Senior Development Manager

In this Development Manager role, you help shape and drive project viability from concept through planning, securing approvals and business cases. You join the newly expanding Development Management Team to lead opportunities, liaise with stakeholders and manage development phases before handing over to delivery. Your work fuels strategic decisions, optimizes schemes and supports cross‑functional teams across bid, planning, cost and procurement. This is a chance to influence high‑impact projects and grow with a forward‑looking firm.

• great place to work
• flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• equal opportunity employer

• Lead on new development opportunities and client commissions
• Prepare business cases and financial viability analyses
• Obtain statutory approvals and client agreements
• Conduct market analysis and stakeholder engagement
• Assemble development teams and manage consultants for appointments
• Oversee design, planning, cost and value management through to construction delivery
• Coordinate tender analysis and appoint Main Contractor
• Ensure a smooth handover to the Project Manager for delivery and maintain client liaison

• Strong post-qualification experience in the industry
• Experience in mixed-use and office development
• Experience across all development phases
• Full and clean driving licence
• Excellent verbal, written and IT skills
• Solid understanding of RIBA design stages, planning procedure, development control and building regulations
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft packages
• Excellent working knowledge of Argus Developer

• Strong communication and presentation abilities
• Client relationship management
• Team collaboration and leadership
• Argus Developer
• Microsoft Office (Microsoft packages)
• RIBA design stages knowledge