Development Manager

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and manage schedules, budgets, quality, safety, and facilities turnover.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure processes align with company quality and design standards.
• Manage contractors, design consultants, vendors, proposals, agreements, and change orders.
• Support project pro formas, budgets, schedules, and comparative analyses at key workflow stages.
• Coordinate lease reviews and landlord approvals; maintain relationships with local authorities and works councils.
• Oversee commissioning, warranties, defect resolution, and final turnover to facilities.

Minimum qualifications

• Construction/project management experience delivering retail stores or workplaces internationally.
• Experience with large developments such as retail expansions, campuses, or hyperscale construction.
• Expertise planning, scheduling, budgeting, resourcing, and executing technical services for a large real estate portfolio.
• Ability to collaborate with partners, meet deadlines, and balance operational risk, investment, quality, design, and value.
• Leadership, communication, and supervisory skills, including professional handling of employee customer-service issues.
• Ability to develop estimates, cash flows, and schedules and analyze total ownership and whole-life-cycle costs.
• Experience maintaining relationships with facilities teams, utilities, government agencies, design firms, and contractors.
• At least 50% travel is required.

Preferred qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, civil, architectural, or construction management is preferred.
• Background in data center, commercial, or industrial construction, including building systems, tenant improvements, site work, and ground-up construction, is preferred.
• Experience managing multiple projects, priorities, and people in a fast-paced environment is preferred.