{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"66e8a27ca36efbd075cd0546","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/66e8a27ca36efbd075cd0546","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/66e8a27ca36efbd075cd0546","title":"Development Manager, Site Selection & Predevelopment","description":"This is an in-person role in the Kansas City office\nCurious about a career with NorthPoint?\nNorthPoint is a real estate developer that has grown through combining an entrepreneurial spirit and empowerment of its team members. We are looking to add a Development Manager, Site Selection & Predevelopment to our growing team! NorthPoint provides an inclusive environment that cultivates collaboration and mentorship. Our core values set the foundation of our culture and guide us in every business decision.\n“We truly believe, and I’m convinced, we have some pretty incredible assets. But those assets have all come from our people.” - Nathaniel Hagedorn | CEO.\nHow We Put You First\nAt NorthPoint Development we ask a lot of our employees, which is why we give so much in return. In addition to your competitive salary, we offer market-leading benefits and perks:\nA selection of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans\n401k with 100% match up to 6%, immediately vested upon enrollment\nScholarships and paid professional development\nWellness Spending Account\nCellphone Reimbursement\nMental Health Reimbursement\nChildcare Reimbursement\n$2,000 annual HRA and HSA contribution\nFree catered lunches + fully stocked kitchen\nParental Paid Leave\nFlexible Spending Account\nLiving Generously program with 100% charitable contribution match\nWhat You’ll Do\nSite Selection & Strategy\nLead site selection and market evaluation strategy, identifying and screening land opportunities that meet data center power, fiber, and infrastructure requirements\nEvaluate sites for feasibility through test fits, title/survey review, environmental reports, geotechnical studies, and identification of development constraints\nAssess power availability, capacity, and timeline as a primary site selection driver — including utility coordination, substation and transmission access, and interconnection queue positioning\nBuild and refine repeatable site evaluation frameworks and scoring criteria to compare opportunities across markets\nEntitlement, Power, and Business Strategy\nDevelop and support the entitlement strategy for each site, including zoning approach, platting, and the permitting pathway with the relevant authorities\nBuild and support the power strategy for each site, coordinating with utilities and power consultants to understand capacity, cost, and timeline to energization\nRepresent the company in public hearings before planning commissions, city councils, and other governmental bodies as needed\nMaintain detailed predevelopment schedules and budgets, tracking entitlement and power milestones against project timelines\nBuild and maintain detailed proformas for prospective and active sites, including land acquisition costs, predevelopment budgets, and return assumptions\nEnd-User & Flexibility Planning\nMaintain a working understanding of data center end-user requirements (hyperscale, colocation, enterprise) — including power density, redundancy, expansion capacity, and connectivity needs — and how they evolve\nEvaluate sites and building/land plans for the flexibility to accommodate a range of unknown future user requirements, avoiding decisions that foreclose optionality\nWho You Are\nBachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Real Estate, or a related field\n5+ years of experience in land entitlement, site selection, or predevelopment, ideally with data center, industrial, or utility-scale infrastructure experience\nWorking knowledge of power/utility infrastructure — transmission, substations, interconnection processes — is strongly preferred\nDeep understanding of the land entitlement process, including zoning, subdivision, due diligence, and infrastructure coordination\nComfort building and interrogating financial models and proformas\nStrong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple sites/markets simultaneously and prioritize under shifting deadlines\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills, including comfort presenting to public bodies and internal stakeholders\nEnergetic, resourceful, and able to operate with ambiguity — many decisions will be made before end-user requirements are fully known\nAbility to travel as required to support site evaluation and business needs\nWe are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.","company":"Northpointdevelopment","rawCompany":"northpointdevelopment","city":"Kansas City","state":"MO","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-04T18:53:13.511Z","occupations":[{"code":"11-9021.00","title":"Construction Managers","slug":"construction-managers"},{"code":"11-9141.00","title":"Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers","slug":"property-real-estate-and-community-association-managers"},{"code":"11-9041.00","title":"Architectural and Engineering Managers","slug":"architectural-and-engineering-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"237210","title":"Land Subdivision","slug":"land-subdivision"},{"code":"236220","title":"Commercial and Institutional Building Construction","slug":"commercial-and-institutional-building-construction"},{"code":"541330","title":"Engineering Services","slug":"engineering-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Development Manager, Site Selection & Predevelopment","description":"This is an in-person role in the Kansas City office\nCurious about a career with NorthPoint?\nNorthPoint is a real estate developer that has grown through combining an entrepreneurial spirit and empowerment of its team members. 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