Director of Preconstruction

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director of Preconstruction based in the United States.

• Lead and standardize the transition from Sales into Engineering, Procurement, Project Management, and Operations following project award.
• Validate project scope, assumptions, exclusions, milestone schedules, customer responsibilities, and commercial commitments before internal turnover.
• Run pre-NTP readiness reviews, establishing clear owners, deadlines, escalation paths, and resolution plans for outstanding issues.
• Serve as the primary contract lead during customer negotiations, coordinating closely with executive leadership and legal stakeholders when required.
• Maintain contract deviation logs, approved fallback positions, and appropriate records of commercial approvals.
• Coordinate contract inputs across Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, Finance, and Operations to ensure commercially sound agreements.
• Develop subcontractor strategies for awarded projects, including sourcing, qualification, bid collection, scope alignment, pricing comparison, negotiation, and selection.
• Establish repeatable subcontractor coverage, pricing benchmarks, and market intelligence to improve project speed and protect margins.
• Own the pre-NTP risk register across scope, schedule, permitting, site conditions, supply chain, commercial terms, and execution constraints.
• Identify and resolve assumption gaps, pricing issues, scope mismatches, and other risks that could create downstream delivery challenges.
• Establish clear go/no-go and project readiness criteria before projects transition into formal execution.
• Oversee post-signature contract readiness, including contract kickoffs, obligation extraction, and structured risk handoffs to PMO and Operations.
• Ensure delivery teams enter NTP with aligned contractual obligations, budget assumptions, subcontractor strategies, and visibility into outstanding items.
• Track and improve pre-NTP cycle time, handoff quality, subcontractor coverage, and recurring causes of project disruption.

• 8+ years of experience in preconstruction, project development, contracts, commercial operations, or a related leadership function.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating customer and subcontractor agreements and managing commercial risk before NTP.
• Proven expertise in subcontractor sourcing and selection, pricing, bid leveling, scope alignment, commercial negotiation, and project readiness reviews.
• Strong understanding of contract terms, commercial risk, project assumptions, and the operational implications of contractual commitments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with executives, customers, subcontractors, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong contract judgment, analytical thinking, negotiation skills, and attention to detail.
• Ability to establish structure, drive accountability, resolve ambiguity, and make sound decisions in a fast-moving project environment.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and the ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders toward clear pre-NTP outcomes.

• Annual compensation of $155,000–$165,000, with the final offer determined by experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
• Opportunity to lead a high-impact preconstruction function with direct influence on project profitability, risk management, and delivery performance.
• Broad cross-functional exposure to executive leadership, engineering, procurement, finance, project management, operations, customers, and subcontractors.
• A role focused on building scalable processes, improving project readiness, and creating measurable operational and commercial impact.
• Commitment to an inclusive workplace and equal employment opportunity.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified candidates throughout the application and interview process.
• Candidates with criminal histories will be considered in accordance with applicable fair-chance laws.