Development Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the design, development and finance related work of multi-disciplinary teams of consultants during pre-development and construction.
• Analyze project financial feasibility and evaluate ongoing project financial performance, including the development and maintenance of complex multi-phase proformas and budgets. Deal structures may include affordable, market-rate, or commercial components and rely on both public and private sources, so the ability to research and test different financing strategies is key.
• Represent Jonathan Rose Companies, helping to build and strengthen relationships with city officials, not for profit clients and other decision makers. Develop a deep understanding of clients’ needs and objectives to develop a working partnership and provide strategic guidance on development issues.
• Respond to Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals, and undertake other forms of business development.
• Provide technical assistance regarding various local, state and national affordable housing programs, including low-income housing tax credits and bond financing. Preparation of appropriate applications for funding resources.
• Develop and monitor project schedules using Microsoft Project.
• Review of architectural and construction documents.
• Review legal documents, including partnership and consultant agreements, to ensure key business terms are accurately reflected.
• Manage and advise part- and full-time interns who serve as assistant project managers.
• Assist in administrative and organizational project tasks.
• Continue project management tasks through construction completion and lease-up, to include quality-control, schedule, requisition and change order processing.
• Perform other duties as needed and as assigned.
• Collaborate with Asset Management to prepare for the opening of the property; including creation of and monitoring a marketing plan.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Urban Planning, Real Estate, Business Administration, Architecture, or related field.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience working in real estate development, planning, architecture, community development or construction management. Real estate transactional experience and understanding of affordable housing programs preferred.
• Worked on and Completed a minimum of one building project from predevelopment through completion.
• Experience with Green Building.
• Strong financial and analytical skills, including experience with financial modeling.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills required.
• Familiarity with not-for-profits and with city government, and the ability to navigate complex client organizations and public agencies.
• Ability to assemble, correlate and analyze facts, to creatively conceptualize and implement customized solutions to problems, and to prepare concise summaries.
• Expertise in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Project and Word.
• Works well on multiple projects and can work independently as well as a team player.