Real Estate Development Director
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 23, 2026.
JOIN OUR TEAM! Location: Tempe, AZ | Office based
At Couche-Tard/Circle K, our mission is simple: to make our customer’s lives a little easier everyday. You may have already stopped for coffee, refueling your car, or eating something on the go. Then, you know what Couche-Tard/Circle K is. We have grown into a successful global company with over 17,000 stores in 29 countries, serving almost 9 million customers every day. In total, more than 146,000 people work in our stores and offices. We make journeys easier by offering fast and friendly service. We care about our people and our communities, and we look for ways to uplift people first. Wherever your journey’s going, we can help you get there. Are you ready to grow your career? Let's grow together!
THE ROLE
The North America Real Estate Development team is working hard to accelerate the company’s strategy by finding new sites, opening new stores, relocating strong ones, rebuilding older ones, optimizing our existing network across North America. We do this all while living by our 4 key values of #OneTeam, #DoTheRightThing, #PlayToWin, and #TakeOwnership. As a key leader of the Global Real Estate Development team, you will be instrumental in supporting these goals through managing your team of Development Managers. You will also be responsible for communicating, coordinating, and building support with our regional or Business Unit (“BU”) operations teams, marketing teams, fuels teams, our construction team, and related internal and external stakeholders.
What You’ll Do
Excited to embark on a journey with us? Here's a breakdown of the key responsibilities and priorities in this role:
People - The Director must develop everyone to their full potential to be the best version of themselves.
Production - New site identification, investigation, analysis, production, and store openings are the major performance indicators for this role. You will be holding all stakeholders accountable to deadlines.
Communication - The team you manage must align with Operations and other key stakeholders. Building strong relationships is key to success.
You will ultimately be accountable for the performance of third-party project managers, civil engineers, architects, attorneys, expeditors, and other related development personnel throughout the entitlement and permitting process.
The direct management and performance of these groups is critical to your success in this role.
You will be responsible for creating, managing, and adhering to site specific budgets, procedures, approvals, and payment processes.
You will be leading a team and must be able to think strategically and execute tactically with a sense of urgency. Your team’s success is ultimately your success.
What You’ll Need
We want you to join our team! Here's what we're looking for:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects, meet tight deadlines, and continually prioritize and re-prioritize tasks as new projects are assigned.
- Must possess strong analytical skills, a strategic mind and have a strong attention to detail.
- Must be comfortable speaking and communicating to the team, third parties and senior leadership.
- Critical Experience: 5+ years relevant work experience with Real Estate, Retail Site Selection, Construction, Project Entitlement, Strategy, Finance, Environmental Compliance, Data Analytics, Economic Evaluation, M&A, Engineering and Design and Procurement.
- Extensive experience working directly in Operations is very highly preferred. This includes but is not limited to P&L management.
- Advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint proficiency, and ability to become proficient with additional software and applications.
- Financial education/background desired; knowledge of general budget planning/procedures preferred
- Prior experience leading a team
- Travel up to 50% of the time
Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and all state and local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA and certain state or local laws as long as it does not impose an undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.
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Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and all state and local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA and certain state or local laws as long as it does not impose an undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.
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