VP of Capital Projects $200,000 USD/year Pay is set based on global value, not the local market.
Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks
Description
Opening a single school is achievable for most operators. Doing it repeatedly, on schedule, and with increasing velocity is rare.
2 Hour Learning is constructing a nationwide portfolio of schools engineered to deliver a full day's worth of learning in two concentrated hours through AI. This model requires expansion to be executed with the same rigor as the academic product. Your role is to deliver that execution. You will control the complete lifecycle of new campus development—from initial site assessment to operational readiness—while simultaneously creating the frameworks that make every opening more efficient, streamlined, and reliable than the last.
This position is not a conventional development management role. You are not brought on simply to oversee projects. You are here to remove barriers to growth. This means rendering final judgments on site suitability, engaging directly with permitting and construction challenges, conducting vendor negotiations, and maintaining momentum on timelines with urgency. Concurrently, you will decompose each phase of this process into systematic, AI-enhanced workflows that decrease manual intervention and increase forecasting precision iteratively.
If you have delivered real construction projects and are dissatisfied with delayed schedules, disjointed accountability, and recurring errors, this is your opportunity to resolve those issues—at scale.
What you will be doing
- Render critical site decisions by assessing zoning, permitting, budget, and schedule feasibility through structured, AI-supported evaluation
- Oversee multiple concurrent school construction projects, directing construction managers, clearing obstacles, and delivering on-schedule, on-budget launches
- Produce clear, stakeholder-ready capital project proposals that align scope, budget, and execution approach
- Direct vendor selection processes, RFPs, and contract negotiations with emphasis on velocity, quality, and cost discipline
- Break down expansion workflows into discrete work units and implement AI-powered systems that reduce timelines and enhance predictability
What you will NOT be doing
- Functioning as a passive status tracker who waits for updates from contractors or external partners
- Focusing exclusively on a single phase (e.g., site selection alone or construction alone) without accountability for the complete result
- Depending on manual, improvised approaches that restart with each new location
- Raising issues to others without directly engaging to resolve permitting, design, or construction roadblocks
- Investing months in stakeholder alignment without moving toward a definitive decision
Key responsibilities
Control the complete expansion of new school sites by delivering fully operational campuses on reliable schedules while systematically decreasing time, cost, and risk through AI-enabled processes.
Candidate requirements
- Proven experience leading at least one real estate development or construction project from site selection through opening with full ownership
- Experience managing multiple concurrent builds or capital projects with direct responsibility for timelines, coordination, and issue resolution
- Strong fluency in zoning, permitting, construction, and vendor coordination, with the ability to engage directly with GCs, architects, and regulators
- Demonstrated ability to make tradeoff decisions across cost, timeline, and feasibility with clear, measurable outcomes
- Experience improving or structuring complex operational workflows (e.g., permitting, design coordination, construction execution)
- Demonstrated ability to break complex workflows into structured, repeatable systems and improve them over time
- Evidence of using tools (AI or otherwise) to reduce manual work, accelerate decision-making, or improve execution speed
- High ownership mindset with the ability to operate in ambiguity and drive real-world outcomes
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 60% to active school sites across the US and be on-site during critical phases of development and opening
- Currently located in the US and eligible to work without visa sponsorship
Nice to have
Background in scaling multi-site development or expansion programs
Track record of improving forecast accuracy and reducing delivery timelines across projects
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