LocationGGP Chicago - 350 N Orleans Street, Suite 300
Job DescriptionPosition SummaryThe Director, Infrastructure & Capital Planning plays a key role in supporting the long-term performance, reliability, and value of the company's shopping center portfolio. This role provides strategic oversight of infrastructure asset management, capital planning analytics, and portfolio-wide data governance to help ensure capital investment decisions are informed, consistent, and aligned with business priorities. By partnering with internal cross-functional stakeholders, the Director helps create a comprehensive view of infrastructure needs across the portfolio and supports proactive, data-driven planning. This leader is instrumental in strengthening operational insight, improving capital planning discipline, and supporting the company's ability to preserve and enhance its physical assets over time.
Responsibilities- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve portfolio-wide infrastructure databases and asset inventories.
- Establish standards for collecting, organizing, updating, and validating building systems information across the portfolio.
- Monitor and analyze infrastructure asset performance across key building systems such as roofing, HVAC, vertical transportation, parking structures, paving, electrical distribution equipment, emergency power systems, and life safety systems.
- Support development of short- and long-term capital investment planning by analyzing portfolio-wide operational and infrastructure data, developing multi-year capital forecasts, and identifying investment priorities.
- Create dashboards, reports, and executive summaries that translate infrastructure data and capital planning insights into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
- Utilize AI-enabled tools and advanced analytics platforms to evaluate infrastructure performance and capital investment opportunities.
- Identify opportunities to automate and improve data collection, validation, reporting, and related portfolio management processes.
- Provide operational guidance and technical assistance to assigned properties and regional teams as needed.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned building systems, providing technical guidance, standards, and strategic oversight across the portfolio.
- Conduct periodic property inspections to validate infrastructure data and assess asset conditions.
- Support special projects and other duties as assigned.
Qualifications - High school diploma or GED required.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Construction Management, Real Estate, Business, Data Analytics, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in commercial real estate, facilities management, property operations, engineering, construction management, or related field required.
- Demonstrated understanding of commercial building systems, infrastructure lifecycle management, and capital planning required.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau are required.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled analytical tools and emerging technologies applicable to infrastructure management required.
- Strong project management, organizational, communication, and analytical skills required.
- Ability to effectively communicate both in writing and verbally, to supervise, train and direct property teams and contracted services across multiple projects required.
- Proficiency with property management technology platforms and energy management systems required.
Travel- Approximately 30-40% travel required.
Compensation- Salary type: Exempt
- Pay Frequency: Bi-weekly
- Annual Base Salary Range: $110,000 - $160,000
- Annual Bonus: 25%
Benefit Information- Competitive compensation
- Medical, Dental and Vision beginning day 1
- 401(k) Company matching
- 401(k) Vests on Day 1
- Career development programs
- Charitable donation matching
- Generous paid time off (i.e., vacation, personal holidays, paid sick time)
- Paid Volunteer Hours
- Paid Parental Leave
- Family planning assistance including IVF, surrogacy, and adoption options
- Wellness and mental health resources
- Pet insurance offering
- Childcare Assistance
- Commuter benefits
- A culture on our values of Act with Integrity, Build Mutual Trust, Take Initiative and Win Together.
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