Head of Project Development & Portfolio P&L

Southland Industries; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching (50% company match)

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Annual bonus program

Life and disability insurance

Pre-tax flexible spending plans

Paid parental leave

Paid holidays, vacation, and personal

Training/professional development

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Southland Industries seeks a Director of Project Development to oversee pursuit, pricing, planning and delivery of Prime Integration Projects across a portfolio. You will own P&L performance and ensure disciplined handoffs from pricing to execution to protect margin.

You will allocate shared subject-matter experts, drive modular construction methods, and lead Project Executives and functional managers, coordinating with teams to align strategy with delivery and client expectations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in design-build industrial construction, with significant experience in mission-critical or data center delivery.
• Demonstrated experience owning or directly supporting P&L across multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience with modular, prefabricated, or industrialized construction methods and the logistics/sequencing they require.
• Experience managing shared/matrixed technical resources across competing project priorities.
• Strong grasp of preconstruction, estimating, and the handoff from pursuit to execution.
• Willingness to travel across a multi-project portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio P&L performance: accountable for aggregate profit and loss of every project under the Project Executives in their business unit.
• Pricing integrity: ensures estimates and proposals are accurate, buildable, and aligned with execution.
• Resource allocation: owns allocation of SMEs across active and pursuit-stage projects and resolves conflicts by portfolio priority.
• Delivery discipline: ensures modular construction methods are applied consistently and schedules stay synchronized with site readiness.
• Project Executive leadership: accountable for the performance and development of Project Executives and their teams.
• Functional manager leadership: responsible for standards, staffing, and output quality of functional managers and their teams.
• Client & executive communication: reports on pricing accuracy, P&L, and resource utilization and communicates risks clearly.

Skills

P&L management

Resource management

Modular construction

Pursuit-to-delivery

Preconstruction knowledge

Willingness to travel

Job description

Southland Industries seeks a Director of Project Development to oversee pursuit, pricing, planning and delivery of Prime Integration Projects across a portfolio. You will own P&L performance and ensure disciplined handoffs from pricing to execution to protect margin.

You will allocate shared subject-matter experts, drive modular construction methods, and lead Project Executives and functional managers, coordinating with teams to align strategy with delivery and client expectations.