Development Manager - Real Estate Construction

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day development activities from planning through occupancy.
• Cookordination development initiatives across internal and external stakeholders.
• Track commitments, action items, and critical development activities.
• Support preparation of executive updates, presentations, and decision support materials.
• Aid in evaluating development alternatives, feasibility considerations, and strategic project decisions.

Due Diligence and Site Readiness

• Coordinate due diligence activities including title, survey, geotechnical, environmental, and property condition investigations.
• Support site readiness activities such as utility coordination, remediation, demolition, site access, and infrastructure requirements.
• Support acquisition due diligence and evaluation of adjacent properties as needed.

Entitlements, Permitting, and Agency Coordination

• Coordinate project entitlements, permits, approvals, and regulatory requirements.
• Interface with municipalities, public agencies, utility providers, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Track approval requirements and support resolution of agency comments and compliance obligations.

Property and Asset Transition Management

• Cookordinate transition activities associated with existing properties and redevelopment sites.
• Support tenant communications, lease transitions, relocations, and turnover activities.
• Cookordinate relocation of utilities, telecommunications infrastructure, easements, and third-party facilities as required.

Consultant and Stakeholder Management

• Cookordinate activities among architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, property managers, and specialty advisors.
• Monitor deliverables and support timely resolution of project issues.
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and stakeholder coordination efforts.
• Support administration of third-party agreements and development-related contracts.

Procurement and Contract Support

• Support procurement planning and consultant selection activities.
• Cookordinate development-related scopes of work and procurement initiatives.
• Aid with negotiation, implementation, and administration of development agreements, easements, access agreements, utility agreements, and related arrangements.
• Monitor contractual deliverables and support compliance efforts.

Development Reporting and Governance

• Prepare development reports, presentations, and project updates.
• Monitor development activities against approved milestones and coordinate corrective actions to maintain commitments.
• Maintain development records, project documentation, and information flow among project teams and stakeholders.
• Support governance, approval, and reporting processes.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong stakeholder coordination, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and navigate complex development processes.
• Knowledge of due diligence, entitlement, permitting, utility coordination, and development execution activities.
• Ability to integrate development activities with schedule, budget, and business objectives.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Urban Planning, Architecture, Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in real estate development, owner's representation, project management, construction, planning, or related disciplines.
• Experience coordinating due diligence, acquisitions, entitlements, permitting, agency approvals, stakeholder management, and development execution activities.
• Experience supporting large-scale commercial, institutional, mixed-use, hospitality, higher education, corporate headquarters, or comparable complex developments.
• Experience working with architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, public agencies, utility providers, and owner organizations.