Strategic Implementation Manager – Estimating at Hovnanian Enterprises in Phoenix, AZ

Job description

K. Hovnanian is celebrating over 65 years of quality and leadership in the home building and community development industry. Do you want to play a large role in those every day decisions that help build dream homes? It’s the homes where people will raise their child, form their most important memories, plot the course for their future, spend quality time with their grandchildren or enjoy quiet times reflecting on a life full of accomplishments. Over 300,000 families have put their dreams in our hands, and you can as well. The Estimating Implementation Manager owns and drives the planning, coordination, execution and adoption of strategic initiatives across the estimating function and its key business partners. This role is responsible for translating business strategy into actionable implementation plans, establishing clear visibility into priorities and progress, and ensuring initiatives deliver measurable, sustainable operational improvements. The successful candidate will bring strong project or program management, operational improvement, and stakeholder engagement skills to manage multiple initiative, coordinate cross-functional teams, anticipate delivery risks, and move projects from concept through implementation and sustained adoption while tracking and presenting KPIs to interested parties. Operating at the intersection of National Estimating, Architecture, Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Construction Operations, this position serves as a hands on driver and coordinator. The role partners closely with cross functional stakeholders to translate estimating strategy into actionable plans, track performance through clear KPIs, visualize progress and capacity needs, and ensure estimating initiatives deliver measurable, sustainable results for a national homebuilder. • Experience in homebuilding, construction, estimating, or a related operational environment is valuable. However, candidates with transferable experience leading complex, cross-functional projects, business transformation, process improvement, or enterprise-wide implementations in other industries are encouraged to apply. Essential responsibilities include the following. • Own and maintain a centralized portfolio of estimating-related initiatives and workflows, providing visibility into scope, ownership, priorities, milestones, dependencies, status, and expected outcomes across the organization. • Partner with Estimating leadership to translate strategic priorities into executable implementation plans, establishing clear deliverables, accountabilities, timelines, dependencies, and success measures. • Establish and maintain effective project governance, including progress reviews, action tracking, risk and issue management, decision logs, and escalation processes to keep initiatives on track. • Develop dashboards, KPIs, presentations, and performance reports that provide leadership with actionable insights into implementation progress, business outcomes, operational readiness, risks, and resource capacity. • Drive cross-functional collaboration across National Estimating, Architecture, Purchasing, Supply Chain, Construction Operations, and division-level teams, building stakeholder alignment and influencing priorities without relying on direct authority. • Assess workloads, resource capacity, dependencies, and competing priorities to support realistic delivery timelines, effective sequencing, and informed resource-allocation decisions. • Lead implementation and change-management activities to ensure initiatives are successfully delivered, adopted, and embedded into day-to-day operations, addressing barriers to adoption and supporting long-term sustainability. • Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, standardize processes, and improve operational performance, using implementation results, performance data, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learned to drive measurable, continuous improvement. Education and/or Experience • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Ope