Senior Manager/Manager Development Ref: JS0411L0125

Dear All,
As you have experience in this industry, I would appreciate it if you could refer candidates to me for the following position(s)

(Job Description is attached below).

Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Fahad Jamil
Program Consultant
Career Pakistan
+92 345 530 0048

fad.jamil@gmail.com
We are looking for candidates for the position of Senior Manager/Manager Development, Islamabad

at a Multinational Real Estate Development Company.
Position Title: Senior Manager/Manager Development, Islamabad
[Note: Job title will be either Senior Manager or Manager; there is only one position]
Company Sector: Real Estate Development
Company Type: Multinational Company
Location: Islamabad
Salary: 125K to 220K.
Essential Requirements:

-- Architecture degree
-- Experience of High-Rise Building Construction
-- Experience of developing Master Plan for Community (schools, hospitals etc)
-- Experience of Dubai (or other UAE or foreign country)
-- Total work experience of about 10 (or more) years
Other requirements:
-- Creative as well as analytical skills
-- An understanding of property market dynamics, i.e. behavior, market
conditions, valuation procedures, leasing procedures and risk
management in a development context
-- Commercial negotiation skills
-- An ability to drive a project team to achieve the Company’s vision
/ mission within a challenging budget and time framework
Job Purpose:
This company is one of the leading property developments and
integrated real estate services companies in the Middle East Region.
The Company’s core purpose is to improve society’s quality of life by
creating great places for people to live, work and relax. The Senior
Development Manager will help company achieve this vision.
Nature and Scope:
-- The Senior Development Manager reports to the Director, Development
and is responsible for the conceptual and commercial success of
allocated property development projects in accordance with the
Strategic, Land and Project Development Plans and Business Plans.
-- The ability to manage multi-disciplinary processes, an
understanding of the market place and an ability to convert conceptual
ideas into successful commercial assets are key skill sets for the
jobholder.
-- The value of any one development could exceed 1 billion dirhams.
-- The Senior Development Manager will keep the Director, Development
informed of ongoing activities, developments and issues on a regular
but relatively informal basis.  The Director, Development is a crucial
link in the communication chain to senior management.
-- Strategic, Land and Project Development Plans and Business Plans
for assigned projects will be provided by the Executive Director,
Development and the jobholder will act formally within the context of
such Plans as part of his/her objectives.
-- Creative ability to translate the vision and mission of Company
into the vision and mission statements of the projects he/she manages,
is a critical success factor of the role.
-- The Senior Development Manager is expected to think and act
independently, translate the visions and missions of Company to
assigned projects, demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the property
market in which he/she operates, have the ability to conceptualise a
project idea, have the analytical skills to undertake feasibility
studies, manage budgets and participate in high level commercial
negotiations as and when required.
-- Whilst the jobholder will have a high level of autonomy to operate
pro-actively it is important that he/she maintain a regular
cross-functional interface with other departments (Eg. Sales,
Marketing, Corporate Communications, Project & Asset Management
Services) together with construction companies and architectural
consultants, to ensure the successful development of the concept
design within the agreed budget and to ensure the achievement of
projected returns on investment.
-- The ability to work with other Senior Development Managers,
Development Managers etc. as a member of the Company Development Team
is an important facet of the position.
-- The jobholder presents development projects to the Design Review
Board for final decisions relating to the positioning of a project in
terms of design, quality, price, market profile and commercial
structure and will conduct regular meetings with other departments to
ensure the product maintains its market position throughout the
development process.
-- The jobholder will maintain close contact with the Marketing &
Sales Division regarding sales projections, property market activity,
products, competition and marketing tactics etc.  This process will
also assist the compilation of the corporate market database.  He/she
will also manage a close interface with the Project & Asset Management
Services Division and the Finance Department on all matters
influencing the implementation and achievement of the development plan
within agreed time and budgetary constraints.
-- Externally he/she promotes and manages interfaces with senior level
contacts with Company clients such as professional developers, real
estate agents, joint venture partners, investors, as well as
competitors.  The jobholder must represent Company in a professional
manner at all times.
-- The nature and scope of this senior role will require the jobholder
to have extensive business / development experience at an
international level in a wide range of development categories on a
scale appropriate to Company’s development aspirations.
Principal Accountabilities:
-- Manage assigned development projects.
-- Review product line and develop products that maximises revenue and
creditability for Company in conjunction with stated strategic land,
development and business plans.
-- Identify and resolve land ownership issues, acquire initial
affection plans and those subsequent to any sub-division.
-- Initiate and convey to accounts department Project and Job
Descriptions, Job References and Project References to enable the
correct booking of project costs.
-- Prepare project development brief (Program Brief)
-- Prepare Terms of Reference documents for appointment of
consultants. Contribute to objective selection criteria and evaluation
of performance.
-- Prepare co-ordinated Project Master Schedule.
-- Prepare Project Design Brief.
-- Co-ordinate, manage and control all the ‘input’ functions such as
planning, design, construction, legal, communications, asset
management, finance, marketing, etc., throughout the development
process, to ensure that the overall programme, budget and development
concept are all achieved and delivered as planned.
-- Initiate Third Party Design Audits if considered appropriate and
obtain approval.
-- Prepare project development budgets for senior management approval.
-- Manage the relationship between project costs and income in order
to achieve development solutions that produce projected financial
returns commensurate with the company’s risk-return profile. (Program,
Design, Contract Award and Final Cost Budgets)
-- Recommend a development strategy that determines the company’s
position in the development, e.g. hold/sell, level of pre-commitment,
term of ground lease etc.
-- Present development projects to the Design Review for final
decisions relating to the positioning of the project in terms of
design, quality, price, market profile and commercial structure.
-- Compile, review and hand-over relevant documentation to sales and
marketing department.
-- Compile, review and hand-over relevant documentation to projects department.
-- Provide training and development guidance to UAE nationals in the
department and report on the progress of same.
-- Perform all other tasks assigned by the Executive Director, Development
Qualifications and Experience(competencies required):
-- Degree from a recognised university in either a commercial or
technical discipline (preferably architecture).
-- Minimum 10 years experience in a development management role.
-- Experience of High Rise Buildings and Master Planning is highly desired.
-- Creative as well as analytical skills.
-- An understanding of property market dynamics, i.e. behaviour,
market conditions, valuation procedures, leasing procedures and risk
management in a development context.
-- Commercial negotiation skills.
-- An ability to drive a project team to achieve the Company’s vision
/ mission within a challenging budget and time framework.
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