• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a degree in public or business administration, planning, economics, finance or related field.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible municipal administrative experience in community development, redevelopment, planning, real property, economic development, or finance.  
• At least two years of management experience working with senior managers on significant development projects is required.
• A Master’s degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Finance, Urban Studies, Planning or a closely related field is highly desired.

This is a management position in the unclassified service of the City of Santa Clara responsible for negotiating with developers, land use attorneys, and financiers to facilitate and expedite economic development projects and real property land use, including lease agreements for the City of Santa Clara, often involving complex, highly specialized or difficult real property acquisition and lease maintenance issues.  The incumbent will: work under the administrative direction of the Assistant City Manager, responsible for the oversight and coordination of over 20 multi-million dollar lease agreements involving the City of Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency and the City of Santa Clara Sports & Open Space Authority, have the lead role working with the senior managers including Director of Public Works, Director of Planning and Inspection, City Attorney, Director of Water and Sewer Utility, Director of Electric Utility and Director of Finance. The incumbent may also be assigned to assist with the City of Santa Clara's real estate programs.

This description may not include all the duties listed below, nor do the examples cover all duties that may be performed.

• Negotiate complex and highly technical agreements and real property transactions, involving land use entitlements and zoning between the City, agency, property owners, businesses and other agencies;
• Develop and administer redevelopment area projects and commercial real estate development strategies and programs;
• Manage and administer development agreements and all lease related entitlements, construction, and financial components;
• Manage, coordinate and monitor all Redevelopment Agency and Sports & Open Space Authority financial matters such as on-going lease payments, and other legal issues to ensure all conditions and requirements of such agreements are met;
• Key member of the Economic Development team and first point of contact to initiate new business with the City of Santa Clara;
• Provide management support for the Redevelopment Agency Executive Director (City Manager) and Sports & Open Space Authority Contract Administrator (City Manager) in all matters relating to the Redevelopment Agency and Sports & Open Space Authority;
• Analyze leases, agreements, options, deeds and contracts and makes recommendations to the Director/Administrator as to the formulation of policy and legislation requirements;
• Develop and conduct economic studies, needs assessments and research analyses;
• Develop qualitative and quantitative measures to evaluate program/project financial status, customer satisfaction, contractor performance, and public relations;
• Represent the Redevelopment Agency Executive Director (City Manager) and Sports & Open Space Authority Contract Administrator (City Manager) in professional and community meetings; and
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Principals and practices of economic development and public policy;
• Programs and resources for economic development;
• Negotiation techniques and strategies;
• Eminent domain proceedings and prevailing rental and lease charges;
• City government, particularly the processes and departments involved with handling real property transactions;
• Supervisory personnel practices and procedures;
• Public/Private sector approaches and techniques to stimulate and promote economic development activity;
• Team building practices;
• Office safety practices, procedures and standards;
• Problem solving and conflict resolution practices and techniques;
• Project and workload planning;
• Financial techniques and procedures relating to real estate and business development, industrial development and land financing; and
• Federal, State and local regulations dealing with economic development and redevelopment.

• Effectively manage all redevelopment and economic development activities and functions;
• Negotiate difficult, highly technical and/or complicated transactions;
• Draw conclusions and project consequences of decisions and recommendations;
• Establish and maintain positive and effective relationships with City employees including elected and senior officials and managers, general public, contractors and other governmental representatives;
• Work as team player and be willing to deliver excellent customer service to both internal and external City clients;
• Communicate logically and clearly, both orally and in writing; follow oral and written instructions;
• Work effectively in time-sensitive situations and meet deadlines; coordinate multiple projects and complex tasks simultaneously;
• Exercise independent judgment and initiative with minimal supervision;
• Study and gain knowledge of RDA Law;
• Lead as part of a senior management team and work effectively to achieve common goals;
• Facilitate public meetings;
• Understand the big picture and develop project from concept to completion; 
• Identify policy issues and work with staff to develop options and recommend solutions;
• Seek new solutions and ways of doing business in an improved and more effective way;
• Analyze economic, financial, sociologic and legal information;
• Review and analyze important detailed and highly complex technical real property acquisition records and reports;
• Study and learn to read plans;
• Prepare and present highly technical and complex written and oral reports to City Council, Citizens and City staff;
• Review development and redevelopment proposals for compliance;
• Acts as media spokesperson on real property matters; and
• Bend, stoop, reach, carry, crawl, climb, and lift as necessary to perform assigned duties.

Skill in:

• Dealing effectively with property owners, tenants, attorneys, developers, real estate brokers and the general public; and
• Managing and coordinating staff.