Senior Development Manager - Land Development

Clark Construction Group•McLean, VA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Camber Real Estate Solutions, a subsidiary of Clark Construction Group, is a full-cycle development platform providing turnkey development solutions. The Senior Development Manager drives early-stage project success, guiding clients from initial vision through site selection, land acquisition, horizontal development, entitlements, and preliminary engineering design. The role supports turnkey projects across advanced manufacturing, private commercial enterprises, sports and entertainment, and other user types, translating clients’ operational and expansion goals into derisked, entitled, pad-ready land assets for vertical construction. This is an onsite role based in the McLean, Virginia office. The role works with clients, consultants, contractors, municipalities, utility providers, and downstream vertical construction teams. It oversees land control, feasibility, financial modeling, public approvals and incentives, civil engineering and infrastructure design, and the transition of permitted sites into construction. The position requires occasional travel to locations including active construction sites. The work includes extended hours during critical project phases or client deadlines, as well as responding to time-sensitive matters or emergencies outside regular working hours. The position is based primarily in a professional office with typical quiet-to-moderate noise and light levels, with possible visits to active construction sites where outdoor weather, louder noise, and moving equipment may be present. Clark promotes a drug-free workplace and requires pre-employment and random quarterly drug fitness-for-duty screenings. The base salary range is $150,000–$250,000, with possible variation based on factors including education, experience, skills, and geographic location. Compensation also includes bonus potential and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

8 to 10+ years of progressive real estate development experience.
Proven track record directly managing land acquisition, horizontal land development, utility infrastructure, and complex entitlements.
Deep understanding of land acquisition mechanics, purchase contract negotiations, site-control strategies, municipal infrastructure agreements, tax increment financing (TIF), and regional economic development incentives.
Deep expertise in horizontal development, including heavy earthwork, utility infrastructure extensions, environmental remediation, stormwater management, traffic mitigation, and rail/road access.
Ability to anticipate how early civil decisions affect vertical building costs and long-term facility operations.
Exceptional communication skills and ability to translate civil engineering constraints, zoning parameters, and land economics into strategic decisions for corporate executives, municipal leadership, utility providers, and private equity partners.
Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Construction Management, or Architecture.
Ability to perform detailed computer work and review complex documents with sharp visual acuity.
Ability to lift and move objects up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 25 pounds occasionally.
Ability to travel occasionally to various locations, including construction sites.
Follow Clark Construction safety policies and procedures and applicable laws at all locations.
Flexibility to work extended hours during critical project phases or client deadlines and respond to time-sensitive matters or emergencies outside regular hours.
Complete a pre-employment drug fitness-for-duty screening and random quarterly drug fitness-for-duty tests.

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering sites for advanced manufacturing, corporate facilities, sports facilities, or large-scale private enterprises.
Master’s degree, MSRE, or MBA.

Responsibilities

Lead site selection, land assembly, and property due diligence across target markets.
Evaluate physical, environmental, topographic, and legal conditions and negotiate option agreements, purchase contracts, and site-control strategies for complex industrial, commercial, and sports assets.
Direct pre-acquisition horizontal feasibility evaluations, including raw land constraints, utility capacity and extensions, stormwater management, access and traffic impacts, and geotechnical conditions.
Conduct land development financial modeling and build and manage land assembly budgets, conceptual horizontal infrastructure budgets, and development pro formas tailored to user specifications and corporate hurdle rates.
Secure zoning approvals, comprehensive plan amendments, annexations, utility district creations, and special use permits through authorities having jurisdiction.
Negotiate public-private partnerships, infrastructure cost-sharing agreements, tax abatements, and economic development incentives with local and state municipalities.
Oversee civil engineering, environmental, and site planning consultants from preliminary land planning through final platting and civil construction documents.
Use Target Value Design to optimize mass grading, earthwork balance, site utility routing, and pad sizing for speed to market.
Lead contractor selection for bulk earthwork, utility installation, and site infrastructure development.
Partner with vertical construction teams to transition permitted, pad-ready site packages into active building construction and turnkey project execution.