Director of Real Estate & Construction

<p><strong>Director of Real Estate & Construction<br></strong><em>Sola Kids Dental & Orthodontics | Location: Phoenix (or Western US Remote with Travel)</em></p> <h1><strong>About Sola Kids Dental</strong></h1> <p>At Sola Kids Dental we believe Medicaid dentistry can be done better and we are on a mission to change lives through exceptional dental care.</p> <p>We've built a multi-location platform in Los Angeles, and we are now scaling into markets across the Western US with a goal to be the leading provider of dentistry and orthodontics to kids and families on Medicaid. Every new location means thousands more kids getting consistent, high-quality care.</p> <p>We are a multi-site consumer healthcare start up capitalized for growth and building a team to scale.</p> <h1><strong>The Role</strong></h1> <p>We're hiring our first Director of Real Estate & Construction — and if you're the right person, here's why you'll love it:</p> <ul><li><strong>Ownership:</strong> You are the real estate function for 30K+ sq ft of new locations per year. Site selection, lease negotiations, TI buildouts, permitting, GC management. You’ll report directly to the CEO, and decisions get made fast. We don’t have bureaucracy.</li><li><strong>Mission:</strong> Every location we open is a statement: that kids in underserved communities deserve a dental experience that where they feel valued. </li><li><strong>Build Something Beautiful:</strong> Design is not an afterthought. Building stunning offices in communities that don't expect it is the mission. You'll have strong opinions about what makes a great space, and we'll want to hear them.</li><li><strong>Growth:</strong> We're growing 30%+ per year and building toward being the leading Medicaid dental group in the Western U.S. </li></ul> <h1><strong>What You'll Own</strong></h1> <ul> <li>Site selection and market analysis across key Western U.S. markets</li> <li>Lease negotiations (we have broker and lawyer relationships, but you'll lead them)</li> <li>Managing TI buildouts of 5,000 to 20,000 sq ft from contract to certificate of occupancy</li> <li>TI bidding and GC management across multiple concurrent projects</li> <li>Permitting and municipal approvals</li> <li>Budget ownership for every project</li> <li>Key aesthetic decisions</li> <li>Holding contractors accountable — on scope, on budget, on deadline</li> </ul> <h1><strong>What We're Looking For</strong></h1> <ul> <li>5+ years in commercial real estate, development, or construction management</li> <li>Hands-on experience managing tenant improvements or ground-up retail/consumer builds</li> <li>Comfort navigating permitting processes</li> <li>An eye for great design </li> <li>Detail orientation that borders on obsessive</li> <li>An ownership mentality</li> <li>Someone who's great to work with but won't let a GC slide on a deadline</li> </ul> <h1><strong>Bonus Points</strong></h1> <ul> <li>Medical or dental real estate experience</li> <li>Leasing experience on the tenant or landlord side</li> <li>Vertical development, land use, and entitlement experience a plus</li> <li>Experience scaling a multi-unit consumer brand</li> <li>Spanish fluency</li> </ul> <h1><strong>Compensation</strong></h1> <p>Target annual compensation of $125K-$150K, plus meaningful upside tied to individual and company performance.</p> <h1><strong>Location</strong></h1> <p>Preference for Phoenix as that’s the next market we’ll be expanding to. However we are open to anyone in the Western U.S. and ready to travel regularly.</p> <p><em>To see what we’re building, take a look at </em><a data-faitracker-click-bind="true" href="https://solakidsdental.com"><em>solakidsdental.com</em></a><em> or pull up our </em><a data-faitracker-click-bind="true" href="https://share.google/eC6RpvWQOzeznyeAw"><em>Google Business profile</em></a><em> and look at our offices.</em></p>

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