Director, Preconstruction & Development Cost Strategy, West Region

Director, Preconstruction & Development Cost Strategy – West Region

Company:
Prologis

Location:

San Francisco, California (Additional locations: Cerritos, Ontario, Phoenix, Seattle, Silicon Valley)

Job Type: Full time

Drive early-stage cost intelligence and procurement strategy for development projects across the U.S. West. Partner with Development, Procurement, Construction, and Capital Deployment to align market conditions, pricing, design, and constructability, improving project velocity, cost efficiency, and long-term outcomes.

• Partner with Development Management and Capital Deployment during pursuits and early project phases to align market conditions, contractor feedback, design assumptions, and project economics with business objectives and investment strategy.
• Support early-stage speculative and BTL (back-to-land) developments through feasibility analyses, conceptual design input, budgeting, contractor engagement, and cost intelligence.
• Enable faster, informed development decisions and improve responsiveness to customer opportunities and market demand.
• Provide data‑driven analyses, market insights, and strategic recommendations for customer pursuits and pitch presentations.
• Serve as a regional resource on construction pricing, market conditions, escalation trends, contractor and trade capacity; translate intelligence into executive‑level insights.
• Develop and maintain regional cost intelligence, benchmarking, pricing visibility, and forecasting across assigned markets using structured project, bid, and contractor data capture.
• Build scalable cost intelligence and analytics capabilities to support benchmarking, forecasting, and future AI‑enabled insights.
• Provide visibility into regional construction market dynamics, procurement trends, design‑driven cost impacts, and pricing risks influencing development strategy, pursuit economics, replacement costs, and project execution.
• Support early conceptual design decisions, value engineering opportunities, and procurement strategies to enhance cost efficiency and constructability.
• 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 and distribution, bidder evaluation, and selection recommendations.
• Analyze and level contractor proposals, assessing scope alignment, constructability, pricing, and risk, and provide clear, decision‑ready recommendations.
• Support the development of a strong, competitive contractor network through market engagement, performance awareness, and regional bidder outreach.

• 10+ years of direct experience in commercial construction with significant 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, and development execution.
• Experience supporting early‑stage feasibility, conceptual design, and budgeting, scope evaluation, design coordination, and capital deployment decision support.
• Experience identifying and evaluating value engineering opportunities and design‑cost tradeoffs during conceptual and design development phases.
• Direct exposure to GC bid breakdowns, including divisional scopes, general conditions, fees, contingencies, allowances, and exclusions.
• Experience leading competitive GC RFP processes, contractor engagement, or proposal evaluation activities.
• Ability to interpret market conditions, contractor pricing, escalation trends, design implications, and trade dynamics to support development and capital deployment decisions.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to structure construction cost, bid, and design‑assumption data into clear business insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to influence project design, procurement, and…