Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Castellan Real Estate Partners is seeking a Development Project Manager consultant to manage front-end real estate development activities, particularly for projects in the City of Los Angeles. The role coordinates entitlements, design, permitting, consultants, schedules, soft-cost budgets, and project approvals.
Responsibilities
- Manage assigned development projects through applicable entitlement, design, and permitting phases
- Develop and maintain project schedules, approval milestones, action logs, and deliverable tracking
- Coordinate architects, engineers, land-use consultants, and other development professionals
- Lead coordination with City of Los Angeles departments and other agencies to advance project approvals
- Track applications, submissions, agency comments, resubmittals, and outstanding approval requirements
- Review consultant proposals, scopes, schedules, and deliverables for alignment with project objectives
- Monitor soft-cost budgets, consultant expenditures, and anticipated changes; flag variances and recommend corrective action
- Identify development risks, approval barriers, and schedule impacts, and recommend practical solutions
- Facilitate project meetings and maintain clear accountability for decisions and follow-up items
- Provide regular updates on project status, budgets, upcoming milestones, and issues requiring leadership decisions
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders to support transitions between development phases and handoff to construction, as applicable
Skills
- Direct experience managing front-end real estate development activities, including entitlements, design coordination, and permitting
- Demonstrated experience navigating City of Los Angeles entitlement and permitting processes
- Experience managing multidisciplinary consultants and coordinating with public agencies
- Ability to manage multiple projects, competing deadlines, and complex approval requirements
- Experience tracking development schedules and soft-cost budgets
- Ability to independently identify issues, recommend solutions, and advance assigned deliverables
- Strong communication, organization, negotiation, and follow-through skills
- Affordable housing development experience
- Experience managing multiple projects at different stages of development
- Established familiarity with relevant City of Los Angeles departments and agency coordination
- Bachelor's degree in real estate development, construction management, urban planning, architecture, engineering, business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
Benefits
- Remote work is acceptable, and routine office attendance is not required.
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