Director of Real Estate & Construction

Director of Real Estate & Construction
Sola Kids Dental & Orthodontics | Location: Phoenix (or Western US Remote with Travel)

About Sola Kids Dental

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.

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.

We are a multi-site consumer healthcare start up capitalized for growth and building a team to scale.

The Role

We're hiring our first Director of Real Estate & Construction — and if you're the right person, here's why you'll love it:

• Ownership: 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.
• Mission: Every location we open is a statement: that kids in underserved communities deserve a dental experience that where they feel valued.
• Build Something Beautiful: 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.
• Growth: We're growing 30%+ per year and building toward being the leading Medicaid dental group in the Western U.S.

What You'll Own

• Site selection and market analysis across key Western U.S. markets
• Lease negotiations (we have broker and lawyer relationships, but you'll lead them)
• Managing TI buildouts of 5,000 to 20,000 sq ft from contract to certificate of occupancy
• TI bidding and GC management across multiple concurrent projects
• Permitting and municipal approvals
• Budget ownership for every project
• Key aesthetic decisions
• Holding contractors accountable — on scope, on budget, on deadline

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years in commercial real estate, development, or construction management
• Hands-on experience managing tenant improvements or ground-up retail/consumer builds
• Comfort navigating permitting processes
• An eye for great design
• Detail orientation that borders on obsessive
• An ownership mentality
• Someone who's great to work with but won't let a GC slide on a deadline

Bonus Points

• Medical or dental real estate experience
• Leasing experience on the tenant or landlord side
• Vertical development, land use, and entitlement experience a plus
• Experience scaling a multi-unit consumer brand
• Spanish fluency

Compensation

Target annual compensation of $125K-$150K, plus meaningful upside tied to individual and company performance.

Location

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.

To see what we’re building, take a look at solakidsdental.com or pull up our Google Business profile and look at our offices.