Senior Development Manager - Land Development

Clark Construction Group, LLC•McLean, VA

1d•$150,000 - $250,000•Onsite

About The Position

Camber Real Estate Solutions, a subsidiary of Clark Construction Group, is a full-cycle development platform offering turnkey development solutions. The Senior Development Manager leads early-stage project development, guiding clients from initial vision through site selection, land acquisition, horizontal development, entitlements, and preliminary engineering design. The role serves a varied portfolio that may include advanced manufacturing, private commercial enterprises, and sports and entertainment facilities, translating clients’ operational and expansion needs into derisked, entitled, pad-ready land assets for vertical construction. This is an onsite position based in the McLean, Virginia office. The work includes regular office-based analysis and collaboration, occasional travel to project locations and active construction sites, and extended hours or off-hours responsiveness when project phases, deadlines, or emergencies require it. A pre-employment drug fitness-for-duty screening and random quarterly testing are required.

Requirements

8 to 10+ years of progressive real estate development experience.
Proven experience directly managing land acquisition, horizontal land development, utility infrastructure, and complex entitlements.
Deep understanding of land acquisition mechanics, purchase contract negotiations, and site-control strategies.
Knowledge of municipal infrastructure agreements, tax increment financing (TIF), and regional economic development incentive structures.
Expertise in horizontal development, including heavy earthwork, utility infrastructure extensions, environmental remediation, stormwater management, traffic mitigation, and rail or road access.
Ability to anticipate how early civil decisions affect vertical building costs and long-term facility operations.
Exceptional communication skills and ability to explain civil engineering constraints, zoning parameters, and land economics to 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 prolonged desk-based focused work, communicate effectively, and review complex documents and detailed computer work with sharp visual acuity.
Ability to move actively throughout the office and travel occasionally to various locations, including construction sites, using different modes of transportation.
Ability to lift and move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 25 pounds occasionally.
Willingness and ability to work extended hours during critical project phases or client deadlines and respond to communications when business needs require it.
Pass a pre-employment drug fitness-for-duty screening and participate in random quarterly drug fitness-for-duty testing.

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, property due diligence, and site-control strategy across target markets; assess physical, environmental, topographic, and legal conditions and negotiate option agreements and purchase contracts.
Direct pre-acquisition horizontal feasibility assessments, including evaluation of land constraints, utility capacity and extensions, stormwater management, access and traffic impacts, and geotechnical conditions.
Develop and manage land development financial models, land assembly budgets, conceptual horizontal infrastructure cost 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 engagement with 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.
Apply 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.
Coordinate with vertical construction teams to hand off fully permitted, pad-ready site packages for building construction and turnkey project execution.
Follow Clark Construction safety policies and procedures and applicable laws at all work locations.
Respond to time-sensitive business needs outside regular working hours when required, including monitoring and responding to communications.