General Manager of Curation

Description

At Good Carbon Co., we’re redefining what it means to build and manage housing. We focus on creating sustainable, energy-efficient, and affordable multifamily communities throughout Western New York. From concept to completion, we’re a team of innovators, builders, and changemakers committed to doing work that is not only smart, but good.

Good Carbon is seeking an experienced General Manager of Curation to lead our real estate development function and move projects from post-acquisition through construction readiness. Reporting to the VP of Operations, this role is responsible for ensuring projects are properly scoped, designed, permitted, budgeted, and prepared for successful construction execution. The General Manager will lead the development team, manage a multi-project pipeline, strengthen development systems, and coordinate closely with Acquisitions, Construction, Finance, Legal, and Property Management.

This role will also help integrate energy efficiency and clean energy infrastructure—including geothermal systems, battery energy storage systems, and other technologies—into project design and development planning.

• Lead development activities from acquisition handoff through construction readiness.
• Manage project timelines for design, entitlements, permitting, approvals, budgeting, and pre-construction planning.
• Establish clear milestones and maintain visibility into project progress, risks, decisions, and resource needs.
• Ensure development activities support company delivery schedules, financial goals, and portfolio priorities.
• Manage multiple projects with concurrent deadlines and competing priorities.

• Ensure projects are construction-ready with complete drawings, specifications, engineering documentation, budgets, schedules, permits, and approvals.
• Establish and enforce development stage gates and readiness reviews.
• Partner with Construction leadership to confirm constructability, cost accuracy, procurement considerations, and execution requirements.
• Improve the quality and consistency of development-to-construction handoffs.
• Minimize late design changes, incomplete documentation, and avoidable construction delays.

• Partner with Acquisitions to evaluate feasibility, project scope, site considerations, and early development risks.
• Coordinate with Finance and Legal to align projects with underwriting assumptions, funding requirements, tax credits, incentives, and contractual obligations.
• Work with Property Management to ensure development decisions support long-term operations and resident needs.
• Provide company leadership with clear reporting on pipeline status, risks, decisions, and delivery readiness.

• Develop and manage development budgets and pre-construction cost estimates.
• Ensure project scope and design decisions remain aligned with underwriting assumptions and margin expectations.
• Identify cost risks early and recommend design, scope, or delivery adjustments.
• Partner with Finance on financial modeling, incentive planning, and funding compliance.
• Track budget performance and improve the accuracy of development-stage forecasting.

• Incorporate energy efficiency, electrification, geothermal, battery energy storage, and other clean technologies into development planning.
• Coordinate with Product, Engineering, Finance, and external specialists on system design, incentives, regulatory requirements, and operational considerations.
• Ensure clean energy systems are incorporated into project documentation, budgets, schedules, and construction-readiness requirements.
• Evaluate emerging energy technologies for…