Senior Real Estate Development Manager

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Yokneam, Israel

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Real Estate Development Manager to oversee strategic workplace and campus development projects. This role involves managing the entire development lifecycle, including site selection, entitlements, design, construction, and government interface, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory obligations. The position requires strong leadership, negotiation, and project management skills, with a focus on driving outcomes across various stakeholders and delivering complex programs.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the vision and execution for large-scale development projects, from site selection and due diligence through design, entitlement, and construction.
  2. Direct the full development process from site and land activities through entitlements, approvals, and preparation for delivery, converting NVIDIA goals into a well-defined action plan.
  3. Serve as primary contact working with government bodies, municipalities, agencies, and utilities, crafting submissions, negotiations, and approval strategies.
  4. Drive regulatory and entitlement pathways, ensuring realistic schedules, risk mitigation, and defensible documentation.
  5. Balance Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) requirements, NVIDIA business priorities, and project constraints to resolve conflicts and guide decision-making.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Real Estate Development, Urban Planning, Construction Management, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • 10+ overall years of experience in real estate development and capital projects delivery with direct responsibility for approvals/entitlements and coordination among multiple parties and 5+ years of management experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, complex developments in Israel (or deeply comparable regulatory environment), including AHJ interface and negotiation.
  • Proven ability to manage consultants and cross-functional collaborators, getting results through influence and structured governance.
  • Strong written and verbal communication with executives; capable of producing concise decision-quality materials.
  • Experience with enterprise / tech / critical workplace or campus developments.
  • Track record delivering complex programs across multiple authorities and jurisdictions.
  • Familiarity with procurement/vendor management, contracting, and scope definition for specialist services.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and building structure where processes are not yet established.

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in Real Estate (MSRE), Business (MBA), or Architecture.
  • Delivered large tech campus development
  • Outstanding ability to navigate regulatory environments
  • Proven expertise in managing high-stakes projects with multiple collaborators

What the JD emphasized

  • regulatory obligations
  • regulatory environment
  • regulatory environments