Director, Preconstruction & Development Cost Strategy, East Region

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Director, Preconstruction & Development Cost Strategy (East Region)

Prologis

New Jersey – Rutherford Office (additional locations: Atlanta, Georgia; Miami, Florida; New Jersey – Mt. Laurel Office; New York, New York)

We are seeking a Director, Preconstruction & Development Cost Strategy to support development projects across assigned U.S. East regions. Partnering closely with Development, Procurement, Construction, and Capital Deployment, this role provides early‑stage cost intelligence, design‑build/preconstruction perspective, contractor engagement, conceptual budgeting, market analysis, and procurement planning to support faster, more informed development and capital deployment decisions.

• Partner with Development Management and Capital Deployment during pursuits and early project phases by aligning market conditions, contractor feedback, design assumptions, and project economics with business objectives and investment strategy.
• Support early‑stage speculative and back‑to‑school developments through feasibility analyses, conceptual design input, conceptual budgeting, contractor engagement, project planning, and cost intelligence to improve development velocity, project readiness, cost predictability, and pursuit decision‑making.
• Enable faster, more informed early‑stage development decisions to improve responsiveness to customer opportunities and market demand.
• Support customer pursuits and pitch presentations with data‑driven analyses, market insights, and strategic recommendations.
• Serve as a regional resource on construction pricing, market conditions, escalation trends, contractor and trade capacity, translating market intelligence, design implications, and cost drivers into clear business and executive‑level insights.
• Develop and maintain regional cost intelligence, benchmarking, pricing visibility, and forecasting across assigned markets through structured project, bid, and contractor data capture.
• Build scalable cost intelligence and analytics capabilities by structuring project, bid, and market data that can support benchmarking, forecasting, and future AI‑enabled insights.
• Provide visibility into regional construction market dynamics, procurement trends, design‑driven cost impacts, and pricing risks that influence development strategy, pursuit economics, replacement costs, and project execution.
• Support early conceptual design decisions, value engineering opportunities, and procurement strategies to enhance cost efficiency, constructability, and overall project performance.
• Identify and plan for long‑lead materials and equipment early during the development process to mitigate schedule and supply‑chain risks.
• Collaborate with Procurement and project teams to develop early sourcing strategies that improve supplier engagement, material availability, and project readiness.
• Facilitate a structured GC RFP solicitation process, including scope planning, RFP creation, distribution, bidding, evaluation, shortlisting, and selection recommendations.
• Analyze and level contractor proposals, including divisional scopes, general conditions, fees, contingencies, allowances, qualifications, clarifications, exclusions, and market considerations.
• Provide objective evaluation of pricing, scope alignment, constructability considerations, and project risks, translating contractor feedback into clear, decision‑ready recommendations.
• Support development of a strong and competitive contractor network through ongoing market engagement, contractor performance awareness, and regional bidder outreach.

• 10+ years of direct experience in commercial construction, with meaningful preconstruction or design‑build experience in industrial, warehouse, data center, or large‑scale commercial development projects.
• Strong understanding of industrial construction sequencing, constructability, conceptual design, design‑cost implications, cost drivers, and development execution.
• Experience supporting early‑stage feasibility, conceptual design and budgeting, scope evaluation, design coordination, capital deployment decision support, or pursuit strategy activities.
• Exper…