Real Estate Development Manager
Wonder
About Us
Imagine: 30 unique restaurants to order from, brought to your door in under 30 minutes. That’s what our customers experience.
At Wonder, we want to make world-class food within reach, no matter where you live. That’s why we’ve created a vertically integrated, new standard of dining that will allow you to enjoy menus from award-winning chefs and iconic restaurants across the country, all in one place. Our elevated brick + mortar locations will offer pick up and dine in options, as well as delivery to your home.
As a food-tech startup backed by top-tier venture capitalists and led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs—including some of the most accomplished leaders in the technology, culinary, and logistics industries—we’re growing. Join us in pioneering a new category of dining called “Fast-Fine”, and revolutionizing the way people eat.
About the role
The Real Estate Development Manager will be responsible for supporting all aspects of real estate development projects including planning, execution, timing, and budgets. Support the entire development team build and maintain sustainable processes that scale with our accelerated growth plans. Responsible for maintaining and improving current systems across the team (market planning, site sourcing, design, construction, procurement). You will work alongside acquisitions, entitlements, design, construction, engineering, and contracts teams to ensure sites are quickly moving through the development cycle.
Maintain and build reporting dashboards to ensure consistent schedule and cost information is being shared across the company. Build presentations and financial models as needed to show trends and opportunities.
This is an exciting new role and great opportunity to learn more about the development process and continue your career journey in real estate development.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain development processes across all development functions
Manage development dashboards to ensure all information across platforms is accurate
Contribute to team and cross-functional goals with moderate supervision and direction building relationships in the process
Lead stakeholders through Design, Construction Cost exercises, and Value Engineering
Assist with execution of current development pipeline with properties in various stages
Oversee cost management reporting
Analyze market data and provide reports to help with forecasting and planning of future growth
Work closely with Finance, operations and other business partners to ensure projects meet current projections.
Identify, develop, and propose opportunities for business / process improvement
The experience you have
3-5 years’ experience in real estate development
Restaurant development a plus
Proficient in MS Office Suite
Very strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
Smartsheet’s experience
Ability to think critically and prioritize competing priorities
Excellent organizational & interpersonal skills
Strong presentation skills and ability to command a room
Role primarily will be based in New York City
The way you work
You solve problems and make decisions informed by data, technology trends and insights, and good judgement
You have a strong eye for detail, able to identify potential risks
You have strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
You have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
You can work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Base Salary Range: $140,000-147,000
Benefits
We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K. Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.
A final note
At Wonder, we believe that in order to build the best team, we must hire using an objective lens. We are committed to fair hiring practices where we hire people for their potential and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As such, we do not discriminate or make decisions based on your race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. If you have a disability, please let your recruiter know how we can make your interview process work best for you.
We look forward to hearing from you! We'll contact you via email or text to schedule interviews and share information about your candidacy.