Senior Manager, Investments and Development

Our client is a real estate development company. They are looking for a Senior Manager, Investments and Development who will be responsible for advancing the company's real estate development pipeline, with a strong emphasis on project execution, cross-functional coordination, and financial analysis. This is primarily a development and execution role, rather than a traditional finance, investment analysis, or acquisitions position.

Approximately 95% of the role focuses on development activities. Acquisitions involvement is limited primarily to evaluating the viability of land for development.

The position combines financial modelling with extensive project management, operational coordination, and commercial execution.

• Meaningful, Purpose-Driven Work: Opportunity to contribute to the development of essential seniors' living facilities. The role can be positioned as an opportunity to participate in social infrastructure development.
• Strong Career Advancement: Multiple advancement levels are available, including progression from Senior Manager to Director, Senior Director, and potentially more senior leadership positions.
• Growing Team: Opportunity to help build and develop the team, with 1-2 analyst-level hires anticipated over the next 1-2 years.
• Significant Project Exposure: Work on a pipeline of approximately 12 active development projects, gaining experience across financial analysis, operations, project coordination, and commercial execution.
• Cross-Functional Exposure: Opportunity to work closely with senior leadership, Operations, Finance, development partners, lenders, and numerous internal departments.
• Professional Development: The company's is willing to invest in training and developing the right candidate, including individuals without direct real estate development experience.
• Promotion Opportunities: High performers are rewarded, with examples of promotions occurring approximately every two years.

• Support the commercial structuring and execution of development opportunities, including the evaluation and negotiation of key deal parameters, economic terms, and financing considerations to optimize risk-adjusted returns.
• Collaborate closely with internal legal counsel and external advisors throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Support the drafting, negotiation, and execution of Letters of Intent (LOIs), Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSAs), and other transaction-related documentation.
• Coordinate transaction execution activities, ensuring adherence to critical timelines, approval requirements, and closing deliverables.
• Facilitate communication among internal stakeholders and external partners.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve comprehensive financial models to forecast project costs, timelines, and expected returns for development opportunities.
• Build and maintain redevelopment models to project cash flows and calculate returns under various operational and financing scenarios.

• Lead the preparation of investment memoranda, business cases, and development summaries for Investment Committee and Board review
• Synthesize complex financial, operational, and due diligence information into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Support portfolio and pipeline reporting activities, providing analysis and insights on development status and strategic opportunities.

• Coordinate and manage due diligence processes across cross-functional teams.
• Review, interpret, and synthesize third-party reports, including:
• Appraisals.
• Environmental assessments.
• Engineering studies.
• Legal documentation.
• Incorporat…