Community Development Director- City of Tomball

As a senior leader in our City’s executive team, the Community Development Director will have the opportunity to shape the future of our community, drive innovative initiatives, and make a lasting impact on the lives of our residents. This role blends strategic vision with hands-on leadership, allowing this individual to work closely with elected officials, department heads, and community partners to turn big ideas into meaningful results.
The Position

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Growth & Development Initiatives – Lead planning and development efforts to support community growth, infrastructure expansion, annexation activities, and the delivery of municipal services.
• Advanced Economic Development Strategies – Support and implement initiatives that attract investment, strengthen the local tax base, encourage business growth, and enhance the City s competitive position as a regional economic hub.
• Preserve Community Character – Balance growth and development objectives while maintaining the unique small-town atmosphere and quality of life valued by residents.
• Foster Strong Community and Development Relationships – Build collaborative partnerships with residents, developers, business owners, and stakeholders through responsive customer service, effective communication, and problem-solving.
• Provide Departmental Leadership and Organizational Development – Lead, mentor, and develop staff while promoting operational excellence, innovation, accountability, and high-performance standards.
• Regulatory Compliance – Ensure adherence to all local, state, and federal laws, as well as City ordinances and directives.
• All-Hands Contribution – Step in where needed to support the City’s mission and priorities.

• Assess departmental operations and identify process improvements/efficiencies.
• Implement proactive communication strategies to improve engagement with residents, developers, and business partners.
• Evaluate current/future development needs.
• Establish a roadmap to support and provide for effective strategies for sustainable growth, redevelopment, and annexation objectives.

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to implement principals of change management and exhibit an open management style with organizational leaders, all stakeholders and staff.
• Experience serving as a partner on an executive team.
• Understands local government structures, functions, and legislation.
• Familiarity with city legal guidelines, regulatory measures, and relevant operational standards.
• Critical decision-making, including the ability to process relevant information, committing to a definitive course of action.
• Success at coalition building among staff and citizens to minimize perceived barriers.
• Adept at identifying key community players, techniques for public communication, and understanding cultural nuances.
• Ability to maintain positive productive relationships with the City Council, general public, the commercial community and development interests, balancing each respective needs with the best interest of the community.

• Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Engineering or a related field from an accredited higher education institution or ten (10) years or more of experience in a related field may be considered in lieu of educational requirements.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience, including supervisory responsibilities , preferably in municipal government.
• Preference will be shown to:
  
  --Proven Engineers (Engineering degree from an accredited college/university, a Texas P.E. and 5 years of directly related public Works or development experience in Texas) or--Urban Planners (Planning degree from an accredited college/university, an A.I.C.P. and 5 years of directly related Texas experience in Development Services with a knowledge of Public Works).