Senior Manager, Projects, Group Development Management, Netherlands

Mapletree; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mapletree is seeking an experienced Development Manager based in Amsterdam to oversee end‑to‑end development works for logistics, industrial, and commercial projects. You will drive design, cost estimation, approvals, and procurement while coordinating with internal teams and external partners to align time, cost, and quality targets.

You will lead teams through design feasibility, design briefs, and regulatory filings, ensuring compliance with corporate DOA and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level or higher degree in architecture, project management, construction, or related field.
• Experience across full development lifecycle from design to handover.

Responsibilities

• Lead development management for new and existing assets across logistics, industrial and commercial sectors.
• Coordinate with internal teams and stakeholders to identify risks and mitigation measures.
• Ensure regulatory approvals with local authorities in Europe, especially Netherlands.
• Oversee design concepts, cost estimation, and procurement processes.
• Manage consultants, contractors, and vendors through selection and pre-qualification.
• Forecast and monitor project costs, schedule, and quality from inception to completion.
• Drive sustainability, buildability, procurement compliance, and governance initiatives.

Skills

Project management

Design coordination

Stakeholder management

Regulatory approvals

Cost estimation

Construction monitoring

Team leadership

English communication

Strategic planning

Problem solving

Education

Architecture degree

PM/Construction degree

Civil/Structural/MEP background

Job description

The Role

You will manage all aspects of development works, including overall development management of new developments and existing assets across different sector classes ranging from logistics, industrial and commercial projects.

The Role

You will manage all aspects of development works, including overall development management of new developments and existing assets across different sector classes ranging from logistics, industrial and commercial projects.

Job Responsibilities

• Ability to design and project manage projects independently from initial design stage to authority submission and project management through construction and project completion and handover.
• Well versed with authority submission process and requirements, especially local authorities in Europe. (ie. Netherlands, Poland).
• Lead team on in-house design and costing in design feasibility and project costs estimates. Coordinate with internal teams and stakeholders to identify project risks and mitigation measures. Accountable for design efficiency/NLA and costs prior to project conversion.
• Manage shortlist selection and Pre-Qualification of all consultants, contractors and vendors. Maintain a documentation and assessment system of the same.
• Compliance with all corporate DOA and procurement processes, lead project team to manage procurement of consultants, contractors and vendors.
• Manage the development of design concepts / options for the projects, which include conceptualizing development design requirements and formulate design briefs to ensure that these are aligned with the Company and project development strategy.
• Manage the design consultants and liaise with all relevant authorities for timely regulatory approval of projects. Coordinate with business units and stakeholders to obtain quality, design, time and cost alignment.
• Manage the construction and contract administration. Work with team to forecast, track and monitor site progress, costs and delivery quality during construction stage.
• Ensure time, costs and quality targets are met during construction stage and meet all handover requirements from internal teams and stakeholders.
• Manage project schedule, project quality inspections and manage project costs to meet approved budget and targets.
• Lead the project team in liaising and coordinating with internal business units, external business associates and consultants on all project matters.
• Support company initiatives including but not limited to sustainability, buildability, procurement, compliance and governance.
• Accountable for the management of the project development process from inception to completion and ensure that all time, costs, and quality targets of the projects are met.
• Maintain full integrity and adopt zero tolerance on malpractices at all stages of project.

Job Requirements

• Good ability in written and fluent spoken English, based in Amsterdam.
• Degree in Architecture, Project Management/Construction preferred, but open to Civil/Structural/MEP Engineering and other related fields.
• 15 years of relevant strong experience in full cycle development, from design, project management, project administration to site execution of projects.
• Priority will be given to those with logistics and industrial warehouses development experiences.
• Possess strong business acumen, strong communication, problem-solving skills, able to operate the team independently, has cultural sensitivity, ability to manage stakeholders, has strong endurance and high adaptability to change.
• Resolve conflicts, delays and unforeseen issues effectively.
• Seeks continuous improvement to design and processes through consistently challenging the status quo or value engineering as the optimum solution to all aspects of the project and development.
• Possess positive mindset with strong organization and planning skills.
• Able to formulate strategies and implement systems to resolve project and team issues on hand.