Job Description
Development Manager - Job Description
The Development Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of projects that align with the organization’s strategic objectives. This role requires a combination of technical, managerial, and interpersonal skills to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage budgets, and ensure the successful completion of development initiatives.
Key Qualifications & Characteristics
- Minimum 3 years of commercial project management experience. Demonstrated knowledge, track record and experience the commercial real estate development process. Bachlor' degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering or Construction Management preferred.
- Possess strong project management skills leading to result-driven outcomes while maintaininng positive relationships with all parties.
- Historical experience in preparing RFP for procurement of professional services and negotiating business terms and language for contracts accordingly.
- Willing to learn new tactics and techniques and openly candid towards coaching and mentoring.
- Expected to conduct own independent research if necessarry and to seek independent additional training to obtain targeted objectives and performance expectations.
- Proficiency in project managment software including Procore, Bluebeam, Quickbooks, and, or other applications.
- Proficiency in all Microsoft Office Suite applications with extensive advance skills in Excel (spreadsheet creation and modeling), and Project (planning scheuling and tracking)and Microsoft365 (filing).
- Excellent written, and verbal commincations skills including presentations, correspondence, etc.
- Possess strong analytical thought propcess with sound judgement based on documentable ezperience or sound research.
- Apply great attention to detail while understanding and applying appropriate big picture common sense to decision making.
- Must demostrate the experience to professionally collaborate extensively with coworkers, stakeholders, technical design consultants, representative attorneys, government officials, and all others.
- Must be self motivated, self managed, and a self starter with healthy attitude towards learning from or being directed by others.
- Ability to work quickly in a fast paced environment to meet multiple competing deadlines.   Advanced existing time management skills and systems.
- Must have independent transportation and valid drivers FL license and exellent driving record.
Requirements
Physically capable of extended periods of standing, walking, driving, climbing ladders up to 25 feet, and maintaining the normal dexterity required in a construction environment including hand-eye coordination, walking on in even surfaces, and situational awareness and alertness in potentially hazardous conditions.Title to reflect level of professional capabilities and historical resume and experience and what current role is at any given stage of employment.For examples typical Position Titles include Associate, Construction Administrator, Construction Manager, Senior Construction Manager, Director of Construction, VP of Construction, Associate Development Manager, Assistant Development Manager, Development Manager, Senior Development Manager, VP of Development, Pre-Construction Manager, and others.Lead feasibility and purchase property qualifications, due diligence, and identify all relevant property characteristics and their impacts on developmentIdentify jurisdictional regulatory conditions that influence develop feasibility, budget, schedule, and constraints for any candidate property and proposed development and incorporate such in all development decisions relevant to each project.Prepare overall development budgets, schedules, and financial proforma for candidate projects and administrate ongoing budget and schedule of approved projects through completionPreparation scope of services required and associated RFP for all Vendor services utilized throughout each project.   Manage and administrate all Vendor agreements. Preparation of AIA Contracts between Owner / Architect, Owner / GC, Owner / Engineers and administrate contract performance including all ongoing changes in scope, schedule, and cost matters.Lead and administrate the coordination of all project programming, design process, and execution of design's plans, specifications and contract documents.   Administrated the performance of the design team throughout design, permitting and construction.Lead and administrate the overall permitting and governmental approval process for new development or adaptive reuse of target projects.   This shall include Land Use modifications, Government development conditions required, and conduct negotiations and make required presentations to achieve project's objectives.Prepare professional project status reporting on each and all aspects for all projects an a regularly scheduled basis.Collaborate in preparation of Investor development proposals, and investor reportingLead the preparation of project Lender Loan budgets, information packages, and administrate project loan draws and lender reporting requirements such as GC Lien Waivers, inspections, Title reports, etc.Lead development construction Owner / Architect / Engineer / Contractor project progress meetingsAdministrate GC / AOR / EOR project submittal approvals, daily correspondence, project management software, and RFI, design directives, and ongoing contract administration.Independently research technical specifications, codes, other regulatory documentation, legal issues, and or any other materials that are or become relevant to the successful execution each project.Lead conflict resolution between all parties that arise at any time for each projectRequirements
Physically capable of extended periods of standing, walking, driving, climbing ladders up to 25 feet, and maintaining the normal dexterity required in a constuction environment including hand-eye coordination, wlaking on ineven surfaces, and situational awareness and alertness in potentially hazardous conditions.Title to reflect level of professional capabilities and historical resume and experience and what current role is at any given stage of employment.For examples typical Position Titles include Associate, Construction Administrator, Construction Manager, Senior Cosntrction Manager, Director of Constrction, VP of Costruction, Associate Develoment Manager, Assistant Development Manager, Development Manager, Senior Development Manager, VP of Development, Pre-Construction Manager, and others.Lead feasibility and prepurchase property qualifications, due diligence, and identify all relevant property characteristics and their impacts on developmentIdentify jurisdictional regulatory conditons that influence develop fesisbility, budget, schedule, and constraints for any candidate proerty and proposed development and incorporate such in all development decsisions relevent to each project.Prepare overall development budgets, schedules, and financial proforma for candidate projects and administrate ongoing budget and schedule of approved projects through completionPreparation scope of services required and associated RFP for all Vendor services utilized throughout each project. Manage and administrate all Vendor agreements. Preparation of AIA Contracts between Owner / Architect, Owner / GC, Owner / Engineers and administrate contract performance including all ongoing changes in scope, shedule, and cost matters.Lead and administrate the coordination of all project programming, design process, and exection of design's plans, specifications and contract dicuments. Administrated the performance of the design team throughout design, permitting and construction.Lead and administrate the overall permitting and governmental approval process for new development or adaptive reuse of target projects. This shall include Land Use modificatiions, Government development conditions required, and conduct negotiations and make required presentations to avhieve project's objectives.Prepare professional project status reporting on each and all aspects for all projects an a regularly scheduled basis.Collaborate in preparation of Investor development proposals, and investor reportingLead the preparation of project Lender Loan budgets, information packages, and administrate project loan draws and lender reporting requirements such as GC Lien Waivers, inspections, Title reports, etc.Lead development construction Owner / Architect / Engineer / Contractor project progress meetingsAdministrate GC / AOR / EOR project submittal approvals, daily correspondence, project management software, and RFI, design directives, and onfoing contract administration.Independently research technical specifications, codes, other regulatory documentation, legal issues, and or any other materials that are or become relevent to the successful execution each project.Lead conflict resolution between all parties that arise at any time for each project