Project Manager @ Wild Dunes

Position Summary

Your primary responsibility is to assist the real estate sales and development team with new residential projects at the Resort. Wild Spring Dunes relies on 3rd party owned homes as an important lodging option for overnight guests. Managing and exceeding real estate buyer’s expectations is of critical importance to the success of the resort.

You will interface with Ownership, team members in real estate, operations, and consultant partners. The Real Estate Project Manager, with collaboration and direction from the Dream Golf Program Manager, will oversee the day‑to‑day progression of all aspects of the residential design and construction process ensuring delivery of projects on schedule and within budget.

Wild Spring Dunes will be a public golf resort and refuge with world‑class golf, accommodations, and homesites. Two courses are routed with plans established for a short course and practice center.

Set on over 2,400 sandy, secluded acres, here you will find dramatic elevation changes that highlight four distinct and diverse ecosystems: towering pines and hardwood forest, open, grassy meadows, rolling hills, and steep ravines carved by spring‑fed creeks that crawl through the secluded site. Wild Spring Dunes is an escape, a destination, a place to come together in community – a home for golf and wilderness lovers alike.

• Act as primary point of contact between real estate buyers and the project team.
• Coordination of residential design, construction and furniture procurement process on behalf of homeowners.
• Report directly to Ownership, Resort Operations, Real Estate Sales and the Senior Development Leadership team.
• Work with 3rd party vendors to ensure projects are being completed in the most cost‑effective way possible for the given task.
• Role requires the ability to be on‑site 5 days per week, and in some cases weekends. However, not every week will require on‑site presence.

• Become a liaison between the various resort teams, including in‑house and third‑party general contractors, resort operations, sales and marketing of new developments and the ownership and management teams.

• Act as the liaison between Wild Spring Dunes and buyers of real estate at the resort.
• Manage the relationship transition from the Real Estate Sales Team.
• Planning Phase:
  • Review home design options with Lot Buyers.
  • Coordinate established Bulk, Density and other building criteria with the architect.
  • Develop preliminary budget and turn‑key project costs, update budget accordingly.
  • Implement Resort standard design specifications.
  • Select general contractor partner.
  • Apply for necessary permits.
  • Secure builders risk insurance.
  • Assist in construction financing, if applicable.
• Construction Phase:
  • Work with general contractor to develop, and keep current, the construction schedule.
  • Keep budgets updated, report same to owner.
  • Review consultant and general contractor invoices, manage monthly draw process.
  • Manage coordination and decision making between the homeowner and consultants.
  • Manage purchase and installation of furniture, fixtures and equipment.
  • Transition insurance from builders risk to homeowners insurance.
• Delivery Phase:
  • Punchlist walk through and follow up with general contractor.
  • Finalize furniture installation.
  • Turnover of the home to resort operations team.

As the Resort develops, the Real Estate Development Manager will have the opportunity to participate in additional tasks, including:

• Coordinate budgeting, scheduling, permitting, and other tasks required to successfully manage the commercial projects (single family residential projects). Recommend value engineering opportunities at all stages of the project.
• Collaboration with the Dream Golf Program Manager to create and prepare comprehensive development budgets and schedules reflecting all elements of the projects and update periodically.
• Provide regular budget and schedule reporting (weekly, monthly, quarterly as needed) to communicate status of projects to ownership.
• Manage monthly draw process, invoice approval and…