National Title Services Director - Remote Leadership

prosourceland; Wisconsin; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ProSource Land Services seeks a National Director of Title Services to lead and grow a specialized national practice focused on complex infrastructure title work. The role requires senior technical leadership, client management and cross-team collaboration across airports, utilities, and government projects.

The position emphasizes project delivery, staff development and business growth, with a strong emphasis on FAA-related research and multi-state coordination.

Qualifications

• Approximately 12+ years of progressively responsible title, land, right of way or real estate experience, with significant experience reviewing complex title.
• Advanced knowledge of title abstracting, examination, chain-of-title research, easements, conveyances, encumbrances, legal descriptions and public land records.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze unusual or incomplete title histories and develop reasonable, well-supported conclusions.
• Experience supervising title professionals and managing multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Strong project management skills, including scope, schedule, budget and quality-control responsibility.
• Experience communicating technical title issues to clients who may not be title specialists.
• Excellent professional writing skills and the ability to clearly document research methodology, findings, assumptions and conclusions.
• Strong client-service instincts and the judgment to recognize when a technical issue requires additional legal, survey, engineering or agency input.
• Demonstrated ability to develop long-term client relationships.
• A record of contributing to business development, proposals, interviews, account growth or new-client development.
• Ability and willingness to travel as necessary to support projects, clients and business development.

Responsibilities

• Lead ProSource's national Title Services practice, with accountability for technical quality, project performance, staffing, client satisfaction and profitability.
• Provide senior-level review and direction on complex title examinations, ownership histories, easements, encumbrances, conveyances, exceptions, gaps in the public record and other difficult title matters.
• Develop defensible strategies for resolving incomplete, inconsistent, misindexed or otherwise problematic land records.
• Direct chain-of-title research, surface title research, title continuations, title curative activities, document review and assimilation, and project-specific title investigations.
• Provide technical leadership for airport real estate and title assignments, including FAA-related title research, airport property ownership documentation, Exhibit A/property history support, Good Title evaluations, easements, releases, federal conveyances and other airport land matters.
• Review and approve significant title reports, technical memoranda, research conclusions and client deliverables.
• Establish consistent research methodologies, documentation standards, quality-control procedures and defensible work products across the practice.
• Manage and mentor title specialists, abstractors, researchers and other project personnel, including distributed and project-based resources.
• Determine appropriate staffing approaches for multi-county and multi-state title assignments and mobilize resources efficiently.
• Work collaboratively with ProSource's Right of Way, Acquisition, Relocation, GIS, Environmental and project management teams.
• Participate directly in client meetings and serve as a trusted technical advisor when complicated title or real estate issues arise.
• Develop scopes of work, assumptions, staffing plans, schedules and fee estimates for proposals and contract amendments.
• Assist executive leadership with pursuit strategy, proposal development, interviews and client presentations.
• Maintain and expand relationships with engineering firms, airport consultants, municipalities, airport sponsors, utilities, infrastructure owners and other clients.
• Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships and develop new markets for ProSource's title services.
• Help expand ProSource's aviation title practice beyond its established Upper Midwest presence into additional national markets.
• Maintain accountability for project budgets, utilization, margins, schedules and overall financial performance of the Title Services practice.

Job description

ProSource Land Services seeks a National Director of Title Services to lead and grow a specialized national practice focused on complex infrastructure title work. The role requires senior technical leadership, client management and cross-team collaboration across airports, utilities, and government projects.

The position emphasizes project delivery, staff development and business growth, with a strong emphasis on FAA-related research and multi-state coordination.