Senior Land Development Manager

Role: Senior Manager, Land Development

Location: Ottawa, Ontario – Hybrid (4 days/week in office)

Company: Mattamy Homes Canada

Department: Land Development, Ottawa Division

Employment Type: Full-Time

Reports to: Vice President, Land Development

When it comes to forward-thinking homebuilding and thoughtfully planned communities, Canadians think of Mattamy Homes. And that success is centred on a foundation of great people, because our team is as solid as they come. At Mattamy, we are optimistic, hardworking and supportive. Together we learn and grow as we strive to create a positive impact in the homebuilding industry. Contributing to the Mattamy Way means being surrounded by caring people who encourage you to be exactly who you are. It means your opinion is invited and your contributions count. And it means a career filled with pride, knowing you’re part of an environmentally-conscious, action-oriented organization with big plans for the future. The opportunity to bring the future of living to homeowners based on what Canadians value is exciting – and we’re making it happen.

Learn more about what makes working at Mattamy special and our award-winning culture.

What we offer

The Senior Land Development Manager is responsible for leading the planning, construction and delivery of development projects from beginning to end while using Mattamy resources effectively. This role provides day-to-day leadership to Construction and Project Managers and their supporting project teams, manages projects through internal and external consulting teams and contractors, and ensures strong execution across approvals, servicing, construction, assumptions, budgets and schedules. The incumbent will mentor and lead the Land Development team to ensure quality, engagement, accountability and professional growth, while striving to achieve The Best Homeowner Experience in all activities undertaken

What you’ll do

• Lead Project Managers and multi-disciplinary project teams on a day-to-day basis to secure planning approvals, engineering approvals, municipal construction approvals, deliveries and assumptions.
• Oversee tendering, contractor management and contract administration to ensure quality, cost effectiveness, schedule adherence and construction readiness.
• Support and guide Project Managers through the planning and engineering process, including draft plan conditions, civil servicing and grading strategies, landscaping, utilities, permits, construction phasing and assumption requirements.
• Coordinate priorities across assigned planning and construction portfolios, ensuring project risks, budget impacts, schedule pressures and cross-functional dependencies are proactively identified, communicated, analyzed and addressed.
• Review and manage project schedules, budgets, cash flows, cost-to-complete forecasts and other financial reporting, using the project pro forma as a living day-to-day project management and decision-making tool.
• Maintainandpromotecustomer/userawareness, ensuringthat the specific needs, desires,and aspirations of the ultimate customers/users are considered in decisions.
• Proactively and positively engage with municipal, agency, consulting, contractor and community stakeholders to advance both planning approvals and construction delivery.
• Provide planning, servicing, construction timing, phasing, risk and budget input into acquisition opportunities and internal business planning.
• Support Mattamy’s awareness and engagement in current municipal and development regulatory regimes, escalating policy risks and opportunities to the Vice President, Land Development, and helping the division respond effectively to changing requirements.
• Directly manage Project Managers and provide leadership, coaching and oversight to Associate Project Managers and Project Coordinators, ensuring clear priorities, quality work, accountability, engagement and professional growth across the team.
• Participate in industry organizations and events to remain current on local development, planning, servicing and construction trends and to support Mattamy’s relationships in the market.

What you bring

• Diploma or degree in Engineering, Planning or related field
• 8+ years in residential real estate development and construction, with progression into leadership of complex development projects, entitlement approvals, permits, servicing, construction delivery and assumptions.
• Experience developing and constructing residential projects in the City of Ottawa and surrounding municipalities, being fluent in the local approval regulatory/policy framework and associated municipal processes.
• Established relationships within the local real estate industry — particularly, consultants and municipal/community/other stakeholders — and an