Dir, Infrastructure & Capital Planning

Location

GGP Chicago - 350 N Orleans Street, Suite 300

Business

Headquartered in Chicago, IL, GGP is a leading retail real estate company with a portfolio of 95+ high-performing retail assets, encompassing over 95 million square feet of space across the United States. As an owner-operator, we’re committed to creating vibrant destinations that bring people and brands together. With a team of 1,200+ employees and a legacy of leadership in retail real estate, we’re shaping the future of the industry by delivering exceptional value to our partners and the communities we serve

If you’re ready to be a part of our team, we encourage you to apply.

Job Description

Position Summary

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.

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.

Qualifications          

• High school diploma or GED required.

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

• 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.

Travel

• Approximately 30-40% travel required.

Compensation

• Salary type: Exempt 

• Pay Frequency: Bi-weekly

• Annual Base Salary Range: $110,000 - $160,000 

• Annual Bonus: 25%

Benefit Information

• Competitive compensation
• Medical, Dental and Vision beginning day 1
• 401(k) Company matching
• 401(k) Vests on Day 1
• Career development programs
• Charitable donation matching
• Generous paid time off (i.e., vacation, personal holidays, paid sick time)
• Paid Volunteer Hours
• Paid Parental Leave
• Family planning assistance including IVF, surrogacy, and adoption options
• Wellness and mental health resources
• Pet insurance offering
• Childcare Assistance
• Commuter benefits
• A culture on our values of Act with Integrity, Build Mutual Trust, Take Initiative and Win Together.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.

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