AVP, Capital Projects

Welltower Careers • Plano, TX

17h • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Vice President (AVP), Capital Projects is a senior execution leader responsible for driving project delivery, enforcing execution standards, and maintaining pricing discipline across a large geographic capital portfolio. This role leads the advancement of capital projects and redevelopment initiatives across all phases of the project lifecycle. The AVP operates as an owner-minded leader, ensuring projects are executed with rigor, consistency, speed, and value discipline. This is not a passive project management or reporting role. The AVP is accountable for how capital is deployed and how projects perform at both the portfolio and individual job level.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, or a related field preferred.
• 5–10+ years of experience executing large-scale capital, redevelopment, or construction projects.
• Strong background in managing complex pipelines and delivering multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience working within a real estate, development, or capital planning environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure full alignment with company standards across scope, pricing, funding, contracting, execution, and project closeout.
• Maintain comprehensive visibility into portfolio health, proactively identifying risks, bottlenecks, and performance gaps.
• Lead end-to-end execution of the capital project portfolio, managing the pipeline from initial planning through final delivery.
• Exercise disciplined control over schedules, budgets, scope, and deliverables to protect outcomes and drive consistency.
• Uphold and enforce capital execution standards, ensuring accountability for value preservation at the project level.
• Maintain strong command of pricing strategy, cost structures, and scope definition to support sound commercial decisions.
• Oversee and approve contracts, funding requests, and change orders, ensuring financial commitments align with execution requirements.
• Act as the escalation point for high-risk or complex projects, driving resolution and mitigating exposure.
• Hold vendors and partners accountable for performance, quality, and adherence to contractual obligations.
• Lead through regional Directors while sustaining clear visibility into execution and portfolio performance.
• Drive alignment across teams through clear communication, structured reporting, and decisive leadership.
• Demonstrate strong ownership, commercial discipline, deep construction expertise, and executive-level leadership.

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary + Annual Bonus
• Generous Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Program – purchase shares at a 15% discount
• Employer-matching 401(k) Program + Profit Sharing Program
• Student Debt Program – we’ll contribute up to $10,000 towards your student loans!
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Comprehensive and progressive Medical/Dental/Vision options
• Professional Growth

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees