Job Description
Development Manager / Senior Development Associate
Reporting to senior development leadership, the Development Manager / Senior Development Associate will be involved in the full development lifecycle and will contribute to both project-level and portfolio-level initiatives.
- Lead development projects from initial concept through construction commencement.
- Manage due diligence, feasibility studies, entitlement processes, design coordination, budgeting, and project planning activities.
- Develop detailed financial models, underwriting analyses, project budgets, and investment presentations.
- Support construction financing efforts, including lender engagement, debt placement, and capital sourcing activities.
- Evaluate acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic investments, and development opportunities across multiple asset classes.
- Partner with leasing teams to shape project positioning, tenant strategies, and business plans.
- Assist with asset management initiatives, performance monitoring, refinancing efforts, and value-creation strategies across the portfolio.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
For the Development Manager / Senior Development Associate we are seeking:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Real Estate, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.
- 3-8 years of commercial real estate experience with a developer, owner-operator, investment manager, or institutional real estate platform.
- Direct experience participating in multiple phases of the development process.
- Strong financial modeling, underwriting, valuation, and analytical capabilities.
- Experience evaluating project feasibility, development budgets, capital structures, and investment returns.
- Familiarity with construction financing, development capital markets, and joint venture structures.
- Exposure to industrial, office, retail, mixed-use, hospitality, life sciences, or large-scale master-planned developments.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and comfort leveraging modern data and AI-enabled analytical tools.
- Highly motivated, entrepreneurial, and capable of operating in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Opportunity to join a well-capitalized and growing real estate development platform.
Direct exposure to senior leadership and investment decision-making.
Significant responsibility and ownership across the full development lifecycle.
Broad experience spanning development, investments, capital markets, leasing, and asset management.
Exposure to large-scale, highly visible commercial real estate projects.
Clear long-term career progression opportunities within an expanding organization.
Competitive compensation package, annual bonus opportunity, and comprehensive benefits program.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $130,000–$160,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
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