Director of Development

Insight Global; Los Angeles, California (CA, MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Director of Development blending affordable housing/LIHTC development with construction management credibility. The role requires deep experience in development, lender coordination, and managing GC relationships, schedules, and budgets.

The candidate will supervise staff, coordinate with owners and stakeholders, and navigate a growing company with evolving systems and processes.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of development, construction management, or related experience.
• Experience in affordable housing, LIHTC development.
• Construction oversight, GC coordination, schedule and budget review.
• Ability to read schedules of values, draw docs, and GC backup.
• Ability to discuss with GCs, superintendents, and owner-side stakeholders.
• Experience reviewing GC bids and owner-side contract negotiation.
• Experience managing Scopes of Work.
• Familiarity with lender draws and G702/G703.
• Understanding LIHTC financing milestones, stabilization, 8609.
• Experience coordinating work through vendors without prime GC.
• Experience supervising at least one direct report.
• Ability to operate in a growing company with evolving systems.

Skills

LIHTC experience

Construction management

GC coordination

Budget review

Schedule review

Owner’s representative

Vendor management

Team management

Communication with GC

Tools

G702/G703 documentation

Job description

The Director of Development must bring a hybrid background that combines affordable housing / LIHTC development experience with construction management credibility.

Required qualifications include:

• Minimum 7–10 years of relevant development, construction management, owner’s representative, or project management experience.
• Meaningful experience in affordable housing, LIHTC development, or closely related regulated housing development.
• Direct experience with construction oversight, GC coordination, schedule review, budget review, scope management, and field-level construction issues.
• Ability to read and evaluate schedules of values, progress claims, construction budgets, draw documentation, and GC backup.
• Ability to hold credible, technically informed conversations with GCs, superintendents, construction managers, consultants, and owner-side stakeholders.
• Experience reviewing GC bids, supporting GC selection, and contributing to construction contract negotiation from the owner’s side.
• Experience developing, confirming, or managing project Scopes of Work.
• Familiarity with lender draw requirements, G702/G703 documentation, construction cost documentation, and draw review processes.
• Understanding of how construction milestones connect to LIHTC financing milestones, conversion requirements, stabilization, and 8609 delivery.
• Experience managing or coordinating work performed directly through vendors, trades, or contractors without a prime GC intermediary.
• Prior experience supervising at least one direct report in a construction, development, owner’s representative, or project management context.
• Ability to operate effectively in a growing company where systems are established enough to provide structure but still evolving.

Preferred Candidate Backgrounds

Strong candidate profiles may include:

• Owner’s representative or project management consultant with affordable housing / LIHTC construction oversight experience.
• Development Manager or Senior Project Manager at a mid-size LIHTC or affordable housing developer.
• Construction Manager or Senior Project Manager from a LIHTC-focused GC who has transitioned to the owner/developer side.
• Candidate with a development-side career path and substantial construction exposure.