Job description
Company Description
Work Location: 39 Treasure Island Road, San Francisco, CA, USA
Position Status: Full-time
Job Code and Title: 0942 Director of Treasure Island Development Authority
Compensation information: $101.2875 - $129.2375 (hourly) / $210,678 and $268,814 (annually) (Range A)
Working Arrangement: TIDA offers a hybrid work schedule, with administrative staff generally working from home one day per week.
Fill Type: Permanent Exempt: This is an Exempt position excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process, pursuant to the City and County of San Francisco, Charter Section 10.104. It is considered “at will” and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.
Job Announcement Posting Date: Friday, January 23, 2026
Job Announcement Deadline: Apply Immediately. This recruitment is considered open until filled, though candidates are encouraged to express interest early in the process. For first consideration, please submit your application by 11:59pm on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
Job Description
The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Vision
Our vision is to lead the nation in public administration and to enable City departments to effectively deliver critical public services. We aim to help the city run better, to connect San Francisco residents and constituents to the vital public services they seek, and to create a meaningful and diverse work culture that is the place of choice for people who are invested in a career in public service. To learn more about our departments, divisions, and programs, click here: https://sf.gov/departments/city-administrator
We are committed to ensuring that the City’s services are inclusive, efficient, equitable, and culturally competent for San Franciscans of all races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, and sexual orientations. This commitment requires comprehensive review and thorough analysis of existing practices and policies to remove barriers to real inclusion.
We are also committed to ensuring that we have a safe, equitable, and inclusive workplace for individuals of all races. This includes creating opportunities for hiring, promotion, training, and development for all employees, including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).
Treasure Island Development Authority
The Treasure Island Development Authority (“TIDA”) is an agency under the Office of the City Administrator. It has an operating budget of roughly $35 million, with an active headcount of 13 employees.
For more information, please visit: https://www.sf.gov/departments–city-administrator–treasure-island-development-authority
About TIDA and the Development Program on Treasure Island
TIDA is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the successful large-scale redevelopment, sustainability and long-term stewardship of the former naval base on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island – transforming the former naval bases into a new vibrant, inclusive and resilient San Francisco neighborhood. This includes overseeing all phases of development and milestone tracking of residential, hotels, and commercial/retail sites beginning with subdivision and mapping actions through the permitting of individual sites to final certificates of occupancy. In so doing, TIDA works in close partnership with City departments, private developers (particularly the Treasure Island Community Development LLC, which is the developer consortium leading the development program under the framework of the Development Agreement), community organizations, and state and federal agencies to ensure the successful delivery of this generational project.
When concluded, the roughly $5B project will feature 8,000 new homes (with over 27% affordable); 300 acres of extensive parks, trails, open spaces and public art; new state-of-the-art City infrastructure and significant transportation improvements to promote green mobility, renewal energy and climate resilience; and new restaurants, hotels, shops and commercial areas. The current project completion date is projected for 2042.
In addition to redevelopment, TIDA oversees day-to-day Island operations (with policy direction from the Treasure Island Development Board Authority Board), including: managing commercial tenancy and residential property leases in former Navy housing; stakeholder partnerships; public safety coordination; delivery of utility and City services; coordinating on-Island events; parks and open space maintenance oversight; and community engagement efforts.
About the Position
The Office of the City Administrator seeks a visionary, innovative and collaborative leader with demonstrated experience in large-scale urban development, public-private partnerships and community engagement to serve as the next TIDA Director.
The ideal candidate is a skilled communicator and strategic leader capable of managing a complex, multi-stakeholder redevelopment program and working with all stakeholders toward successful project delivery and ongoing operational oversight. They will possess expertise in project and fiscal management, urban planning, sustainability, intergovernmental collaboration and environmental stewardship. They are also particularly skilled in effectively anticipating, identifying and successfully navigating areas of potential conflict or concern; and surfacing issues for resolution or action to expedite program delivery and avoid delays. Similarly, they recognize opportunities to enhance program economic prospects, community benefits or project outcomes; and they are effective at marshalling resources and partnerships to seize these opportunities.
Under general direction of the City Administrator, the TIDA Director is directly responsible for planning, managing, and directing Island operations and all activities related to the transfer and development of the formal naval base. In so doing, the Director also works closely with the TIDA Board of Directors, which is responsible for guiding and making policy decisions critical to the future of the Island.
The Director’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Leading the multi-disciplinary team of TIDA staff – including commercial property management, finance, engineering, planning, communications and more – in to advance program, agency and community objectives.
- Overseeing land use planning, design review, construction and implementation for the Islands’ critical programs, including but not limited to: affordable housing; parks and open spaces; infrastructure and transportation programs; and resiliency strategies.
