Director - Development

Job Purpose

• Oversee the development of feasibility studies on land, residential, retail, and mixed-use assets.
• Oversee the Operations and Commercial issues for ongoing development portfolio.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Oversee all business development activities.
• Develop DM portfolio strategy (including sub-segment mix) in conjunction with Partnerships & Investments.
• Support in sourcing new investment with third parties (e.g., JVs, project finance, etc.) in conjunction with Partnerships & Investments.
• Liaise regularly with different functions to gather data on potential new development opportunities.
• Supervise and manage the development and prioritization of pipeline of potential new developments on land bank to recommend feasibility studies on specific projects for own development:
• Identify long-list of potential opportunities.
• Develop framework for preliminary prioritization/screening.
• Oversee the development of feasibility study for residential, retail, and mixed-use assets.
• Recommend project cost in coordination with Project Management.
• Recommend and challenge financial model & feasibility studies developed by direct reports.
• Liaise with Partnerships & Investments and other relevant functions on feasibility study.
• Take the final decision on critical tradeoffs with the project management.
• Develop design brief and share with project management.
• Decide on detailed designs developed by architects, ensure alignment with concept design.
• Decide on detailed project costs based on Procurement and Project Management input.
• Decide on approved list of contractors/consultants based on Procurement’s recommendation.
• Decide on project schedule, anticipate and resolve possible roadblocks to completion of projects.