Director, Campus Development Project Delivery (Arrivals Building)

The Opportunity

As the Director, Campus Development Project Delivery (Arrivals Building), you will hold single-point executive accountability for the architectural design, spatial programming, and capital construction of our flagship Arrivals Building. Serving as the primary gateway to our South San Francisco headquarters and seamlessly linking with the Central Plaza, this landmark facility will stand as an iconic architectural statement and a vibrant central hub for employee and visitor arrivals, executive receptions, collaboration, and high-impact meetings. In this role, you will lead world-class design partners, construction managers, and multidisciplinary teams from front-end architectural visioning through construction, interior fit-out, and operational turnover.

• Direct Architectural Vision & Design Excellence: Lead top-tier Architectural and Engineering (A/E) partners from concept design through final construction documents to establish an iconic architectural gateway that embodies our culture of innovation while safeguarding structural and aesthetic design integrity through all stages of value engineering.
• Deliver Seamless Gateway & Multi-Modal Interfaces: Oversee the spatial planning and physical integration of main building entries, walkway portals, security badging checkpoints, and multi-modal transit connections—frictionlessly linking campus shuttles, commuter buses, rideshare hubs, micromobility, and structured parking garages.
• Lead Central Meeting & Gathering Hub Delivery: Direct functional space programming, interior buildouts, and state-of-the-art audiovisual and collaborative technology integration for multi-purpose event venues, executive reception suites, and high-volume gathering hubs.
• Drive Construction Execution & Target Value Delivery: Provide executive oversight of primary Construction Management / General Contractor (CM/GC) partners and specialty trade contractors, enforcing disciplined change management, risk-adjusted schedules, and rigorous cost controls to deliver within authorized capital baseline budgets.
• Orchestrate Capital Budgeting & Portfolio Controls: Maintain comprehensive financial control over multi-hundred-million-dollar capital budgets, cash flow forecasting, long-range financial planning, and contingency allocations in direct alignment with portfolio project controls.
• Ensure Operational Readiness & "Perfect Handover": Partner closely with Site Operations, Facilities, and Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) teams to champion an Incident and Injury-Free culture, embed aggressive corporate decarbonization benchmarks, and lead flawless building systems validation for Day-1 operational turnover.

Who you are

• Educated & Credentialed: You hold a Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Civil/Structural Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related field (Master's degree, MBA, or professional licensure such as RA, PE, CCM, or PMP preferred).
• Proven Mega-Project Leader: You bring 10+ years of progressive capital project leadership experience within complex corporate, institutional, or life science environments, including at least 5 years directing major capital building projects valued in excess of 100M–500M+ from concept through handover.
• Landmark Architectural & Programming Expert: You have demonstrated success delivering iconic corporate facilities, gateway structures, central gathering hubs, or complex public-assembly venues with high-volume arrival workflows and transit interfaces.
• Commercial & Financial Master: You possess deep mastery of large-scale capital project finance, Target Value Design, contingency management, and complex CM/GC commercial models (GMP, CM at-risk, IPD) with a proven record of enforcing rigorous change-management protocols.
• Strategic Communicator & Systems Thinker: You exhibit exceptional executive presence, uniting diverse stakeholders—from corporate executives and municipal authorities to architects, engineers, and construction trades—acting as an honest broker to resolve commercial roadblocks and illuminate strategic trade-offs.