Senior Development Manager

Prestigious London Developer urgently seek a Senior Development Manager to run large mixed use schemes that will leave a lasting legacy in London.

You will take the project from acquisition stage and create a Development strategy and once agreed with the Directors be responsible for delivering the project to the agreed outcomes.

The Senior Development Manager will appoint and manage all external consultants and in addition, take responsibility for the progress and procurement through the technical, legal, financial and planning stages from securing the project to project completion.

Responsibilities include:

• With the additional help of the Land and Sales And Marketing teams you must be able to appraise development opportunities to ensure they meet the company’s ideal profit margins.
• Ensure any legal restrictions and covenants are adhered to.
• Oversee legal contracts that include land assembly, development, Joint Venture and construction agreements.
• Prepare a comprehensive design brief
• Appoint external consultants
• Liaise with local authority planners and submit planning applications and ensure the planning conditions are met
• Brief internal consultants and liaise with external consultants to ensure the process complies with budget and programme
• Monitor budgets and do financial reporting and submit to the board
• Visit sites to review development strategies
• Ensure all teams are briefed on strategies relevant to their delivery of the project

The ideal person will have a successful track record of delivering complex, challenging Residential Developments through the necessary development cycles required, and be capable of creating good development plans. Be strong commercially and supporting this with sound financial modelling and budget control.

A track record in motivating and leading the work of the various teams of people working with both internally and externally, be pro-active and able to lead and delegate when required to ensure the various aspects of the project are delivered on time.

In return you can expect to be highly numerated, be in a company that has a reputation for promoting on performance and delivery, you will be working in a highly experienced team of experts who have proven they deliver the investment for some of the best schemes in London.