Area Manager - Multi-Community Homebuilding (New Home Sales & Construction)

Area Manager – Multi?Community Homebuilding (New Home Sales & Construction)
Dallas–Fort Worth, TX

Job Type: Full?Time
Location: Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex
Scope: Multi?Community Leadership

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About the Opportunity

A highly successful, privately held homebuilder is seeking an Area Manager (formal title will be Project Manager) to oversee multiple new home communities across the Dallas–Fort Worth market. This is a senior, area?level leadership role responsible for driving results across sales performance, construction execution, warranty, and customer experience.

While the formal title is Project Manager, the scope of this position is what many production builders consider an Area Manager or Multi?Community Construction & Sales Leader. This role is ideal for experienced leaders who have managed multiple builders (construction managers) and sales teams simultaneously and want broader ownership, visibility, and career runway.

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Role Overview

Following a comprehensive onboarding and cross?functional training program covering sales, construction, warranty, finance, and operations, the Project Manager will be responsible for:

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  3–6 active residential communities
  
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  150–300+ annual home closings
  
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  Leadership of 15–30 professionals, including:
  
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    Construction Managers / Builders
    
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    New Home Sales Consultants
    
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    Project Coordinators
    
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    Warranty and Customer Service staff
    

This role operates with true area?level accountability, including responsibility for budgets, performance metrics, and cross?functional alignment.

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Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Development

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  Lead, coach, and develop high?performing teams across construction, sales, and warranty
  
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  Create alignment between field operations and sales commitments
  
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  Establish accountability, performance expectations, and leadership bench strength
  

Sales & Market Execution

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  Drive community?level and area?wide sales, absorption, and closing goals
  
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  Partner with sales leadership to execute pricing, incentives, and merchandising strategies
  
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  Increase market visibility and competitiveness of assigned communities
  

Financial & Operational Ownership

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  Own area?level P&L performance
  
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  Develop and execute an Annual Operating Plan
  
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  Manage budgets, control expenses, and identify margin?improvement opportunities
  
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  Monitor production schedules, cycle times, backlog, and delivery performance
  

Construction, Quality & Customer Experience

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  Ensure homes are delivered on schedule and to quality standards
  
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  Oversee warranty performance and customer satisfaction metrics
  
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  Proactively resolve escalated operational or customer issues
  

External & Cross?Functional Collaboration

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  Partner with land development, entitlement, design, and architectural teams
  
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  Work with municipalities, inspectors, utility providers, and review boards
  
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  Support long?term growth through strong execution and relationship management
  

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Ideal Background

Required Experience

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  3–5+ years in a leadership role within new home construction and/or new home sales
  
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  Experience overseeing multiple active residential communities
  
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  Proven success leading construction managers/builders and sales teams
  
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  Demonstrated experience managing to budgets and P&L metrics
  
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  Strong working knowledge of production homebuilding operations from start to close
  

Preferred Experience

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  Prior roles such as Project Manager, Construction Manager, Area Manager, Regional Manager, Director of Construction, or Director of Sales
  
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  Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Finance, or Real Estate
  
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  Stable work history with a consistent progression of responsibility
  

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Skills & Competencies

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  Strong people leadership, coaching, and delegation skills
  
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  Deep understanding of residential construction schedules and processes
  
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  Sales?minded, data?driven, and operationally disciplined
  
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  Excellent organizational, communication, and problem?solving abilities
  
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  Comfortable managing complexity across multiple job sites and teams
  
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  Professional, collaborative, and results?focused leadership style
  

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Compensation & Benefits

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  Competitive base salary
  
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  Generous performance?based bonus plan
  
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  Future employee stock or equity participation
  
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  Comprehensive benefits package including:
  
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    Medical, dental, and vision insurance
    
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    401(k)
    
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    Training incentives and leadership development programs
    
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  Clear, long?term career advancement opportunities within a growing organization
  

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Why This Role?

This Project Manager position offers true general?management responsibility within a leading homebuilder. You’ll combine construction leadership, sales strategy, financial ownership, and team development—while operating at a level typically reserved for Area or Regional leadership roles.

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Ready to take ownership of multiple communities and build at scale in DFW? Apply today.