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Development Manager
Job Location:
Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Salary:
Experience Required:
5years
Experience Required:
Posted:
24 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
21 August 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Red Ember Recruitment is seeking to appoint a Development Manager for our client based in the CBD.
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Development Manager to join a dynamic Leadership Team. This role is critical in driving the growth and success of the group through a strong vision for new site identification as well as the ability to identify and unlock new target growth areas.
Strategic Development Initiatives:
- Develop and implement strategic development plans to support the growth and expansion of the franchise group.
- Identify and evaluate new business opportunities market trends and the competitive landscape to inform strategic decisions.
- Collaborate with leadership to align development initiatives with overall business objectives.
Continuous Development Pipeline:
- Maintain a robust and continuous development pipeline to ensure a steady flow of projects and initiatives.
- Oversee the planning execution and delivery of development projects from inception to completion.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time within budget and to required quality standards.
3. Leadership:
- Demonstrate strong leadership by effectively managing diverse and complex tasks aligning them towards a common objective through active listening problem-solving and decisive decision-making.
- Establish and enforce standards methodologies and best practices.
- Monitor and report on project performance identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions.
4. Stakeholder Management:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including franchisees vendors real estate brokers agents and regulatory bodies.
- Deliver client-side project and property management ensuring scope timelines cost and quality objectives are met.
- Facilitate collaboration and coordination across cross-functional teams.
Financial Management:
- Demonstrate extensive property lifecycle management experience (including asset management leasing budgeting operations maintenance and acquisitions).
- Monitor project expenditure and implement cost-saving measures where appropriate.
- Prepare financial reports and forecasts for senior leadership.
Requirements
- Site experience of approximately 3 years.
- Ability to run the full tender process on sites.
- Strong understanding of contract and costing documentation.
- Ability to manage turnkey projects (from initiation through to completion).
- Highly structured and organised approach.
- Experience taking ownership of lease negotiations.
- Willingness to work away from home when required for projects.
- Ability to engage with councils with sound knowledge of bylaws.
- Proactive in identifying and securing new sites.
- A qualification in Project Management or a related field with relevant experience.
- Experience in development project management or a related role.
- Demonstrated experience in identifying new sites and targeting growth areas through a well-established network of real estate brokers and agents.
- A proven track record of successfully leading strategic development initiatives and managing a continuous development pipeline.
- Strong leadership and team management skills with experience leading a team of professionals.
- Excellent communication negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
- Proficiency in project management software and tools.
- The ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment while managing multiple priorities and projects.
Required Skills:
Site experience of /- 3 years Be able to run the tender process on sites Understand and run with contract documents & costing documents Turnkey solution (project from start to end) Must be a structured person Take over the lease negotiations Willing to work away from home when busy with a project Interact with council and knowledge of the bylaws Look for new sites
Required Education:
MatricDegree
