry approaches, technology, and government policies, to keep Brookfield well-positioned to understand and realize new opportunities

What You Bring

• Technical degree in Engineering, Business, Accounting, Finance or Urban Planning and 10 – 15 years development management experience

• Posses strategic thinking, strong business acumen, and proven analytical capabilities

• Significant levels of negotiation, interpersonal, and communication skills, ensuring the highest quality outcomes

• Strong cross functional capabilities and influence

• Knowledge of local community related Regulations, Policies and Guidelines

What We Offer

We are proud to offer our employees what they value most:

• Competitive compensation

• Annual Base Salary Range: $200,000-$235,000

• Annual Bonus Target (Discretionary): Annual bonus opportunity along with possible long term incentives

• Excellent extended medical, dental and vision benefits beginning day 1

• 401(k) matching, vesting begins day 1

• Career development programs

• Charitable donation matching

• Paid Volunteer Hours

• Paid parental leave

• Family planning assistance including IVF, surrogacy and adoptions options

• Wellness and mental health resources

• Pet insurance offering

• A culture based on our values of Passion, Integrity and Community

We anticipate this requisition will be open for a minimum of ten days, though it may be open for a longer period of time. We encourage your prompt application.

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Brookfield Residentialparticipates in the E-Verify process to confirm the eligibility of candidates to work in the United States.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.