Title : Director of Land Acquisition
Location : Kirkland, Washington
Compensation : Annual Salary $125,000 - $140,000 (DOE) plus bonus potential and an excellent benefits package including :
- Medical, Vision and Dental
- 401(K)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Flex Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and Company Holidays
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Perform the obligations and signature duties required by the elected office stated in the Corporate Authority resolutions
- Actively search for land available for purchase
- Build and maintain strategic relationships and a network of business contacts for avenues of possible acquisitions
- Negotiate the acquisition of properties with landowners, banks, attorneys or brokers
- Review operations and performance of the Land Acquisition Department. Works with Division President to take corrective action as deemed necessary to achieve goals
- Oversee the process of preparing the corporate acquisition submittal package including acquisition and development-related budgets, exhibits and schedules
- Partner with Director of Forward Planning throughout the entire due diligence process on land acquisition opportunities, observing time sensitive dates
- Communicate critical dates and information to other department heads
- Perform market analyses to determine financial viability of potential projects
- Physically walk the land to determine potential for special development situations, (, demolition, utilities, relocations, special grading issues, abandonment, environmental, etc.)
- Submit, obtain and review environmental report to identify issues that require federal or state permits, or issues that could prevent or delay acquisition
- Keep current on area market transactions and industry trends
- Evaluate workload and establish priorities to staff
- Conducts all business in a professional and ethical manner to serve customers and increase the goodwill and profit of the company
- Ability to travel overnight
Supervisory Responsibilities
Supervises 3 or more employees
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or related field from a four-year college or university
- Three to five years land acquisition experience
- Knowledge in market analyses a plus
- Experience in the residential homebuilding industry preferred
- Knowledge of residential land due diligence and entitlements preferred
- Must have a vehicle and a valid driver’s license
- Ability to meet multiple deadlines concurrently in a high-pressure environment
- Experience in contract negotiation
- Proven ability to lead and execute strong oral presentations
- Strong verbal & written communication skills
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written oral form or via DRH applications
- Proficiency with MS Office and email
- Willingness to work onsite Monday Friday in our Kirkland, WA office
- Ability to sit for majority of 8-hour workday; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and peripheral vision
- The noise level is generally moderate
30+ days ago