Development Strategy Lead
PetsApp, Austin, TX, United States
Help reinvent how housing gets designed, permitted, and built in America.
Cedar is building the operating system for urban housing delivery. We combine architectural expertise with software, AI-driven automation, and data systems to dramatically accelerate how projects move from land acquisition to approved designs and construction. The result: faster timelines, higher quality, lower risk, and more housing in the cities that need it most.
Our team blends architects, engineers, and product builders. We design real buildings — and we build the software and AI systems that make great architecture scalable.
The Role As the
Development Strategy Lead , you’ll help developers quickly understand what can be built on a site and how to maximize outcomes. This role will be responsible for generating rapid and accurate land plan studies during feasibility and land planning of projects across the Cedar platform in conjunction with Cedar’s technology-enabled project process. This role goes beyond the traditional land planning role; you’ll help shape how feasibility studies become automated and scalable.
This role reports to the Director of Design.
What You’ll Do
Produce Feasibility studies, including but not limited to, site analysis (Fire Department access, parking, trash, utilities, topography, drainage, zoning setbacks, etc.) and site calculations (building coverage, impervious cover, etc.)
Coordinate land Planning efforts, to develop feasibility studies into functioning land plans for coordination with civil engineers
Own expertise and instill insight with design teams on critical understanding of regulations and their updates across markets
Feed insights back into product and engineering to improve automation
Who You Are
Strong collaboration skills to allow for fluid and rapid iteration on design concepts
Comfortable balancing design quality, regulation requirements, and overall project impacts
Ability to quickly and accurately create land plan options based on programming goals, zoning constraints and environmental factors (topography, trees, etc.)
Excited to use and shape AI-driven workflows
Fast, structured thinker who thrives in ambiguity
Collaborative across disciplines
Motivated by leverage and real-world impact
Qualifications
6+ years of experience in a land planning, civil engineering, urban design, or architectural role
Experience in residential community planning
Extensive knowledge of zoning codes and the land development process in Austin. Experience in other jurisdictions is preferred
Proficiency in software that effectively and quickly communicate design concepts (examples include AutoCAD, Rhino, Enscape, etc.)
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive salary
Meaningful equity ownership
Healthcare, dental, and vision
Early-stage ownership and impact
Coverage of architecture license fee (TX) and annual professional development stipend
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Cedar is building the operating system for urban housing delivery. We combine architectural expertise with software, AI-driven automation, and data systems to dramatically accelerate how projects move from land acquisition to approved designs and construction. The result: faster timelines, higher quality, lower risk, and more housing in the cities that need it most.
Our team blends architects, engineers, and product builders. We design real buildings — and we build the software and AI systems that make great architecture scalable.
The Role As the
Development Strategy Lead , you’ll help developers quickly understand what can be built on a site and how to maximize outcomes. This role will be responsible for generating rapid and accurate land plan studies during feasibility and land planning of projects across the Cedar platform in conjunction with Cedar’s technology-enabled project process. This role goes beyond the traditional land planning role; you’ll help shape how feasibility studies become automated and scalable.
This role reports to the Director of Design.
What You’ll Do
Produce Feasibility studies, including but not limited to, site analysis (Fire Department access, parking, trash, utilities, topography, drainage, zoning setbacks, etc.) and site calculations (building coverage, impervious cover, etc.)
Coordinate land Planning efforts, to develop feasibility studies into functioning land plans for coordination with civil engineers
Own expertise and instill insight with design teams on critical understanding of regulations and their updates across markets
Feed insights back into product and engineering to improve automation
Who You Are
Strong collaboration skills to allow for fluid and rapid iteration on design concepts
Comfortable balancing design quality, regulation requirements, and overall project impacts
Ability to quickly and accurately create land plan options based on programming goals, zoning constraints and environmental factors (topography, trees, etc.)
Excited to use and shape AI-driven workflows
Fast, structured thinker who thrives in ambiguity
Collaborative across disciplines
Motivated by leverage and real-world impact
Qualifications
6+ years of experience in a land planning, civil engineering, urban design, or architectural role
Experience in residential community planning
Extensive knowledge of zoning codes and the land development process in Austin. Experience in other jurisdictions is preferred
Proficiency in software that effectively and quickly communicate design concepts (examples include AutoCAD, Rhino, Enscape, etc.)
Compensation & Benefits
Competitive salary
Meaningful equity ownership
Healthcare, dental, and vision
Early-stage ownership and impact
Coverage of architecture license fee (TX) and annual professional development stipend
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