Job Description

ATLANTA, GEORGIA! WE ARE ADDING A SENIOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO OUR TEAM!

The Senior Development Manager contributes to the Jim N’ Nicks Development Team by managing the initial phases of the development process. This individual is a member of the Jim N’ Nicks Development leadership Team and directs the real estate (RE) project coordination on all new restaurant development. This role reports directly to the Vice President of Development.

Essential job functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Leads the creation and modification of standardized new deal processes for development

team.

• Manages due diligence spend and reports actual versus allocated financials to development

and Finance team.

• Consistently analyzes existing procedure for redundancy or inefficiency.

• Subject matter expert of real estate project tracking and timeline accountability for new

projects.

• Partners with Finance, Operations and Development to form prioritization strategies and

monitor progression of projects.

• Optimizes development processes by leading Critical Path, Strategy, and Planning Meetings

with development team.

• Supervises RE external vendors to ensure turnaround time and quality standards are obtained.

• Collaborate with the technology team to generate custom project status reports for all

Development Teams, and senior-level executives.

• Works closely with the Real Estate Director, Attorney, Construction Coordinator, and finance to

monitor and expedite the Development process.

• Maintains relationships with, and may source, outside consultants, contractors, brokers, and

suppliers.

• Reviews, reconciles, and processes soft costs expenses related to Real Estate transactions or

other Real Estate related activities(titles, surveys, aerials, soils, consultants, etc.).

• With Construction Coordinator ensures that Development costs are reviewed, monitored, and

updated as necessary.

• Publishes and maintains Development Team reports.

• Reviews and Analyzes title and survey to identify any issues which may impede the

development or use of a Jim N’ Nicks restaurant.

• Expedites and ensures the resolution of all conditions required to close a Real Estate transaction

and release to Construction (title, survey, environmental, closing documents, etc.).

• Collects, inputs, and provides information that supports the planning process.

• Ensure that site files are organized, maintained, and updated.

• Communicates and implements corporate policies and procedures.

• Provides consistent and frequent feedback on reports to ensure quality of work standards are

met.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial title, survey, and real estate related experience.

• Comprehensive understanding of real estate legal document administration.

• People management experience preferred.

• BA/BS degree in a real estate or business discipline.

• Proactive, innovative and strategic thinking program manager.

• Strong written and oral communication.

• Excellent interpersonal, persuasion and teamwork skills.

• Ability to engage and influence Senior-level executives and stakeholders.

• Self-motivated and productive working in a remote position.

• Experience coordinating the acquisition of liquor and business licenses for restaurant use.

Physical Demands

• Remaining in a stationary position for extended periods of time.

• Bending, squatting and lifting up to 25 lbs.

• Occasional movement inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

• Frequent communication with the Development, Legal, and Finance teams. Must be able to

exchange accurate information in these situations.

• Consistently operates a computer and other office productivity machinery (i.e. calculator, copy

machine, and printer.

Disclaimer

This position description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, team member development and compensation. As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

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