Managing Director of Development - Multifamily
Macdonald & Company · macdonaldandcompany.com
DenverDirector
The job in short
Multifamily real estate development director.
Underwriting
Details
- Found
- 10 d ago · posted 2026-10-09
- Location as listed
- Denver
- Role
- Executive / Director
- Source
- The company’s own careers site
Full description
Macdonald & Company are proudly partnered with a Commercial and Multifamily investor and developer in Salt Lake City, UT to appoint a Managing Director of Multifamily Development.
The Company
The firm are a well-capitalized family office who have been growing out a Multifamily ground-up development platform in recent years, diversifying from their historic roots in value-add investments across Office, Retail, Multifamily and other assets.
The Role
With the growth of a new platform, the company now require a leader to come onboard to help instill best-practice in Multifamily ground-up deal sourcing, execution, and delivery.
There are 4 broad elements to this role, as follows:
Leadership
• Lead team of internal development professionals and external consultants in the refinement and execution of firm’s long-term multifamily strategy by harnessing a ‘player/coach’ mentality of leading from the front
• Serve as a voting member of the Multifamily Development Investment Committee and manage multifamily platform with full P&L responsibility
Deal Sourcing / Project Inception
• Build the knowledge of potential development sites in the market while cultivating and leveraging relationships with property owners and the brokerage community
• Develop extensive market expertise to understand trends, spot opportunities, and position the firm as a thought leader in multifamily development
• Identify and pursue development opportunities and select acquisition opportunities that meet the firm's investment criteria
• Conduct analysis of site quality and location, demographics, market demand, competition, and economic feasibility
• Propose the appropriate unit mix, type, scope of amenities, target market, and achievable rents for the development
• Negotiate purchase and sale agreements and oversee transaction closing process
• Manage the entitlement process
Finance
• Lead the underwriting and presentation of opportunities to the Investment Committee for pursuit in accordance with approved budgets and business plans
• Prepare equity and debt packages and serve as a key member of the team in pursuit of project capitalization
Design, Construction, and Turnover
• Identify and lead a best-in-class consultant and support team to achieve cost-effective design and construction execution optimized for site and project dynamics that stays on budget and schedule
• Coordinate with construction and property management teams to establish realistic turnover schedules and lease-up budget and strategy
• Work closely with company eadership to build out market-leading asset management and property management teams over time
On Offer
Competitive salary, annual bonus, promote/carried interest, profit share.
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