DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

To originate, structure and deliver industrial property developments. This role is suited to an entrepreneurial development professional who combines strong commercial instincts with the ability to manage developments from opportunity identification through to completion.

Business Development and Deal Origination

• Identify and evaluate new industrial development opportunities.
• Build relationships with landowners, brokers, occupiers, investors and strategic stakeholders.
• Source potential development opportunities and convert viable prospects into executable projects.
• Identify occupier requirements and market trends to inform product design and project positioning.
• Assist in securing development mandates, transactions and commercial opportunities.
• Represent the company in market-facing engagements and business development initiatives.

Development Feasibility and structuring

• Prepare and maintain feasibility models, business cases and investment recommendations.
• Evaluate development risks, commercial drivers and investment returns.
• Structure development transactions, project entities and commercial arrangements.
• Lead due diligence processes and coordinate specialist advisors.
• Prepare approval submissions and ensure projects remain aligned with approved commercial parameters.

Industrial and Land Development

• Manage industrial and logistics developments, including warehousing, industrial parks and serviced industrial land.
• Coordinate zoning, township establishment, bulk services and municipal approval processes.
• Manage infrastructure interfaces, development sequencing and land servicing requirements.
• Coordinate design development with architects, engineers, planners and quantity surveyors.
• Ensure developments remain commercially aligned with user and market requirements.

Transaction Management

• Lead or support the preparation, negotiation and conclusion of legal agreements related to property transactions.
• Coordinate the legal, technical and commercial inputs required to conclude transactions.
• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout transaction processes.
• Ensure agreements remain aligned with approved business cases and project objectives.

Project Delivery

• Manage project budgets, programmes, scope and quality outcomes.
• Coordinate consultants, contractors and specialist advisors.
• Manage procurement processes and tender recommendations.
• Maintain project governance, reporting and documentation requirements.
• Identify risks early and implement practical solutions to protect project outcomes.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE POSITION

Important Characteristics

• Ability to identify opportunities, engage prospective users and stakeholders, understand market requirements and contribute meaningfully to securing development opportunities and closing transactions
• Practical understanding of industrial development economics, serviced land development, zoning and township establishment, bulk infrastructure and utilities, municipal approvals, construction and procurement processes.
• Personal attributes: entrepreneurial, commercially driven, relationship-oriented, practical, confident with senior stakeholders, a strong negotiator, team player and a clear communicator who can operate independently.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Property Studies, Real Estate, Town and Regional Planning, or a related built-environment discipline. Relevant property development experience may be considered in lieu of a directly related qualification.

Experience

• 5 to 10 years’ experience in property development or related built-environment disciplines, with involvement in industrial, logistics, warehousing, infrastructure or land development.
• Experience in negotiating or supporting commercial property transactions, including development agreements, leases, acquisitions or related agreements.