Dubai Holding Land Estates oversees a diverse land portfolio strategically located across Dubai’s most sought-after areas. With convenient access to major highways, nearby amenities, and flexible land use options, investors are presented with unique opportunities for development and growth.
Through the centralization of Dubai Holding’s land bank, Dubai Holding Land Estates focuses on large-scale master plans, ensuring alignment with the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, whilst also supporting the business’s commitment to sustainable urban development and strategic land portfolio management.
Job Purpose:We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Manager - Development to join our team.
The job holder is responsible for supporting the strategic planning, design, and execution of large-scale master-planned communities and mixed-use developments. The role involves supporting the end-to-end development lifecycle, from project origination and business planning, to master planning and product definition, to the infrastructure planning, cost management and stakeholder engagement. This role will ensure the developments are designed to the highest technical standards, achieve their key business objectives, while realizing Dubai Holding’s vision for sustainable, world-class destinations.
The job holder will work closely with internal and external stakeholders across a range of strategic and technical matters.
Strategy & Business Planning:
- Support the definition of the master development strategy for large-scale land projects in alignment with Dubai Holding’s objectives.
- Conduct market research and feasibility studies to identify development opportunities and ensure project viability.
- Define key aspects of the rollout plan and land disposition strategy for master communities, balancing funding, product type release, built-to-sell and land to-sell assets, absorption, cashflow management and other logistical considerations.
- Engage with third-party investors, developers, and institutional partners on strategic asset transactions, joint ventures, and land sales within Dubai Holding’s portfolio.
- Provide key inputs to financial models and investment strategies.
- Prepare and present business cases, budget forecasts and risk analyses to senior leadership.
- Serve as the focal point for master planning coordination, ensuring integration between various technical and development teams, including urban design, civil engineering, infrastructure, and transportation.
- Conduct design reviews and suggest refinements to improve project efficiency, functionality, and commercial viability while ensuring adherence to the framework level master plan vision and quality benchmarks.
- Coordinate with key real estate stakeholders, including the Projects / Delivery team, the Residential Development team, Sales and Marketing, along with other Dubai Holding stakeholders in hospitality, commercial and retail sectors.
- Implement rigorous design reviews and value engineering exercises to refine design concepts, optimize project costs, and enhance functionality, ensuring seamless integration of infrastructure, landscape, and vertical components while maintaining the commercial integrity of the development.
- Oversee the coordination between vertical and horizontal assets, ensuring integration of infrastructure works (roads, utilities, marine, and landscape), plot configurations, and public realm design to achieve a cohesive built environment.
- Ensure all technical requirements for civil, structural, and MEP disciplines are comprehensively addressed and integrated into the development strategy, maintaining alignment with the approved master plan.
- Prepare detailed assessments and action plans for addressing legacy issues, encompassing site constraints, environmental remediation, unresolved land use matters, and technical discrepancies.
- Engage with internal stakeholders, to align on the resolution of legacy challenges and ensure cost-effective solutions.
- Collaborate closely with external consultants, contractors, and technical advisors to address complex legacy matters, leveraging their expertise to inform…
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