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# General Manager, VP at CIM Group, LP

- **Company:** CIM Group, LP
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/cimgroup/b80cfcb6-921d-40c5-ac86-1b437b00a4a6

## Job description

## ABOUT CIM GROUP:

CIM is a community-focused real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender, and developer. Our team of experts works together to identify and create value in real assets, benefiting the communities in which we invest. Back in 1994, our three founders focused on projects in Southern California neighborhoods. Today, we are a diverse team of 900+ employees with projects across the Americas. Our projects have delivered jobs; created comfortable places to live, work, and relax; and provided necessary and sustainable infrastructure. Our focus on enhancing communities is unwavering, and we strive to make an even greater impact in the years to come. Join us and make an impact today!

## RESPONSIBILITIES:

Water Bank Strategy and Business Plan

- Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop and execute annual and long-term business plans.
- Convert investment objectives, regulatory commitments, grant requirements, and customer needs into operating priorities, budgets, and milestones.
- Maintain an integrated plan covering development, customer agreements, agency approvals, grant obligations, and operational readiness.
- Identify business, regulatory, financial, and operational risks and recommend appropriate action to senior leadership.

Agency and Stakeholder Relations

- Serve as the primary relationship manager with water agencies, watermasters, joint powers authorities, environmental agencies, and other governmental stakeholders.
- Represent the water bank in agency meetings, public forums/hearings, technical working groups, industry associations, and community discussions.
- Leverage existing relationships and build new relationships with State Water Project contractors, municipalities, irrigation districts, groundwater organizations, landowners, and prospective customers.
- Monitor water policy, groundwater regulation, and agency actions affecting the asset.

Customer and Commercial Development

- Lead customer outreach and business development for water storage, recovery, transfer, and related services.
- Manage requests for proposals, bidding processes, letters of interest, storage agreements, and other customer arrangements.
- Partner with Investments, Legal, and Development to negotiate agreements consistent with project capacity, commercial objectives, and regulatory requirements.
- Support the development of pricing, service structures, operating terms, and allocation methodologies.

Grants and Regulatory Compliance

- Manage compliance with funding agreements, grant milestones, reporting requirements, public-benefit commitments, and documentation requests.
- Coordinate with Development, Finance, Accounting, and consultants to complete technical reports, reimbursement support, progress reports, and other grant deliverables.
- Track eligible expenditures, grant budgets, deadlines, contractual obligations, and funding risks.
- Support the negotiation and completion of funding, public-benefit, operating, and regulatory agreements.

Development and Operational Readiness

- Partner with Development on feasibility studies, groundwater modeling, environmental review, permitting, engineering, construction, commissioning, and transition planning.
- Represent customer and operational requirements in design and development decisions.
- Support evaluation of wells, pump stations, conveyance infrastructure, turnout capacity, water quality, monitoring requirements, and put-and-take scenarios.
- Develop a readiness plan covering staffing, procedures, agreements, maintenance, monitoring, emergency response, reporting, and customer coordination.
- Lead the transition from development into active water bank operations.

Water Bank Operations

- Direct storage, recharge, recovery, conveyance, and delivery activities once the water bank becomes operational.
- Coordinate operating plans with customers, partner agencies, watermasters, operators, and technical consultants.
- Monitor water balances, pumping performance, groundwater levels, water quality, system capacity, and customer commitments.
- Ensure compliance with storage agreements, operating rules, permits, monitoring plans, and reporting requirements.
- Establish operating procedures, controls, escalation protocols, and emergency-response plans.
- Coordinate inspections, preventive maintenance, repairs, testing, and capital-replacement planning.

Consultant and Agreement Management

- Develop scopes of work, support consultant selection, negotiate terms, and monitor performance against budgets, schedules, and deliverables.
- Hold consultants and contractors accountable for quality, timeliness, cost, and issue resolution.

Financial Management and Reporting

- Develop and manage operating budgets, long-term forecasts, and business-plan assumptions.
- Monitor expenditures, contract costs, funding availability, and budget-to-actual performance.
- Review invoices and consultant charges within delegated authority.
- Maintain reporting on agency approvals, customer activity, grant milestones, agreements, budgets, risks, and operational readiness.
- Prepare clear updates and recommendations for leadership, investors, agencies, and governing bodies.

This role requires approximately 25% travel to local sites and agency offices in addition to a minimum of quarterly travel to the LA corporate office.

## SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Maintain a positive relationship with all corporate support departments.
- Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
- Exhibit passion and commitment to their own personal and professional development as well as that of their colleagues.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: (including certification, licenses, etc.)

- Bachelor’s Degree
- 7+ years of experience in CA water sector (e.g. agency, regulatory or water storage).
- Experience with grant management, preferably Prop 1, with an understanding of how to optimize reimbursements.
- Experience engaging with state, regional or local water regulatory agencies, or other utility agencies or control boards.

