Development Services Manager - Industrial & Data Center

Prologis; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 139,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) with company match

PTO 22 days + holidays

Job summary

Prologis is seeking a Manager, Development Services to own site feasibility, due diligence, and entitlement work for industrial and data center projects. You will collaborate with internal teams, consultants, and municipalities to advance projects from feasibility through handoff.

You will translate technical findings into clear recommendations, support acquisitions, and help shape sites in the Central region with occasional support elsewhere.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in civil engineering, architecture, construction management, or related development field.
• Experience supporting due diligence, entitlement, and municipal approval processes for industrial or data center projects.
• Ability to research and interpret municipal zoning codes and site requirements across multiple markets.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site feasibility analyses and prepare conceptual site layouts in AutoCAD, accounting for zoning, access, grading, wetlands, floodplain and stormwater needs.
• Support acquisition due diligence by reviewing environmental, utility, fee, and geotechnical factors and identifying access and offsite improvements.
• Identify and mitigate site and development risks, escalating material findings to project partners.
• Coordinate entitlement activities for acquisitions and build-to-suit projects, including application prep, public hearings, and communications with municipalities.
• Track entitlement budgets, schedules, and consultant scope/deliverables to support timely decisions.
• Coordinate with development and design teams to incorporate customer requirements and site constraints into designs.
• Provide due diligence, entitlement, and site planning information for customer RFP responses and monitor regulatory updates.

Skills

Site feasibility analyses

Due diligence

Entitlements

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Team coordination

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related

Professional Engineer (PE) or Architect license

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Prologis is seeking a Manager, Development Services to own site feasibility, due diligence, and entitlement work for industrial and data center projects. You will collaborate with internal teams, consultants, and municipalities to advance projects from feasibility through handoff.

You will translate technical findings into clear recommendations, support acquisitions, and help shape sites in the Central region with occasional support elsewhere.