VP, Land Acquisition & Growth Strategy

Meritage Homes; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Strong benefits

Flexible work-life integration

Inclusive environment

Job summary

Meritage Homes seeks a VP of Land Acquisition to identify, analyze, negotiate, and acquire new land for its divisions across the US. The role leads the department, manages budgets, and builds market data, proformas, and relationships with owners, brokers, lenders, and officials.

Strong strategic, negotiation, and leadership skills are essential. Responsibilities include shaping annual land plans, evaluating markets, and guiding due diligence, bids, and corporate approvals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA strongly preferred.
• Degree in Business Management, Finance, Economics, Construction Science or Real Estate strongly preferred.
• Seven years of Real Estate acquisition and negotiation experience, preferably in the homebuilding industry.
• Strong budgeting, pro‑formas, and financial modeling experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Windows Office Applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Create a vision and provide leadership to the Land Acquisition Department, including department operations and budgets and projections of new projects to Division President and Director of Finance.
• Recruit, hire, evaluate, train, develop and retain productive and highly engaged land acquisition department team members.
• Create an annual strategic land plan defining geographic, product and pricing goals to guide acquisition efforts and support the Company's overall strategic plan.
• Analyze markets and sub‑markets and the division's current land positions to identify gaps and strategic areas for future acquisitions and evaluating feasibility.
• Maintain knowledge of market activities, trends and opportunities and generate prospective land deals through networking with industry contacts, brokers, title companies, developers, other builders, land sellers, and others.
• Oversee all potential new projects for the division including searching for new land parcels, negotiation with sellers, due diligence, and preparation of Corporate Approval Package.
• Prepare letters of intent and respond to requests for qualifications in a competitive bid situation.
• Assist Land Development with project pro‑forma creation and refinement, including determining costs and timelines.
• Responsible for land purchases, closings and financings, including negotiating and drafting land documents.
• Oversee contract review and negotiations, and contract execution.
• Review survey/title issues and other reports to determine liabilities of potential acquisitions.
• Assist in presentations before municipal bodies and other government entities.
• Prepare deal summaries and land tracking reports for corporate management and the Division President.
• Create and foster relationships with land owners, brokers, lenders, municipalities, other homebuilders, and developers.

Skills

Negotiation

Budgeting

Project management

Leadership

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional teamwork

Relationship building

Strategic thinking

Market analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Real estate/Business/Finance related degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Meritage Homes seeks a VP of Land Acquisition to identify, analyze, negotiate, and acquire new land for its divisions across the US. The role leads the department, manages budgets, and builds market data, proformas, and relationships with owners, brokers, lenders, and officials.

Strong strategic, negotiation, and leadership skills are essential. Responsibilities include shaping annual land plans, evaluating markets, and guiding due diligence, bids, and corporate approvals.