Senior Development Project Manager

Posting number: 001816-26-CDD

Department: Community Development

Division: Customer Service

Job classification: Senior Development Project Manager

Posting type: Open

Categories: Planning and Development, Management, Professional, Miscellaneous, Land Use, Community Development, Economic Development, Customer Service, Project Management, Program Management

Summary

The City of Sacramento’s Community Development Department is seeking an experienced Senior Development Project Manager in the Building Division. This position is responsible for facilitating and overseeing high profile, time sensitive and complex development projects through the review and construction process; developing policies and procedures to streamline review processes and assisting in the implementation of new programs and initiatives. These programs and initiatives include but are not limited to the Climate Action & Adaption Plan, the New Building Electrification Ordinance, and Homelessness. This position will supervise a team of lower-level staff, and general directions are provided by the Principal Development Project Manager.

IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT 

The ideal candidate will have strong supervisory experience, work successfully in a team-oriented environment; and effectively work with other city departments, appointed and elected officials, and other stakeholders. An advanced understanding of local government building processes is highly preferred.

Under general direction, the Senior Development Project Manager manages all aspects of City economic, development, and/or special district activities and projects; assists economic, development, and/or special district customers and organizations; serves as primary source of information concerning projects; coordinates project financing needs; coordinates projects with City departments and outside agencies.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

This advanced journey-level classification is populated with multiple incumbents. Employees perform the most difficult, advanced journey-level type of duties assigned to classes within this series, including providing direct supervision over assigned personnel. The Senior Development Project Manager is distinguished from the next lower classification of Development Project Manager in the degree of responsibility and complexity of work performed in that the former has full responsibility for the management of economic, development, and/or special district activities and projects, works with greater independence, and  supervises lower level staff or project teams.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

General direction is provided by higher level management staff. Incumbents may exercise direct or indirect supervision of lower level professional, technical, and clerical staff depending on the assignment and the department’s needs.

Examples of duties

• Reviews proposed project concept plans; addresses environmental, planning, and infrastructure issues related to proposed projects; facilitates processing of planning, building, and development reviews and approvals; monitors environmental mitigation monitoring plans.

 

• Serves as the primary source of information to assist development customers, business owners, and non-profit organizations in finding appropriate locations for proposed development, redevelopment, business development, and district formation projects.

 

• Markets properties for development; makes presentations and proposed funding commitments on projects to City Council, community groups, the media, private citizens, development and real estate communities, and others; attends a wide variety of marketing, networking and informative events related to projects and work responsibilities; responds orally and/or in writing to issues and concerns.

 

• Conducts project feasibility analysis of potential development, redevelopment, business development, and/or district formation projects or activities; develops policy analysis, policy reports, and other reports for City Council information or consideration.

 

• Reviews project proposals during conceptual, entitlement, building, and construction stages; establishes project goals, objectives, and priorities, identifies resource needs.

 

• Serves as the customer’s central point of contact throughout the entire development review or improvement district formation pr