Senior Manager, Development
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About the Role
Majid Al Futtaim is seeking a Senior Development Manager to oversee mall development and redevelopment projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and governance requirements.
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Responsibilities
- Lead end to end project delivery across complex mixed use developments, managing project workstreams from feasibility and planning through execution and handover
- Coordinate cross functional stakeholders including Development, Leasing, Asset Management, Design, Operations, and external partners
- Drive feasibility and development planning, including business cases, development scenarios, masterplan assessments, and site due diligence
- Manage consultants, operators, and delivery partners to ensure design solutions align with commercial objectives
- Support governance and stakeholder management, including engagement with authorities, JV partners, and senior leadership
- Oversee financial and commercial performance by managing budgets, forecasts, cost plans, and procurement activities
- Monitor project risks and performance, maintaining risk registers, mitigation plans, and project health reporting
- Contribute to delivery of major mixed use developments valued between AED 500M and AED 5B+
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Architecture, Real Estate Development, Law, or related field
- 11+ years of experience in real estate development, mixed use projects, retail, hospitality, investment, strategy, or large scale development environments
- Proven track record of managing complex projects and coordinating multiple stakeholders
- Deep understanding of development processes, feasibility studies, governance, commercial coordination, and project delivery
- Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
- Preferably UAE regulatory and authority approval frameworks knowledge
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Role Summary
- The Senior Development Manager – Shopping Malls oversees mall development and redevelopment projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, development strategies, and governance requirements.
- The role supports the evaluation of new opportunities through research, analysis, and stakeholder engagement, while coordinating across internal teams and external partners to deliver integrated projects and enhance retail and lifestyle offerings.
ROLE PROFILE
- Lead end to end project delivery across complex mixed use developments, managing project workstreams from feasibility and planning through execution and handover.
- Coordinate cross functional stakeholders including Development, Leasing, Asset Management, Design, Operations, Hospitality, Retail, Lifestyle & Entertainment, Finance, and external partners to ensure integrated project delivery.
- Drive feasibility and development planning, including business cases, development scenarios, masterplan assessments, site due diligence, and strategic recommendations for new opportunities.
- Manage consultants, operators, and delivery partners, ensuring design solutions align with commercial objectives, operational requirements, customer experience goals, and development strategy.
- Support governance and stakeholder management, including engagement with authorities, JV partners, operators, anchor tenants, and senior leadership through project reporting and approval processes.
- Oversee financial and commercial performance by managing budgets, forecasts, cost plans, procurement activities, contract reviews, value engineering initiatives, and business case alignment.
- Monitor project risks and performance, maintaining risk registers, mitigation plans, project health reporting, and ensuring compliance with governance frameworks and stage gate requirements.
- Contribute to the delivery of major mixed use developments valued between AED 500M and AED 5B+, ensuring strong commercial returns, operational readiness, customer experience excellence, and alignment with strategic business objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Architecture, Real Estate Development, Law, or a related field.
- 11+ years of experience in real estate development, mixed use projects, retail, hospitality, investment, strategy, or large scale development environments.
- Proven track record of managing complex projects and coordinating multiple stakeholders, business units, consultants, and external partners.
- Deep understanding of development processes, feasibility studies, governance, commercial coordination, project delivery, and preferably UAE regulatory and authority approval frameworks.
- Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, align, and collaborate across complex matrix organizations.
- Commercially minded, proactive, and solutions focused professional who can manage ambiguity, shifting priorities, and multiple workstreams while delivering high quality, customer centric outcomes.
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