Senior Development Manager

Overview

In this Senior Development Manager role, you will drive development strategies to optimise land use and value for a leading residential developer. You will coordinate the development process, liaising with stakeholders and ensuring consistent portfolio processes. You’ll assess opportunities, prepare business cases, and present value-creation opportunities to senior stakeholders. You work with cross-functional teams to manage risk, deadlines, and commercial outcomes, helping shape high-impact developments.

Responsibilities

• Analyse development opportunities to determine appropriate value chain involvement
• Proactively implement and deliver development strategies to maximise land use and value
• Coordinate property activities in the development process and engage internal/external stakeholders
• Report to Head of Development on value creation opportunities and build business cases for stakeholders
• Manage projects with a commercial lens, identify threats and opportunities, and plan workload with risk management and stakeholder communications
• Carry out due diligence and development appraisals to prepare business cases as required

Key requirements

• Member of the RICS
• Proven experience in development-centric roles
• Residential land disposal experience
• Awareness of the planning process and success on projects with planning permission
• Strong verbal and written communication to support interactions with the Board and external parties
• Strong analytical skills with ability to report using business/financial metrics
• Ability to deliver to deadlines with strong planning and prioritisation
• Ability to undertake development appraisals for multi-phase and multi-use projects
• Proven experience within a commercial developer

• Strong communication
• Analytical mindset
• Planning and prioritisation
• RICS membership
• Development appraisals
• Due diligence and business case development

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