Real Estate Development Specialist

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Development Planning Support: Update development plans (land use mix, phasing, plot schedules, and area programs), review master plans, concept designs, and GFA/BUA schedules for consistency, and consolidate planning inputs across residential, retail, commercial, hospitality, mixed-use, and destination assets.
• Feasibility & Business Planning Support: Prepare data for business plans, market studies, and highest and best use assessments; coordinate cost, revenue, and absorption data collection with Finance, Investment, Asset Management, Design, and external consultants; and review financial model inputs for alignment with master plans, infrastructure, and demand.
• Project Coordination & Monitoring: Track project milestones, consultant deliverables, approvals, and key decisions; maintain development trackers, risk registers, action/issue logs, and progress reports; and bridge communication across Development, Design, Infrastructure, Delivery, Procurement, Finance, Legal, and Asset Management teams.
• Consultant & Document Review: Prepare scopes of work for consultants, advisors, and technical specialists; review reports, presentations, plans, and feasibility outputs to provide comprehensive comments; and ensure timely deliverable submissions and comment closures.
• Reporting & Presentation Support: Produce internal dashboards, presentations, meeting notes, and management updates; draft committee papers, decision notes, and approval documents; and maintain structured documentation of project records, approvals, and assumptions.
• Risk & Issue Identification: Identify planning risks concerning area changes, land use, infrastructure dependencies, market demand, approvals, cost escalation, and delivery timelines; and assist in formulating mitigation actions and alternative development scenarios for management.

Qualifications, experience, skills and competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate Development, Urban Planning, Architecture, Construction Management, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• A master's degree in Real Estate, Urban Planning, Development Management, Business Administration, or Finance is an advantage.
• Preferred certifications may include: PMP, RICS, LEED, Urban Planning Certification, Real Estate Financial Modelling, or equivalent development/planning qualifications.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in real estate development, development planning, master planning, feasibility studies, project coordination, urban planning, or mixed-use development.
• Experience with large-scale residential, hospitality, retail, commercial, waterfront, mixed-use, or destination projects is preferred.
• Experience working with real estate developers, master developers, consultants, government entities or investment companies.
• Strong understanding of the real estate development lifecycle, including master planning, feasibility, design coordination, approvals, procurement, construction interface, and handover.
• Ability to review and understand master plans, area schedules, GFA/BUA calculations, land use mix, plot data, development briefs, and phasing plans.
• Good understanding of development feasibility, financial model inputs, IRR, NPV, cash flow, revenue assumptions, cost assumptions, absorption rates, analytical, reporting, and presentation skills.
• Excellent command of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, MS Project, planning/reporting tools, and ex ellent communication skills in English.
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