Land Development Manager

Accenture

Land Development Manager for Accenture’s Infrastructure & Capital Projects division. Overseeing front-end development and coordinating site readiness for critical infrastructure projects.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeAllentown • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You’ll guide front-end development, site readiness, design coordination, entitlement alignment, utility interfaces, and early risk mitigation.
You’ll coordinate early development activities including site documentation review, existing conditions assessments, and due diligence tracking.
You’ll track entitlement status, utility agreements, and stakeholder alignment to support development progress.
You’ll support development of the Owner’s Project Requirements and ensure alignment with design, procurement, permitting, and construction strategies.
You’ll review design submissions, environmental surveys, geotechnical reports, and utility studies for risks, gaps, and opportunities.
You’ll maintain a development action plan tracking key decisions, permitting milestones, utility commitments, and site constraints.
You’ll coordinate with permitting, utility, design, procurement, and project controls leads to align development decisions with cost and schedule.
You’ll support value engineering, constructability reviews, phasing analysis, and site logistics planning.
You’ll prepare development status updates, decision papers, risk summaries, and executive-ready materials for Owner review.
You’ll help transition development-phase knowledge into construction-phase controls, contracts, reporting, and closeout requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in real estate development, engineering, construction management, planning, or related field
7+ years of development management, preconstruction, owner’s representation, or capital project experience
Experience coordinating greenfield site development, entitlements, utilities, design reviews, preconstruction planning, and project governance
Ability to synthesize technical, commercial, permitting, utility, and schedule inputs into clear recommendations
Strong written communication, stakeholder management, issue tracking, and action closure discipline

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements

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Hard Skills & Tools

development managementpreconstruction planningsite documentation reviewdesign reviewsvalue engineeringconstructability reviewsphasing analysisrisk mitigationutility agreementsstakeholder alignment

Soft Skills

strong written communicationstakeholder managementissue trackingaction closure discipline

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in real estate developmentBachelor’s degree in engineeringBachelor’s degree in construction managementBachelor’s degree in planning