Land Development Manager

Development Manager

Location Federal Way - 33930 Weyerhaeuser Way S #205

At Brookfield Residential, we have one goal in mind creating the best places to call home. From the development of award-winning, master-planned communities to the creation of well-designed homes, we are committed to cultivating exceptional life experiences for our customers, partners, employees, and members of the community.

As part of Brookfield one of the largest alternative asset managers in the world we harness our resources to bring a fresh approach, unparalleled creativity, relentless innovation, and sound Sustainability practices to the planning, development, and management of buildings everywhere. From offices, retail spaces, and logistics facilities to multifamily residences, hospitality establishments, and mixed-use structures we are reimagining real estate from the ground up.

If you're ready to be a part of our team, we encourage you to apply.

Job Description Overview

The Development Manager is primarily responsible for delivering the business plan goals for LakePointe and other project(s) they are managing. Responsibilities include managing builder and commercial partners agreements and relationships, forecasting and delivering land development and sales goals, managing project entitlements, land development and major infrastructure projects to support sales goals and managing costs and schedules to align with forecasts or providing justification for variances.

Your Key Deliverables

Entitlements and Land Development

Ensure adherence to Development Agreements and other entitlement documents, direct any obligations and amendments. Manage community level entitlements, zoning, land planning and neighborhood segmentation planning. Manage submittals and approvals of preliminary plat applications. Manage delivery of residential plats, ensuring each is delivered in accordance with the approved budgets and schedules. Manage delivery of major infrastructure in accordance with approved budgets and schedules as necessary to maintain the desired lot delivery pace.

Production and Operations Management

Responsible for management of team members, consultants and contractors to achieve sales and development targets. Create and manage detailed project schedules (Smartsheet), project budgets and cash flow forecasts. Responsible to ensure cost controls are managed, and analysis is performed where variances are encountered. Evaluate development, sales and financial scenarios to maintain / improve investment metrics.

Managing External Relationships

Maintain and foster relationships with investment partner(s), external resources, regulators, builder(s) and commercial development partners. Manage residential and commercial land sales programs including providing information to buyers sufficient for them to waive feasibility and ensuring all closing condition obligations are satisfied on schedule. Monitoring contractor and consultant performance to expected business plan results as reported from direct reports. Troubleshoot and support change actions to support expected business plan results.

Internal Reporting and Governance

Direct lot sales forecast and lot pricing forecast for residential sales. Direct updates to cost estimates and establish spending forecasts for all plat, amenity, planning and major infrastructure projects. Direct / prepare / present quarterly updates and semi-annual Business Plan updates including development cost and sales revenue forecasts and schedules. Provide monthly status updates to investor and executive teams.

Team Leadership

Maintain a safe and secure working environment, including project sites. Assign roles, responsibilities and accountability to direct / indirect reports. Ensure the efficient and effective operation of the team through task management and prioritization. Lead the continuous improvement of processes and deliverables within the team. Develop a customer service culture. Ensure service and product delivery is of high quality and within established deadlines. Recruit, select, and organize training of new team members. Lead, coach, mentor and performance manage direct reports. Analyze and monitor internal processes. Implement procedural and policy changes to improve operational efficiency.

Must Haves

10+ years of experience in land development. Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills, and ability to communicate with customers, team members, and external partners. Responsible, well organized and have an extremely high attention to detail. Strong relationship building, negotiation, and problem-solving skills. Strong project management skills. Proven ability to exercise good judgement, and demonstrate high standards of ethics. Ability to work independently and effectively in a fast-paced environment, with dynamic priorities and deadlines and in collaboration with others. Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, BlueBeam and SmartSheet / Microsoft Project. Valid WA Driver's License.

Nice to Haves

Bachelors Degree, preferably in Engineering, Business or Finance. Experience with master planned communities.

Your Opportunity - US

We are proud to offer our employees what they value most :

• Competitive compensation with a salary range of $130,000 - $160,000 per annum, plus a 25% Short Term Incentive target
• Excellent extended medical, dental and vision benefits beginning day 1
• 401(k) matching, vesting begins day 1
• Career development programs
• Charitable donation matching
• Paid Volunteer Hours
• Paid parental leave
• Family planning assistance including IVF, surrogacy and adoptions options
• Wellness and mental health resources
• Pet insurance offering

Brookfield Residential participates in the E-Verify process to confirm the eligibility of candidates to work in the United States. We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.