Vice President of Land Acquisition

Description

Position Highlights: Establish a Strategic Land Acquisition Plan, identifying core submarkets and consumer segments. Manage all aspects of land acquisition, due diligence, and feasibility for the Division. Collaborative ownership of community design and placemaking processes, with other Division leaders, and involvement in new product development to maximize land value and meet consumer wants and needs.

• Act as key leader, with entire division leadership team, in community design and placemaking process.
• Assist in the creation of a 5-year business plan, including quarterly updates.
• Acquire, entitle, and manage the land necessary to meet long-term goals.
• Manage the Land Committee package creation process. Ensure that the division conducts a thorough and complete due diligence on each target property.
• Ensure that land deals are aligned with the Strategic Land Plan, taking into consideration price points, competition, targeted customer profiles, and supply/demand analysis.
• Coordinate and take the lead on Land Committee approval calls.
• Organically search for off-market parcels and assemblages.
• Develop and contribute to a positive and achievement-oriented work culture.
• Recruit, hire, evaluate, train, develop, and retain a productive and highly engaged Land Team (including internal and external resources).
• Collaborate with team members to stay abreast of local market land transactions, pricing, growth, demand/supply, market trends and changing market conditions.
• Oversee the management of the zoning and permitting processes.
• Develop and maintain broker relationships so that we are seeing a significant flow of new deals early in the selling process.
• Actively participate in new product development.
• Analyze macro market, submarket and consumer data to understand current and future housing trends.
• Model and reinforce actions consistent with the Company’s values, vision, and culture in line with core leadership competencies.
• Negotiate competitive land purchase contracts, including collaborative and comprehensive review with in-house and outside counsel.
• Direct the planning and coordination of civil engineering, architectural, and landscape design services.
• Regularly attend City Council and Planning Commission meetings.

Requirements

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Tri Pointe Homes values H.E.A.R.T. We are looking for talented leaders that can practice wisdom and compassion while pushing their teams forward. If you are a leader that embodies Humility, Empowerment, Authenticity, achieves Results, and wants to build a strong Team this might be a great opportunity for you!

Tri Pointe Homes is committed to building a diverse and talented team to help us achieve our goals. Please note that due to operational constraints, we are unable to consider applicants who require visa sponsorship (e.g., H1B, OPT) for this position. This policy applies uniformly to roles where sponsorship cannot be accommodated to ensure consistency and fairness in our hiring process.

Tri Pointe Homes is seeking an entrepreneurial, strategic and highly motivated individual to join our OC-LA team as the Vice President of Land Acquisition.

• Ability to communicate in and participate in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Ability to manage project, budgets and schedules.
• A minimum of 7 years of direct experience in land acquisition and entitlement.
• Must have excellent negotiation and financial skills.
• Knowledge of home building, permit fees and land development costs.
• Must be detail-oriented and a problem-solver able to deal with complex situations.
• Able to read and understand architectural blueprints, engineering plans and plats (and guide others to do the same).
• Knowledge of the political environment and ability to form political relationships.
• Ability to communicate effectively and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Highly effective relationship and team building skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, business or related field required.
• Knowledge of real estate transactions and land acquisitions for a homebuilding company.
• Strong understanding of profit margins and return on assets.
• Orange County-Los Angeles market experience is a requirement (or highly desired).

Benefits

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• Equity: This position may be eligible for an equity grant, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company’s equity incentive plan document.
• Bonus: This position is eligible for an annual performance-based cash bonus. Bonuses are earned, calculated and paid in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company’s applicable incentive plan document.
• Benefits: In addition to competitive medical, dental and vision coverage, Tri Pointe Homes provides comprehensive benefits to eligible team members and their dependents, including: Health Savings Account (HSA), full and limited healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and dependent care FSA options; generous paid time off policies, like vacation, holidays, sick leave, jury duty, bereavement, and volunteer time; paid disability, parental and military leave; company-sponsored and voluntary term life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurances; a 401(k) retirement plan with bi-weekly employer matching of 50% up to the first 6% of team member contributions; adoption, fitness, tuition and worldwide emergency travel assistance; EAP, grief counseling, and estate/will preparation services; and additional discounts and supplementary employee-paid benefit programs.
• Base Salary: The expected base salary range for this position is between $174,000 - $257,600 per year, depending on experience and skillset. Base Salary is paid bi-weekly, every other Friday.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance