Senior Development Manager

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. 

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. 

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. 

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world

Who are you?

The Senior Development Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of complex ground-up real estate development and capital projects across a corporate occupier portfolio. This includes developer monitoring of new build office towers, major redevelopments, large-scale fit-outs, and strategic workplace initiatives.

This role partners closely with internal stakeholders (Real Estate, Workplace, Finance, Legal, Leasing, Operations) and external partners (developers, consultants, contractors) to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with business objectives. The position requires strong leadership, commercial acumen, and deep expertise in managing large scale development projects.

• Report to Senior Leadership to manage projects through all development phases
• Secure and complete the necessary administration for client commissions
• Take the lead on new development opportunities on behalf of our clients
• Support lease negotiations and/or development agreements to protect our occupier clients interests
• Obtain all statutory approvals / agreements in line with the client brief
• Write and contribute to client business cases
• Undertake market analysis
• Develop and maintain long term relationships with external professional design and engineering consultants
• Obtain fee proposals, undertake tender analysis and recommend consultants for appointment
• Assemble development teams
• Work with a range of internal teams and external advisors through design, planning, cost and value management, procurement and constriction delivery phases
• Support the client to successfully appoint a Main Contractor appointment for project delivery
• Ensure a thorough handover has been undertaken to the Project Manager for the delivery phase. 
• Continue to monitor the project through the delivery phase and remain as the client’s main contact. 
• Drive forward projects to achieve delivery milestones

• 15years + post graduate  experience
• Experience in large scale commercial office development and construction
• Experience of all development phases
• Excellent verbal, written communication and IT skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong working knowledge of all Microsoft packages

What's in it for you... 

• 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services) 

• Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program 

• RRSP option with company matching 

• Annual learning and development budget 

• Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth 

• Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role

• We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days   

• A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives 

• Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging 

The base salary range for this full-time role is $125,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package.  Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects: 

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. 

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.