Director of Development & Construction Multifamily & Student Housing

Director of Development & Construction - Multifamily & Student Housing

Remote United States 60% Travel Executive-Level Role

Why Join Vie

Vie is a growing real estate investment and management company focused on student housing and multifamily communities nationwide.

This is a high-impact leadership role with direct visibility to ownership and executive leadership. You will have the opportunity to shape Vies development and construction strategy build scalable processes and lead projects from initial planning through final completion.

Vie offers:

• Competitive executive-level compensation
• Performance-based bonus opportunity
• Flexible paid time off
• Paid company holidays
• Medical dental and vision benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid parental and other applicable leave
• Remote work flexibility
• Company-paid travel for required site visits

Position Summary

Vie is seeking an experiencedDirector of Development & Construction to lead ground-up construction major renovations repositioning projects and capital improvements across its national portfolio.

This is an owner-side construction leadership role with responsibility for project scope schedule budget quality and risk. The Director will oversee the full project lifecycle including preconstruction design management procurement contracting construction turnover and closeout.

The ideal candidate has strong experience in
multifamily construction student housing development real estate development or commercial construction management
and is comfortable leading both internal teams and outside partners across multiple markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead ground-up development major renovations and capital improvement projects across multiple states.
• Serve as Vies senior construction leader and owners representative.
• Manage projects from pre-development and design through construction turnover warranty and closeout.
• Establish and maintain project budgets schedules milestones quality standards and reporting requirements.
• Oversee architects engineers general contractors consultants vendors and specialty trades.
• Manage design procurement estimating bidding contractor selection contract negotiations and value engineering.
• Review construction plans RFIs submittals change orders pay applications draws invoices and lien waivers.
• Track commitments forecasts contingency cost-to-complete and project variances.
• Identify project risks early and drive corrective action to protect budget schedule and quality.
• Conduct regular site visits to evaluate progress workmanship staffing safety and schedule.
• Lead and develop team members supporting project management construction accounting procurement contracting and quality control.
• Establish consistent workflows approval processes and reporting standards across the portfolio.
• Enforce quality-assurance and quality-control standards through inspections punch lists and closeout.
• Provide clear project updates and recommendations to ownership operating partners and executive leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Construction Management Engineering Architecture Real Estate Development or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Seven or more years of progressive experience in construction management real estate development or major renovation projects.
• Experience with multifamily student housing residential hospitality or complex commercial construction.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent projects across different geographic markets.
• Experience leading project managers construction teams contractors and third-party consultants.
• Strong knowledge of project budgeting estimating scheduling procurement contracting and construction accounting.
• Experience reviewing construction drawings contracts change orders pay applications project draws and lien waivers.
• Working knowledge of preconstruction design development permitting value engineering quality control and project closeout.
• Strong executive communication leadership and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel approximately 4060% throughout the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with multifamily housing or purpose-built student housing.
• Experience working for an owner developer general contractor or construction-management firm.
• Previous experience serving as an owners representative.
• PMP CCM LEED OSHA or another relevant construction credential.
• Experience with Procore Bluebeam Microsoft Project Smartsheet or similar construction-management platforms.
• Experience standardizing construction operations across a multistate or national portfolio.

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate will take full ownership of project outcomes maintain strong control over budgets and schedules identify risks early and hold internal teams and outside partners accountable.

Projects will be delivered safely on time within approved budgets and to Vies standards for quality design durability and resident experience.

Vie is an equal opportunity employer.

Required Experience:

Director