Director of Land Acquisition

Director of Land Acquisition Objectives

• Identify, evaluate, and pursue land and lot acquisition opportunities that support the division’s growth strategy, community count, delivery goals, and long-term market position.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with landowners, brokers, developers, engineers, consultants, municipal officials, and other market contacts to create a consistent pipeline of potential opportunities.
• Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and submarket evaluations to determine the strength, timing, pricing, and strategic fit of potential land acquisitions.
• Perform site visits with division leadership and key internal stakeholders to evaluate location, access, visibility, constraints, surrounding uses, development potential, and marketability.
• Lead or support the preparation of land acquisition requests, investment summaries, financial models, feasibility reports, and executive-level recommendations for potential acquisitions.
• Evaluate project assumptions, including lot yield, development costs, absorption pace, sales pricing, margins, timing, entitlement risk, and overall financial return.
• Partner with land development, construction, purchasing, sales, finance, and operations teams to ensure acquisition assumptions are realistic, complete, and aligned with division objectives.
• CareerBuilder Coordinate due diligence efforts with engineers, land planners, environmental consultants, attorneys, title companies, municipalities, and other outside resources.
• Support the entitlement, zoning, permitting, annexation, and approval processes as needed to advance acquisition opportunities from initial evaluation to final approval.
• Review and monitor land pipeline activity, acquisition status, development timing, land spend, and forecast assumptions for division planning and budgeting.
• Affordable Housing Assist with contract negotiation, letters of intent, purchase agreements, amendments, easements, and related land transaction documents in coordination with legal and division leadership.
• Represent the company professionally with sellers, brokers, consultants, municipalities, industry contacts, and community stakeholders throughout the acquisition process.

Director of Land Acquisition Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, real estate, construction management, engineering, land planning, accounting, or a related field preferred.
• 7-10+ years of experience in land acquisition, real estate development, residential development, homebuilding, or a closely related field.
• Experience working with a homebuilder, residential developer, land developer, or real estate organization with exposure to division-level land strategy is preferred.
• Strong understanding of residential land acquisition, entitlement, zoning, permitting, due diligence, land planning, site feasibility, and development economics.
• Demonstrated ability to source opportunities, evaluate sites, analyze financial returns, negotiate deal terms, and support acquisition approvals.
• Strong financial and analytical skills, including the ability to review pro formas, development budgets, land residuals, pricing assumptions, absorption forecasts, and return metrics.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to summarize complex land opportunities clearly for division, regional, and corporate leadership.
• Strong relationship-building skills with brokers, landowners, developers, consultants, municipalities, internal teams, and external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, transactions, and due diligence processes in a fast-paced homebuilding environment.
• High integrity, sound judgment, strong work ethic, and a leadership style rooted in accountability, collaboration, and long-term business performance.

Premier Homebuilding Benefits

• Competitive base salary with bonus opportunity
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• 401(k) plan for long-term savings
• Disability coverage for added protection
• Life insurance for employees and dependents
• Generous vacation and company holidays