Development Manager – Hotels and Living Sector

Overview

As Development Manager, you will lead hospitality-focused development projects from feasibility to handover, coordinating internal teams and external consultants. You will work within a growing London-based development business to drive end-to-end delivery, navigating planning, design, procurement, and construction. Your impact lies in shaping projects that align with operators’ needs and the company’s growth objectives. This role offers broad client-side experience and exposure to complex redevelopment schemes in hospitality and living-led contexts.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from feasibility through completion across design, planning, procurement, construction and handover
• Coordinate multidisciplinary consultant and professional teams
• Support planning applications and statutory approvals
• Oversee design development to meet technical and operational requirements
• Monitor budgets, programmes, risks and change control
• Support procurement and contractor appointment processes
• Track construction progress and quality through to Practical Completion
• Collaborate with operators and stakeholders throughout design and delivery
• Support project handover, mobilisation and defect management
• Build and maintain relationships with consultants, contractors and wider stakeholders

Key requirements

• 3–6 years’ experience in development, project management or consultancy
• Experience on hotel or hospitality projects through design and construction
• Understanding of planning, design, procurement and construction processes
• Experience coordinating consultants, professional teams and contractors
• Exposure to budgets, programmes, risk and change management
• Strong commercial awareness and stakeholder management skills
• Degree in property, construction, engineering or architecture (relevant)

• stakeholder management
• communication
• collaboration
• planning and design processes
• procurement and construction understanding
• budget and programme management

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