Description
An exciting opportunity is available for a Director of Land Development & Capital Operations in Sonoma County, CA, serving the Rohnert Park and Windsor areas, with a family-owned residential developer known for building high-quality, sustainable single-family communities throughout the North Bay. This is a rare chance to work directly alongside ownership in a high-impact role, leading complex master-planned community assets from entitlement through shovel-ready status for a company with 40+ years of operating history, 1,000+ homes built, and a future pipeline of approximately 3,000 homes.
Qualifications and responsibilities for this Director of Land Development & Capital Operations position include:
- 10+ years of California land development experience with proven success securing original entitlements, EIRs, tentative maps, and post-entitlement execution.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Civil Engineering, Real Estate Development, or related field required; MBA or JD preferred.
- Strong expertise in CEQA, California Subdivision Map Act, civil engineering plans, master-planned communities, and municipal approval processes.
- Advanced financial modeling experience, including ownership of project pro formas, IRR, NPV, bank construction loans, public bond financing, and capital strategy.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Community Facilities Districts, Mello-Roos financing, CFD formation, administration, and bond structure.
- Lead full-cycle entitlement strategy, zoning, environmental clearances, project amendments, development agreements, and subdivision improvement agreements.
- Direct civil engineering firms, consultants, lenders, and municipal negotiations while managing infrastructure planning, permitting, impact fees, bonds, and public improvements.
- Track and communicate key milestones with Sales, Construction, Finance, and ownership while maintaining high ethical standards and accountability.
Salary: $185,000 - $320,000+ per year, commensurate with experience.
Benefits: This full-time, permanent, direct-hire position offers great benefits including 3 weeks of PTO annually, paid company holidays, and a hybrid/remote work model with the expectation of being North Bay-based eventually.
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DIRECTOR OF LAND DEVELOPMENT & CAPITAL OPERATIONS | LAND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR | DEVELOPMENT MANAGER | REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT | CEQA | SUBDIVISION MAP ACT | MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITIES | CFD | MELLO-ROOS | PRO FORMA | IRR | NPV