VP/SVP Real Estate and Construction
Position Overview
This is a senior leadership role with true ownership, but it is not a manage from a distance position. The mandate is to build enterprise grade real estate and development discipline while personally driving deals, solving build challenges, and tightening processes.
The organization is scaling rapidly and requires a leader who can professionalize systems while maintaining the agility required in an entrepreneurial environment.
Direct Reports
- Head of Design and Construction
- Construction Manager
- Development Project Manager
Core Responsibilities
- Data Driven Real Estate Strategy and Market Selection
- Develop and execute a 3 to 5 year real estate strategy aligned to aggressive expansion goals
- Personally lead site sourcing and evaluation in partnership with brokers
- Leverage predictive analytics platforms such as Buxton, Placer.ai, CoStar, and ESRI to inform trade area analysis and reduce risk
- Build scorecard based market prioritization frameworks incorporating customer density, demographic fit, co tenancy synergy, traffic patterns, and competitive mapping
- Translate data into financially disciplined site recommendations for executive leadership and the Board
- Lease Negotiation and Deal Execution
- Lead LOIs and lease negotiations directly
- Secure favorable economic terms including TI allowances, abatements, assignment rights, and use protections
- Personally manage complex landlord negotiations
- Create standardized lease review and approval workflows
- Construction and Development Oversight
- Oversee all new builds, remodels, and integration projects
- Step into escalations when timelines or budgets are at risk
- Tighten cost controls and reduce variance
- Build standardized development timelines and milestone tracking
- Manage both national and local contractor relationships
Ideal Profile
- 10 plus years of multi unit real estate and development leadership experience
- Experience scaling high growth retail, healthcare, beauty, fitness, or specialty brands
- Demonstrated hands on lease negotiation experience
- Experience leveraging predictive analytics platforms for market selection
- Strong financial modeling capability
- Comfortable building systems from scratch in entrepreneurial environments
BrainWorks
BrainWorks offers several distinct practice areas, each directed by a Partner with extensive experience, and knowledge of current trends and industry challenges in their specific discipline. BrainWorks practice areas include the following:
- Accounting & Finance
- Accounting & Finance Interim
- Analytics, Data Science & Data Governance
- Commodities Technology & Trading
- Consumer Products
- CRM & Direct Marketing
- Cybersecurity
- Ecommerce & Digital Marketing
- Human Resources
- IT & Data Engineering
- Market Research & Consumer Insights
- Operations & Supply Chain
- Private Equity & Portfolio Company Leadership
- Sales
BrainWorks prides itself on quality, speed and GUARANTEED RESULTS, delivered through our unique QUASAR approach. When you partner with BrainWorks, your company will receive intelligence and industry expertise from consultants who are trustworthy, caring and passionate about your business needs.
Learn more at brainworksinc.com.
Industry
- Commercial Real Estate
- Construction
Job ID
54956567556
Category
Industrial
Location
Remote