Development Finance & Industry Partnerships Manager

Core responsibilities:

• Build, refine, and review project pro formas across a range of project types to identify feasibility barriers, capital stack gaps, and reasons construction moves forward or stalls
• Educate legislative staff, committee consultants, and state partners on construction economics, pro formas, and capital stack risk dynamics
• Serve as the point person for developers, architects, and capital partners seeking to utilize new housing laws and state-level reforms
• Manage and grow the Housing Innovation Partnership, including relationship cultivation with developers, lenders, architects, and technical experts

This role ensures that housing laws not only pass, but translate into real projects delivered on the ground, helping to end California's housing shortage and make California an affordable place for everyone to live, work, and raise a family.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Deep commitment to ending California's housing shortage
• Strong quantitative reasoning skills
• Strong fluency in construction and soft-cost drivers, lender underwriting constraints, mezzanine vs preferred equity dynamics, insurance and defect liability exposure, and disposition and exit risk
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical financial concepts to non-experts (legislators, staff, stakeholders)
• Comfortable operating in both industry environments and policy environments

Compensation and benefits:

• Salary range: $130,000 to $150,000 based on experience and performance
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Employer retirement contributions
• Generous paid time off