New Home Co.
Land Acquisition Manager
Land - Houston, TX - Full Time
New Home Co. is a new generation homebuilder focused on the design, construction and sale of innovative and consumer-driven homes across major metropolitan areas in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. Our commitment to excellence has earned us industry-wide recognition, including 2019 Builder of the Year by Professional Builder and the fastest-growing private builder in the country by Home Builder Executive in 2024
As a proud recipient of the 2025 USA Today’s Top Workplace award, we believe that PEOPLE matter. The strength of our homes is built upon a foundation of focused, energized, and dedicated team members. Our goal is to provide a workplace where you are successful in doing the best work of your life. Join our team, and let’s Move Forward together.
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Job Title: Land Acquisition ManagerFLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Office
Position Summary
Play a critical role in identifying, analyzing and presenting future residential development projects for a high-growth homebuilding company.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Financial / Market Analysis
- Preparation of competitive market analysis and financial proformas to determine the viability of proposed land acquisitions.
- Extract & analyze data from a variety of sources including the MLS, company databases, Metrostudy, LandVision, Zonda, and other external websites.
- Review and analyze due diligence information for potential investments.
- Work with the development and project management team to determine budgets and schedules to be used in proformas.
- Coordinate with multiple departments to understand internal costs and assumptions to be used in proformas.
- Overall project document control, including correspondence, purchase orders, invoices and supporting documentation.
- Major contributor to preparation of pre-acquisition Investment Memorandum and related support material.
- Manage internal due diligence team and process during the feasibility period.
- Negotiate and prepare offer letters for land opportunities under the deal structure guidance of Land Acquisition management.
- Work with brokers, landowners, lenders, and municipalities to identify new land opportunities.
- Maintain current submarket knowledge to assess urban planning, political, market and financial issues.
- Maintain a database that identifies each target and tracks the current status of each.
This position may supervise other employees.
Position Qualifications (Education, Skills, Experience):
Education
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- MBA or MRED desired
- Minimum of 3-5 years of real estate and/or finance/management consulting experience.
- Strong market research capability
- Team oriented/cross-functional collaborator
- Must be detail-oriented and organized.
- Proficient in MS Office, especially Word and Excel, Google Earth Pro
- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
- Strong desire to work in land acquisition
- Experience in the home-building and land brokerage industry is highly preferred
- Position requires driving as needed, frequency varies by location.
- Valid driver’s license required.
- This position often requires driving during the workday. As a contingency of employment, a background check, inclusive of an MVR, will be completed.
Base Salary: The expected base salary range for this position is between $140,000 to $150,000 per year, depending on experience and skillset. Base Salary is paid bi-weekly, every other Friday. Additionally, this position is eligible for an annual bonus based on divisional and individual performance.
Benefits: In addition to competitive medical, dental and vision coverage, The New Home Company provides comprehensive benefits to eligible team members and their dependents, generous paid time off policies, like vacation, holidays, sick leave, jury duty, and bereavement; paid disability, parental and military leave; company-sponsored and voluntary term life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurances; a 401(k) retirement plan with bi-weekly employer matching of 50% up to the first 8% of team member contributions; as well as a wellness incentive program.
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Similarly, the work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Requirements
Requires the ability to bend, lift up to 15 pounds, reach, see in full color vision, stand, sit, walk, walk on uneven terrain (at times), hear, type and talk. The primary work location is a corporate office with low to moderate noise levels. The secondary work location is any land site under consideration which may have moderate to high noise levels. Secondary location may require working in heat, cold, or inclement weather.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. New Home Co. retains the discretion to add or change job duties at any time.