- Monitoring project milestones and performance indicators; overseeing progress on project delivery pursuant to and in compliance with the Disposition and Development Agreement and related plans; and reporting regularly to the TIDA Board, City Administrator, Mayor and Board of Supervisors on these matters.
- Managing public-private financing mechanisms, including overseeing staff in managing multi-year budgets and leading financing strategies to ensure timely project delivery.
- Coordinating the financing and development of approximately 2,000 new affordable housing units across 20 sites including implementing programs to relocate affordable and long-term market rate residents into new units and phase out the leasing of the former Navy housing.
- Coordinating with the Department of Navy and State regulators (including the Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Department of Public Health, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and others) on the Navy’s environmental remediation efforts and to the effectuate transfer of land (the formal naval base).
- Ensuring the optimization of TIDA’s commercial leasing programs to generate the revenue necessary to fund TIDA operations and staff.
- Facilitating the efficient and effective review and approval of infrastructure plans and permits, including subdivision mapping actions, construction management oversight of new public infrastructure; and coordinating infrastructure acceptance and transfer.
- Directing transportation demand management, public transit integration, and ferry/bus service planning in collaboration with local and regional agencies.
- Directing the allocation of TIDA resources to achieve timely outcomes and measurable goals within budget; adjusting plans and programs to meet emerging or new program demands, while continuing to address major TIDA and program priorities.
- Directing and overseeing TIDA’s staff, consultants and contractors to ensure high performance, accountability and effective collaboration.
- Managing and maintaining effective relationships with City agencies, state and federal partners, residents, community and partner organizations, Island businesses and stakeholders, horizontal and vertical developers, and technical and legal consultants.
- Ensuring regulatory compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
- Developing and overseeing TIDA’s public affairs, legislative and political strategy, with a focus on being proactive, solutions-oriented, transparent, inclusive and community-focused.
- Supporting and implementing economic development strategies, including commercial leasing, local hiring, workforce development and small business participation.
- Leading efforts to strengthen community engagement frameworks to deliver community benefits, including housing production and workforce goals.
Qualifications
IMPORTANT - HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit a cover letter and resume explaining why and how you believe you are the ideal candidate, specifically whether and how you also meet the of the minimum qualifications AND specifically whether and how you meet the desirable qualifications. Your cover letter will likely need to be more than one page.
Minimum Qualifications:
Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; AND
Four (4) years of progressively responsible management experience in at least one of the following two areas:
- Designing, planning, permitting and entitling, or directly overseeing the delivery of:
- Large-scale multi-phase community redevelopment projects: or
- Large-scale mixed-use public-private partnership development projects; or
- Large-scale major municipal infrastructure or transportation projects involving multiple public agencies or right-of way components.
OR
- Directly negotiating development agreements and acquisition documents on:
- Large-scale multi-phase or mixed-use community redevelopment projects or large-scale mixed-use public-private partnership development projects.
At least four (4) years of this experience must have included management experience involving the direct supervision of professional staff engaged in the above activities.
Substitution: Additional qualifying work experience as described above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis (30 semester/45 quarter units equals one year).
Desirable Qualifications
- Expertise in delivering large-scale, mixed-use development or redevelopment projects requiring public financing mechanisms.
- Direct knowledge of funding mechanisms and financing strategies for inclusionary housing programs.
- Familiarity with public sector budgeting, contracting and compliance processes.
- Experience in leading or coordinating projects involving various public agencies with public right-of-way components, preferably with complex permitting and entitlement requirements.
- Experience in mixed-use and multi-phased development projects with complex environmental requirements in the Bay Area.
- Knowledge of environmental remediation standards or urban sustainability practices.
- Experience in presenting on matters of critical importance that involve complex information and/or sensitive issues in meetings with community stakeholders, and/or before elected officials or decision-making policy bodies.
Additional Information
- Information About the Hiring Process
- Conviction History
- Employee Benefits Overview
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Disaster Service Worker
- ADA Accommodation
- Veterans Preference
- Right to Work
- Copies of Application Documents
- Diversity Statement
Applicants will receive a confirmation email from [email protected] that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.
How to Apply:
“ This recruitment is considered open until filled, though candidates are encouraged to express interest early in the process. For first consideration, please submit your application by 11:59pm on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
a) Your application MUST include a RESUME AND A COVER LETTER explaining why and how you believe you are the ideal candidate, specifically whether and how you also meet the of the minimum qualifications AND specifically whether and how you meet the desirable qualifications. Your cover letter will likely need to be more than one page. To upload, please attach using the “additional attachments” function.
b) You may contact Jason Wong via email at [email protected] with questions regarding this opportunity.
c) Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered. Mailed, hand delivered or faxed documents/applications will not be accepted.
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.
