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About the Role

The Vice President of Construction and Development provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for HPI’s commercial construction, redevelopment, tenant improvement, and development activities, managing projects from initial planning through final delivery to ensure they are completed on schedule, within budget, and meet quality standards.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement construction and development strategies aligned with corporate objectives.
Provide leadership and direction to construction and development personnel and external partners.
Establish departmental goals, performance standards, project controls, and reporting procedures.
Oversee commercial construction, ground-up development, redevelopment, renovation, capital improvement, and tenant improvement projects.
Manage the full project lifecycle, including feasibility analysis, due diligence, design development, budgeting, permitting, bidding, procurement, construction, and project closeout.
Establish project schedules, budgets, milestones, quality standards, and performance expectations.
Monitor project progress and implement corrective action when objectives are at risk.
Coordinate project handoffs to property management.
Prepare and oversee project budgets, construction cost estimates, cash flow projections, and capital expenditure forecasts.
Review and approve project proposals, change orders, contractor pay applications, and other expenditures.
Monitor project costs, contingencies, commitments, and forecasted costs to complete.
Identify cost-saving opportunities and value-engineering alternatives.
Partner with finance, accounting, asset management, and investment teams to evaluate project returns and financial feasibility.
Provide accurate financial reporting and timely notification of material budget variances.
Oversee coordination with architects, engineers, consultants, and design professionals.
Evaluate risks, site conditions, project feasibility, preliminary budgets, schedules, and potential development constraints.
Coordinate zoning, permitting, entitlement, utility, environmental, and other governmental approval processes.
Review construction documents, specifications, proposed materials, and building systems.
Support due diligence and feasibility assessments for potential acquisitions and development projects.
Establish and maintain relationships with qualified general contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers, and other construction professionals.
Oversee contractor selection, competitive bidding, contract negotiations, and procurement strategies.
Evaluate contractor qualifications, pricing, schedules, safety metrics, and past performance.
Ensure construction contracts, scopes of work, insurance requirements, and warranties are appropriately documented.
Hold project partners accountable for contractual obligations and performance standards.
Resolve contractor disputes and project delays.
Ensure projects comply with applicable building codes, accessibility requirements, environmental regulations, and other laws.
Oversee identification and mitigation of construction, financial, contractual, environmental, and operational risks.
Collaborate with property management, leasing, asset management, finance, accounting, and investment teams.
Support leasing initiatives through tenant improvement budgeting and construction coordination.
Work with property management to identify capital improvement priorities.
Coordinate construction activities to minimize disruption to tenants and operations.
Communicate project status, decisions, and material changes to internal stakeholders.
Develop and maintain standardized project reporting, including budget status, schedule performance, and risk assessments.
Establish and monitor key performance indicators for construction and development activities.
Evaluate completed projects to identify lessons learned and opportunities for improved processes.
Maintain appropriate project records, contracts, approvals, budgets, schedules, and closeout documentation.

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years of experience in commercial construction, real estate development, construction management, or a related field.
Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience managing teams, complex projects, or multiple concurrent construction and development initiatives.
Demonstrated experience managing commercial real estate projects from planning and budgeting through construction completion and turnover.
Experience overseeing project budgets, contractor relationships, construction contracts, schedules, and risk management.
Experience with commercial office, industrial, retail, mixed-use, or other commercial real estate assets preferred.
Proficiency in project management, scheduling, budgeting, and construction reporting software.
Demonstrated commitment to safety, quality, ethical business practices, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Strong and steady leadership, organizational, and team development capabilities.
Comprehensive understanding of commercial construction methods, building systems, project scheduling, budgeting, and cost control.
Knowledge of real estate development processes, including due diligence, entitlements, permitting, design, procurement, and construction delivery.
Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, contracts, budgets, and project schedules.
Strong financial analysis, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to build productive relationships with executives, tenants, investors, contractors, consultants, and government representatives.

Location

Austin
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston

Work Type

Office-based work
Construction site visits
Project meetings
Travel to HPI properties and development sites

Experience Level

Vice President
10+ years of experience
5+ years of leadership experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Real Estate Development, or a related field preferred.
Equivalent combinations of education and directly relevant professional experience may be considered.

Benefits

Health, dental and vision insurance
401k with a safe harbor company match
PTO and paid company holidays
Paid life insurance
Maternal/Paternal leave

About the Company

HPI is a full-service commercial real estate firm serving Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston with over 30 years of experience developing, managing, and investing in commercial real estate.
Our mission is to build trusting relationships with our clients through proven results, professional integrity, and exceptional service.
Our values of passion, teamwork, and a Texas-sized competitive spirit are what make our team the best in the industry.
We take pride in our homegrown culture that encourages opportunities for professional and personal growth.
We invest in our employees.

Equal Opportunity

HPI provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.