About this role
Director, Property Development
Coppell, TX
What does it mean to be a BrinkerHead? It means creating moments that make everyone feel special — whether you’re supporting our restaurants, celebrating wins with your team, or sparking ideas that keep Guests coming back. We play like a team, take pride in our culture, and know that life’s too short not to work happy.
At Brinker’s Restaurant Support Center (RSC), every role fuels the success of our brands — Chili’s® Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy® — and directly impacts Team Members and Guests. From bold ideas to everyday support, we help create a fun atmosphere, great food and drinks, and the kind of hospitality that keeps everyone coming back. Here, you’ll discover opportunities for career growth, belonging, wellbeing, and plenty of chances to work hard and have fun.
Brinker International is an equal opportunity employer. We’re proud to provide a welcoming, respectful environment where everyone can thrive.
Job Summary
This role reports to the VP, Restaurant Development, and will have two manager-level direct reports. Partnering closely with cross-functional teams—Real Estate, Construction, Finance, Legal, and external consultants, they will oversee the due diligence, entitlement, and permitting processes for our growth pipeline and reimages. They will guide site evaluation strategies, influence portfolio planning, and ensure alignment between brand vision and real-world development execution. This role requires a balance of technical rigor, strategic thinking, and leadership to scale development efforts while maintaining cost, quality, and speed targets.
What You’ll Do
• Own and lead the entitlement and development strategy and execution for new builds and major remodels across multiple markets.
• Serve as a strategic partner to Real Estate in evaluating new sites, guiding site feasibility, and aligning design outcomes with operational and brand requirements.
• Oversee and guide due diligence processes including SIRs, environmental, geotechnical, and utility studies, ensuring early risk identification and mitigation.
• Lead relationships with municipalities, landlords, and agencies to expedite permitting, resolve entitlement challenges, and represent the company at key public meetings and hearings.
• Direct internal and external teams to deliver high-quality site designs, landlord packages, and permit-ready construction documents.
• Drive development timelines, budgets, and resource planning across a dynamic pipeline, ensuring accountability and consistent project delivery performance.
What You Bring to the Team
• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, Engineering, Planning, or a related field; technical degree strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in commercial real estate development in any industry with preference in ground-up retail, restaurant, or hospitality preferred.
• Deep understanding of entitlements, zoning, and permitting processes across multiple jurisdictions.
• Proven track record of leading development pipelines and managing external consultant teams.
• Strong financial acumen and experience partnering on lease structures, capital planning, and investment analysis.
Why Brinker
At Brinker, we believe life is short, so work happy! That means creating an environment where you can grow your career, feel a sense of belonging and wellbeing, and have fun along the way.
Here’s how we make that real for our BrinkerHeads at the RSC:
- Flexibility that fits your life: Hybrid schedules with weekly flex days to work from home.
- Benefits that support you: Competitive package with medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; paid vacation and holidays; 401(k) with company match; Employee Assistance Program with counseling, financial, legal, and life resources; and Best You EDU, offering education programs and tuition reimbursement.
- Enjoy our brands: Generous dining discounts at Chili’s® Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy®.
- Rewards for your impact: Annual bonus eligibility for every RSC Team Member.
- Wellbeing at work: On-site gym and fitness classes like yoga and boot camp.
- A culture worth celebrating: From company-wide events to a casual, collaborative atmosphere, you’ll find plenty of ways to connect, work hard, and play hard.
Check our Careers page and LinkedIn for more exciting opportunities!
Other facts
About Maggiano's
Even with excellent people, you cannot build the best restaurant company overnight. We've chosen to follow a sensible, well-managed and well-paced growth plan that will allow us to have a strong, long-term presence in every major U.S. metropolitan market from coast to coast.
Maggiano's Little Italy® truly is a very special group of restaurants. Technically, we're a "chain," but in principle, we're more like an extended family. Each restaurant is similar in menu and philosophy but is built to reflect the history of its host city. Inside, high-energy, full-service dining rooms reminiscent of pre-war Little Italy, elegant banquet facilities and customer-friendly carryout leave no doubt you're visiting an authentic Maggiano's restaurant.
When we talk about our culture, we talk about our people and our food in equal doses with a healthy addition of passion. It's a recipe that has yielded great results. We've become a place where people find a permanent home. From entry-level employees to the most senior of our staff, our people call Maggiano's "family." This may explain why we have one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry.
Our passion for people, food and service unites us all. Our common goal is to build Maggiano's into the best Southern Italian Restaurant Company. Not the biggest, just the best. How will we do it? By providing the tools our people need to be successful and, more importantly, by providing personalized time and support to each individual.
What you'll do
- The Director of Property Development will lead the entitlement and development strategy for new builds and major remodels. They will oversee due diligence processes and guide site evaluation strategies while ensuring alignment with brand vision.
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