Project Director

Overview

In this role you lead Sugar House Island’s ongoing mixed-use development, guiding masterplanning and delivery across phases. You shape strategy, secure planning consents, and manage complex appraisals to optimise viability and returns. You work with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with Vastint’s long-term development approach. You will operate at the nexus of strategy, design, and delivery to shape a landmark regeneration project in Stratford.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of multiple mixed-use phases within the Sugar House Island masterplan
• Shape masterplanning and development strategy to align with market conditions and commercial objectives
• Negotiate planning consents, Section 106 agreements, and planning obligations with authorities and stakeholders
• Analyse target markets and advise on product mix and development strategy across uses
• Prepare and manage multi-phase development appraisals, assessing viability, costs, revenues, and sensitivities
• Lead projects through design, planning, procurement, construction and handover
• Manage development programmes, budgets, risks and commercial performance
• Lead internal and external project teams, consultants and contractors
• Act as senior client representative throughout the development lifecycle
• Report progress, commercial performance and key risks to senior leadership

Key requirements

• Proven track record delivering large-scale mixed-use regeneration schemes
• Experience in masterplanning and large-scale regeneration
• Securing and negotiating planning consents and Section 106 agreements
• Development strategy and target market analysis
• Building and managing multi-phase development appraisals
• Commercial viability and development risk
• Leading complex projects through full development lifecycle
• Managing senior stakeholders, consultants, local authorities and delivery partners

• Stakeholder management
• Leadership and team coordination
• Strategic thinking and problem solving
• Masterplanning
• Development appraisals and viability modelling
• Market analysis and product mix planning

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