Operational Ownership Lead

About the Job.

JPI has an exciting opportunity for an Operational Ownership Lead to join our Operational Ownership team located in Dallas, TX.

Operational Ownership exists to preserve the integrity of the project lifecycle as envisioned/defined, ensuring a well-balanced approach to both technical and commercial outcomes that yield successful project delivery. This role is responsible for ensuring projects are set up correctly from the start and remain aligned through design, permitting, capital close, and construction operations.

The Operational Ownership Lead coordinates the technical and operational integrity of projects from predevelopment through construction completion. This role facilitates alignment between consultant teams, internal project stakeholders, and field operations to meet key schedule milestones. This role supports cross-functional resolution of complex project issues in a timely manner to keep the project schedule on track. The Lead plays a key role in applying and continuously improving established frameworks for drawing phases, milestone tracking, and documentation handoff, supporting JPI's design and development goals while ensuring operational alignment. The position will report to the Director of Operational Ownership.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Consultant Procurement

• Support procurement, contracting, and ongoing coordination of design and consultant services in collaboration with the OI Director and other stakeholders.
• Lead consultant onboarding (internal and external design teams) to establish scope clarity, financial control, deliverable expectations, and coordination standards.
• Review and validate consultant billings for alignment with progress and scope.

Internal Stakeholder Alignment

• Coordinate weekly design agendas with design teams and track progress toward milestone commitments.
• Facilitate external stakeholder and consultant coordination meetings.
• Support alignment with planning, building systems, engineering, and architectural expression with operational and financial goals.
• Coordinate the interior and exterior material selection process.
• Ensure timely completion of branding and FFE meetings, leading to selections that align with rent comps identified in the Pre-IC phase.

Drawing Phasing & Development Milestones

• Maintain and manage the Integrated Project Schedule (IPS) across development, design, dfx, preconstruction, and actively remove roadblocks in achieving targets.
• Track progress over milestone gates, ensuring pre-aligned outputs are met and mitigate risks before construction release.
• Create and report out progress on dashboards for deliverable status across internal and external teams.

Owner Support

• Lead the cross-functional design coordination and issue resolution process.
• Perform timely technical and commercial validation of PCCO's, and support resolution of issues, keeping JPI's best interest in mind.
• Support project-based design changes, budget alignment, and deviations from design documentation, and help drive timely resolution to not affect project schedules.
• Serve as owner's representative for construction and operations during active build, supporting fast-track decision-making for resolution of owner-related RFIs, Submittals, and field-driven revisions (after all preventative measures have been exhausted).
• Support implementation of policy and procedures for address registration.
• Support final drawing coordination with external jurisdictions.

Non-Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Work Experience, & Physical Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• 4 - 6 years of Experience including 2 of the following areas: development, design management and construction, preferably in the multifamily industry.
• Excel, Bluebeam, and Procore.
• Deep knowledge of project phasing, execution risks, and owner-driven design changes.
• Proven ability to manage multiple teams and projects while ensuring quality and consistency.
• Experience developing scalable tools and processes for design validation and documentation workflows.
• Act as a representative and advocate of JPI's culture and guiding principles
• 5-day (Monday-Friday) Physical Co-location
• Daily Collaboration