Dir, Infrastructure & Capital Planning

GGP•Chicago, IL

1d•$110,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Infrastructure & Capital Planning plays a key role in supporting the long-term performance, reliability, and value of the company’s shopping center portfolio. This role provides strategic oversight of infrastructure asset management, capital planning analytics, and portfolio-wide data governance to help ensure capital investment decisions are informed, consistent, and aligned with business priorities. By partnering with internal cross-functional stakeholders, the Director helps create a comprehensive view of infrastructure needs across the portfolio and supports proactive, data-driven planning. This leader is instrumental in strengthening operational insight, improving capital planning discipline, and supporting the company’s ability to preserve and enhance its physical assets over time.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in commercial real estate, facilities management, property operations, engineering, construction management, or related field required.
Demonstrated understanding of commercial building systems, infrastructure lifecycle management, and capital planning required.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI or Tableau are required.
Familiarity with AI-enabled analytical tools and emerging technologies applicable to infrastructure management required.
Strong project management, organizational, communication, and analytical skills required.
Ability to effectively communicate both in writing and verbally, to supervise, train and direct property teams and contracted services across multiple projects required.
Proficiency with property management technology platforms and energy management systems required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Construction Management, Real Estate, Business, Data Analytics, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and continuously improve portfolio-wide infrastructure databases and asset inventories.
Establish standards for collecting, organizing, updating, and validating building systems information across the portfolio.
Monitor and analyze infrastructure asset performance across key building systems such as roofing, HVAC, vertical transportation, parking structures, paving, electrical distribution equipment, emergency power systems, and life safety systems.
Support development of short- and long-term capital investment planning by analyzing portfolio-wide operational and infrastructure data, developing multi-year capital forecasts, and identifying investment priorities.
Create dashboards, reports, and executive summaries that translate infrastructure data and capital planning insights into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
Utilize AI-enabled tools and advanced analytics platforms to evaluate infrastructure performance and capital investment opportunities.
Identify opportunities to automate and improve data collection, validation, reporting, and related portfolio management processes.
Provide operational guidance and technical assistance to assigned properties and regional teams as needed.
Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned building systems, providing technical guidance, standards, and strategic oversight across the portfolio.
Conduct periodic property inspections to validate infrastructure data and assess asset conditions.
Support special projects and other duties as assigned.