Principal Place & Regeneration Manager

Overview

In this role you lead and co-ordinate high-profile place and regeneration programmes to deliver Leeds’ ambitious growth agenda. You will work across culture, heritage, economic, housing, and spatial initiatives, managing multi-sector partnerships to unlock development opportunities. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, supporting major anchor projects and inward investment. You’ll operate in a complex, political environment to shape regeneration that benefits communities and the city’s international standing.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary up to £56,293
• annual leave 26–33 days + public holidays
• West Yorkshire Pension Fund membership
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• career pathway and professional development
• wellbeing and staff benefits

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver complex place and regeneration priorities
• Secure delivery through funding bids, viability assessments, grants/loans, regeneration frameworks, land assembly, and inward investment
• Drive programme activity across three thematic roles (Culture & Heritage, Economic & Spatial, Housing & Spatial) for major projects
• Develop workloads within budgets, ensure procurement compliance, and monitor progress to timescales
• Maintain stakeholder engagement with staff, councillors, partners, and communities to support accountable governance
• Broker partnerships, convene cross-sector collaboration, and align professional disciplines to achieve regeneration outcomes
• Position Leeds for funding opportunities and lead on land development, JV structures, and inward investment campaigns
• Produce regeneration visions, masterplans, and development briefs; support planning policy development and evidence gathering

Key requirements

• Significant experience delivering place/regeneration projects and leading multi-disciplinary teams
• Strong track record in complex commercial negotiations and stakeholder management
• Experience in land assembly, joint ventures, developer procurement, viability assessments, and funding/financing
• Knowledge of policy, legislation, and public sector funding processes relevant to regeneration
• Ability to manage large budgets, procurement processes, and performance, with strong reporting skills
• Excellent communication and executive-facing briefing capabilities
• Experience collaborating with public and private sector partners (Homes England, WYCA, investors)
• Degree-level qualification; professional accreditation desirable
• Ability to manage multiple projects with conflicting deadlines and deliver tangible outcomes

• stakeholder management
• leadership and team motivation
• influencing and negotiation
• viability assessments
• funding bids and business cases (Treasury Green Book)
• land assembly and disposals

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