The Senior Development Manager leads entitlement, zoning, and permitting efforts for new QSR restaurant development, ensuring projects advance efficiently, compliantly, and in alignment with corporate growth objectives
Job Summary
The Senior Development Manager leads entitlement, zoning, and permitting efforts for new QSR restaurant development, ensuring projects advance efficiently, compliantly, and in alignment with corporate growth objectives.
This role requires deep experience navigating municipal processes, managing jurisdictional stakeholders, and proactively resolving entitlement and permitting risks that could impact schedule, cost, or brand standards.
Cushman & Wakefield provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
Matching Summary
The Senior Development Manager leads entitlement, zoning, and permitting efforts for new QSR restaurant development, ensuring projects advance efficiently, compliantly, and in alignment with corporate growth objectives.
Salary
Base: $106,250.00 - $125,000.00; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Health, vision, dental insurance, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Entitlement and permitting
Municipal processes
Cross-functional alignment
Project lifecycle management
QSR development drivers
Nice-to-have
Value engineering
Prototype optimization
Schedule compression
Aggressive new unit growth
Fast-paced, evolving environment
Key Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Real Estate, Business, or related field
8–12+ years of experience in QSR, retail, multi-unit commercial development