Development Manager, Site Selection & Predevelopment

NorthPoint Development LLC; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

401k with 100% match up to 6%

Professional development scholarships

Wellness Spending Account

Cellphone reimbursement

Mental Health Reimbursement

Childcare reimbursement

Free catered lunches

Parental paid leave

Flexible Spending Account

Charitable matching program

Job summary

NorthPoint Development LLC is seeking a Development Manager, Site Selection & Predevelopment for our Kansas City office. This in-person role focuses on site selection, feasibility studies, and predevelopment work for data-center scale projects.

You will lead market evaluations, manage entitlements and power strategies, and coordinate with utilities, planners, and internal teams to deliver timely opportunities across markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Real Estate, or related field.
• 5+ years in land entitlement, site selection, or predevelopment, ideally with data center, industrial, or utility-scale infra.
• Strong knowledge of power/utility infrastructure and interconnection processes.
• Deep understanding of land entitlement including zoning, subdivision, due diligence, and coordination.
• Comfort building and interrogating financial models and proformas.
• Strong project management skills with ability to manage multiple sites/markets and deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including presenting to public bodies.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead site selection and market evaluation strategy for data center opportunities.
• Evaluate site feasibility including tests, environmental reports, and constraints.
• Assess power availability and coordinate with utilities for energization timelines.
• Develop entitlements strategy with zoning, platting, and permitting pathways.
• Maintain predevelopment schedules and budgets with milestones.
• Build proformas for land cost and returns.
• Ensure end-user requirements and flexibility planning for future needs.
• Represent company in public hearings and with stakeholders.

Skills

Site selection

Market evaluation

Power & utilities

Entitlements

Financial modeling

Proformas

Project management

Public speaking

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering/Construction Management/Real Estate

Job description

*This is an in-person role in the Kansas City office

Curious about a career with NorthPoint?

NorthPoint is a real estate developer that has grown through combining an entrepreneurial spirit and empowerment of its team members. We are looking to add a Development Manager, Site Selection & Predevelopment to our growing team! NorthPoint provides an inclusive environment that cultivates collaboration and mentorship. Our core values set the foundation of our culture and guide us in every business decision.

“We truly believe, and I’m convinced, we have some pretty incredible assets. But those assets have all come from our people.” - Nathaniel Hagedorn | CEO.

How We Put You First

At NorthPoint Development we ask a lot of our employees, which is why we give so much in return. In addition to your competitive salary, we offer market-leading benefits and perks:

• A selection of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401k with 100% match up to 6%, immediately vested upon enrollment
• Scholarships and paid professional development
• Wellness Spending Account
• Cellphone Reimbursement
• Mental Health Reimbursement
• Childcare Reimbursement$2,000 annual HRA and HSA contribution
• Free catered lunches + fully stocked kitchen
• Parental Paid Leave
• Flexible Spending Account
• Living Generously program with 100% charitable contribution match

What You’ll Do

Site Selection & Strategy

• Lead site selection and market evaluation strategy, identifying and screening land opportunities that meet data center power, fiber, and infrastructure requirements
• Evaluate sites for feasibility through test fits, title/survey review, environmental reports, geotechnical studies, and identification of development constraints
• Assess power availability, capacity, and timeline as a primary site selection driver — including utility coordination, substation and transmission access, and interconnection queue positioning
• Build and refine repeatable site evaluation frameworks and scoring criteria to compare opportunities across markets

Entitlement, Power, and Business Strategy

• Develop and support the entitlement strategy for each site, including zoning approach, platting, and the permitting pathway with the relevant authorities
• Build and support the power strategy for each site, coordinating with utilities and power consultants to understand capacity, cost, and timeline to energization
• Represent the company in public hearings before planning commissions, city councils, and other governmental bodies as needed
• Maintain detailed predevelopment schedules and budgets, tracking entitlement and power milestones against project timelines
• Build and maintain detailed proformas for prospective and active sites, including land acquisition costs, predevelopment budgets, and return assumptions

End-User & Flexibility Planning

• Maintain a working understanding of data center end-user requirements (hyperscale, colocation, enterprise) — including power density, redundancy, expansion capacity, and connectivity needs — and how they evolve
• Evaluate sites and building/land plans for the flexibility to accommodate a range of unknown future user requirements, avoiding decisions that foreclose optionality

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Real Estate, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in land entitlement, site selection, or predevelopment, ideally with data center, industrial, or utility-scale infrastructure experience
• Working knowledge of power/utility infrastructure — transmission, substations, interconnection processes — is strongly preferred
• Deep understanding of the land entitlement process, including zoning, subdivision, due diligence, and infrastructure coordination
• Comfort building and interrogating financial models and proformas
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple sites/markets simultaneously and prioritize under shifting deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including comfort presenting to public bodies and internal stakeholders
• Energetic, resourceful, and able to operate with ambiguity — many decisions will be made before end-user requirements are fully known
• Ability to travel as required to support site evaluation and business needs

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.