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Selby Jennings
San Francisco, CA (In Person)
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Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Drive assigned development projects through entitlement, permitting, and pre-construction milestones, maintaining accountability for schedule and deliverables.
- Manage day-to-day relationships with municipalities, counties, utilities, and state agencies on assigned projects.
- Coordinate third-party consultants including entitlement specialists, environmental firms, civil engineers, traffic engineers, and outside legal counsel.
- Prepare and maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, and status reports for review by the VP or SVP of Development.
- Support entitlement strategy development and execute approved approaches through the regulatory process.
- Conduct site visits, attend public hearings, planning commission meetings, and agency pre application conferences.
- Work with the acquisitions team during diligence to assess entitlement complexity, timeline, and cost.
- Identify project risks early and escalate with context and proposed solutions.
- Coordinate with community engagement and energy teams to align development activities with adjacent workstreams.
- Assist in preparing materials for investor reporting, capital processes, and project financing milestones. Who You Are
- 7-15 years of experience in land development, project entitlements, or infrastructure development.
- Hands-on experience navigating entitlement and permitting processes in one or more US jurisdictions.
- Familiarity with CEQA, NEPA, zoning law, or local land use approval frameworks.
- Experience on large-scale industrial, data center, energy, or similar infrastructure projects a strong plus.
- Organized and detail-oriented - able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and maintain accuracy under pressure.
- A strong communicator, comfortable interacting with government officials, community stakeholders, and internal leadership.
- Collaborative and proactive, with a willingness to do what it takes to move projects forward in a fast-moving environment.
- Motivated by the opportunity to grow in a high-performing team at a company building something genuinely significant