Land Manager

Persimmon Homes; Stanley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company Car/Car Allowance

Life Cover & Pension

Healthcare

Bonus

Employee Benefits Platform

Diversity & Inclusion

Career development

Job summary

Persimmon North Scotland is seeking a Land Manager to identify and secure high-quality residential development opportunities across the North Scotland region, reporting to the Land & Planning Director.

You will manage land opportunities from appraisal through acquisition, coordinate appraisals, viability analyses, and negotiations with landowners and agents, and liaise with Planning and Construction teams to ensure delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in residential housebuilding, land promotion, planning or development.
• Experience negotiating and securing land transactions.
• Knowledge of Scottish planning policy and local development plans.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Identifying and assessing short, medium and long-term land opportunities aligned with the Region's strategic growth objectives.
• Co-ordinating land appraisals, development viability assessments and risk analysis to support investment recommendations.
• Negotiating contracts with landowners, agents and other stakeholders.
• Overseeing legal agreements through external legal advisors.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with landowners, land agents, planning consultants, local authorities, legal advisers and industry contacts to generate off-market opportunities and intelligence.
• Monitoring local development plans, emerging planning policy, housing land audits and competitor activity across the North Scotland market.
• Managing the progression of land opportunities through internal approval processes.
• Working closely with Planning, Technical, Commercial and Construction teams to ensure sites are acquired with a clear route to delivery.
• Providing accurate and timely management information, reports and forecasts to assist with strategic decision making.
• Ensuring all activities are undertaken in accordance with Persimmon's Health, Safety and Environmental policies and corporate governance requirements.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Stakeholder management

Driving licence

Job description

Job Title: Land ManagerLocation: Perth, PH1

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity?

Join Persimmon Homes as Land Manager

and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We're one of the UK's largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year. At Persimmon, we don't just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as Land Manager , you'll benefit from:

• Competitive salary


• Company Car/Car Allowance


• 5* housebuilder -


• Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction


• Life Cover & Contributory Pension


• Healthcare


• Bonus


• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more


• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Land & Planning team at Persimmon North Scotland. Reporting directly to the Land & Planning Director, the Land Manager will play a key role in securing the region's future land supply and supporting the delivery of the business plan through the acquisition and progression of high-quality residential development opportunities.

The role is responsible for identifying, evaluating, negotiating and managing land opportunities across the North Scotland region, from initial site appraisal through to site acquisition. The successful candidate will maintain a strong understanding of market conditions, planning policy and competitor activity to ensure Persimmon remains well positioned to achieve its growth objectives.

What you'll do as a Land Manager

• Identifying and assessing short, medium and long-term land opportunities aligned with the Region's strategic growth objectives.


• Co-ordinating land appraisals, development viability assessments and risk analysis to support investment recommendations.


• Negotiating contracts with landowners, agents and other stakeholders


• overseeing legal agreements through external legal advisors


• Building and maintaining strong relationships with landowners, land agents, planning consultants, local authorities, legal advisers and industry contacts to generate off-market opportunities and intelligence.


• Monitoring local development plans, emerging planning policy, housing land audits and competitor activity across the North Scotland market.


• Managing the progression of land opportunities through internal approval processes


• Working closely with Planning, Technical, Commercial and Construction teams to ensure sites are acquired with a clear route to delivery.


• Providing accurate and timely management information, reports and forecasts to assist with strategic decision making.


• Ensuring all activities are undertaken in accordance with Persimmon's Health, Safety and Environmental policies and corporate governance requirements.

What experience do I need?

Experience within the residential housebuilding, land promotion, planning or development sector.

Experience of negotiating and securing land transactions and facilitating land deals from inception through to completion.

Knowledge of Scottish planning policy, local development plans and the legal framework relating to land acquisition and development.

Excellent negotiation, communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Ability to work independently while managing multiple opportunities and priorities.

Membership of a relevant professional body such as RTPI, RICS or equivalent would be advantageous.

Full UK Driving Licence.

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