## ABOUT YOU:

- Exhibit a creative and innovative approach to solving problems and resolving issues.  Proactively seek opportunities to improve operational and financial performance of the asset.
- Experience in a problem-solving role exclusive to the water industry.
- Experience with water project construction and/or operation.
- A true "self-starter". We are a small team and need someone to bring the full breadth of their skills, expertise, and intellect to work every day to help the business grow and improve, and not just be a person content to complete tasks and wait for direction.
- Ability to manage workload autonomously and effectively.
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to apply commercial judgment. Inquisitive, detail-oriented, and self-motivated.
- Practices excellent time management with a strong ability to multitask.
- A team player who enjoys a friendly but professional team dynamic.

HOW WE FEEL ABOUT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: At CIM Group, we believe that the unique perspectives and backgrounds of our employees enhance everything we do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is not only respected but celebrated. We strive to ensure that our workplace is free from discrimination and harassment, allowing everyone to contribute meaningfully and feel a sense of belonging. As an equal opportunity employer, we strictly prohibit any form of unlawful discrimination and adhere to the laws enforced by the EEOC. Our goal is to provide a safe and supportive environment where all employees can grow and make impactful contributions together.

*Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on CIM Group. Please inform our Talent team if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

CIM is committed to maintaining the confidentiality and privacy of your personal and financial information. Please click here for our Privacy Policy.

CIM does not accept unsolicited resumes from Agencies.  Any unsolicited resumes received from Agencies will be considered property of CIM and no fees will be due or paid.  If you wish to become an approved Agency with CIM or any of its Affiliates, please contact a member of the CIM Talent Acquisition Team.

## About CIM Group, LP

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: CIM Group is a vertically integrated real assets investment firm that owns, operates, lends, and develops high-quality real estate, infrastructure, and credit investments across the risk-return spectrum.
- **Entity Type**: Private (limited partnership); funded via debt and equity rounds (not publicly traded)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founded**: 1994
- **Founders**: Three founders (names not publicly disclosed)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Real estate investment and management, infrastructure investment, credit strategies
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors (pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, foundations) and private wealth / financial advisors; B2B with a focus on capital partners
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To create value for clients and enhance communities through disciplined, vertically integrated real asset platforms.

## Products & Services
- **Real Estate Equity**: Acquisition, development, and management of income-producing properties across multiple sectors (office, residential, retail, mixed-use).
- **Infrastructure**: Investment and optimization of infrastructure assets with emphasis on sustainability, digitalization, and community support.
- **Credit**: Multiple credit strategies offering financing for diverse real estate types, including loans and debt investments.
- **Vertical Integration**: In-house capabilities covering acquisitions, development, property management, leasing, hospitality, finance, legal, compliance, and strategic marketing – enabling end-to‑end control of the asset lifecycle.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private entity)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately USD 90.9 million (LinkedIn estimate, 2024); total disclosed funding of USD 47.5 million (debt financing, 2023)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Over 200 institutional investors worldwide including public/corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, global insurance companies, and foundations; network of 3,000+ private wealth and financial advisors serving 78,000+ individual clients
- **Growth Signals**: 30+ years of operation; team of 900+ employees; presence in United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Mauritius, India, Australia; 2025 Sustainability & Social Impact Report; ongoing hiring across multiple departments

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vertical integration**: Full in‑house expertise from sourcing and due diligence through development, management, and disposition reduces reliance on third parties and allows tighter control over asset performance.
- **Deep experience across cycles**: Three decades of operation across varied market environments and asset classes.
- **Relationships with top‑tier institutions**: Trusted by a large and loyal base of institutional investors, enabling capital access for large‑scale projects.
- **Diversified platform**: Real estate, infrastructure, and credit strategies allow risk‑adjusted returns and cross‑platform synergies.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue to broaden real asset equity and credit platforms while expanding relationships with institutional and private wealth clients.
- Emphasize sustainability, digitalization, and community‑positive outcomes in infrastructure investments.
- Leverage vertical integration to maintain disciplined underwriting, asset operation, and value creation across the lifecycle.
- Foster a culture of belonging and professional development to attract and retain top talent.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as dynamic, entrepreneurial, and collaborative. Employees at all levels are empowered to ask questions and share ideas. The firm values “motivated self‑starters” and is vertically integrated, offering exposure to multiple functions (investments, development, property management, finance, legal, etc.).
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: Active D&I Council, Employee Resource Groups (CIM Women’s Alliance, Pride Alliance), Ambassadors program, partnerships with organizations like Project Destined. Committed to equal opportunity.
- **Impact & Community**: Employees logged 1,924 volunteer hours in 2024 supporting 35 nonprofits. CIMpact coordinates community service and sponsorships.
- **Work Environment**: Office‑based roles likely, with headquarters in Los Angeles and additional offices in the UK, Japan, and elsewhere. Summer internship programs available.
- **Perks**: Health & wellness program launched in 2024; clear career development paths across investment, development, property management, and corporate functions.

## Sources
1. [cimgroup.com - Our Firm](https://www.cimgroup.com/about-us/our-firm)
2. [cimgroup.com - Careers / Life at CIM](https://www.cimgroup.com/careers/life-at-cim)
3. [cimgroup.com - Social Impact](https://www.cimgroup.com/about-us/our-impact/social-impact)
4. [LinkedIn - CIM Group](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cimgroup)
5. [Lever - CIM Group Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/cimgroup/)

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