Vice President, Preconstruction (Commercial Construction)

Location: Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Base salary: $182,500–$247,500 per year; compensation may vary in other cities and states.

Company

hirify.global delivers commercial construction and preconstruction services while building trust with clients, partners, subcontractors, and teammates.

What you will do

• Provide executive leadership for preconstruction, estimating, bidding services, and virtual construction across the organization.
• Set and improve standards, processes, operating procedures, budgets, pricing databases, and forecasting tools.
• Oversee more than $40 billion in annual bid volume, including estimates, pricing strategies, risk mitigation, and pursuit planning.
• Lead client-facing strategy meetings, presentations, value engineering, constructability reviews, market analysis, and cost-saving recommendations.
• Partner with Operations, Business Development, Safety, Quality, and Executive Leadership to manage project transitions, resources, staffing, and performance.
• Develop the preconstruction talent pipeline through mentorship, career paths, training, and adoption of AI-assisted and model-based estimating workflows.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Engineering, or a related field required.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in commercial construction, preconstruction, estimating, or project management leadership.
• Experience overseeing large-scale commercial pursuits, complex project portfolios, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Expertise in conceptual estimating, budgeting, value engineering, procurement strategies, risk management, project delivery methods, scheduling, constructability, and cost management.
• Experience supporting complex projects in sectors including mission critical, healthcare, government, hospitality, multifamily, industrial, advanced manufacturing, and corporate office.
• Strong financial acumen, strategic thinking, resource management, executive presence, talent development, innovation, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, ACC, Revit, Bluebeam, and other construction technology platforms.
• Ability to build relationships with clients, design teams, subcontractors, trade partners, and industry organizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Experience with Building Information Modeling technologies, including 3D, 4D, and 5D modeling.
• LEED Accredited Professional certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time leadership role reporting to the Senior Vice President.
• Performance-based bonuses and a competitive total benefits package.
• Premium health care coverage, including vision and dental, employer-matched 401(k), wellness reimbursement, paid holidays, time off, and other voluntary benefits and leave.
• Respectful, inclusive, equal-opportunity and drug-free workplace.