Managing Director

Tile Hill Executive Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tile Hill Executive Recruitment is seeking an exceptional Managing Director to lead a strategic land promotion and development business owned by a local authority, with a commercial mandate to unlock value and create long-term returns.

Reporting to the Chair and Board, you will provide strategic leadership, oversee a portfolio of land projects, and build relationships across public and private sectors to drive growth.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in strategic land, land promotion, residential development or related sectors.
• Executive leadership experience at Managing Director, CEO or equivalent level.
• A track record of commercial growth, business development and value creation.
• The ability to build effective relationships across complex stakeholder environments.
• The resilience, judgement and leadership capability to guide an organisation through a period of change and opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and commercial leadership for the organisation.
• Oversee a portfolio of land promotion and development projects.
• Work with stakeholders across the public and private sectors to create long-term value and growth.
• Lead the organisation through a period of change and opportunity.

Skills

Strategic land experience

Executive leadership

Business development

Stakeholder relationship management

Change leadership

Job description

This Land is a wholly owned local authority trading company with a commercial mandate to unlock value from land, promote residential development opportunities and create long-term returns from strategic land assets.

Following a strategic review, the business is entering a significant new phase with a renewed focus on land promotion, a refreshed operating model and ambitions to build a sustainable long-term pipeline of opportunities both within and beyond its existing portfolio.

We are seeking an exceptional Managing Director to lead this next chapter.

Reporting to the Chair and Board, you will provide strategic and commercial leadership for the organisation, oversee a portfolio of land promotion and development projects, and work with stakeholders across the public and private sectors to create long-term value and growth.

This role combines the entrepreneurial challenge of building and growing a business with the opportunity to operate in one of the UK's most important growth regions, centred on Cambridge and the wider East West Rail corridor.

We are interested in speaking with individuals who can demonstrate:

• Significant experience in strategic land, land promotion, residential development or related sectors.
• Executive leadership experience at Managing Director, CEO or equivalent level.
• A track record of commercial growth, business development and value creation.
• The ability to build effective relationships across complex stakeholder environments.
• The resilience, judgement and leadership capability to guide an organisation through a period of change and opportunity.

This is a rare opportunity for an ambitious leader to shape the future of a unique organisation operating at the intersection of the public and private sectors. With an established land portfolio, a new strategic direction and an evolving shareholder landscape, the successful candidate will play a central role in the future of the business.

At Tile Hill, we are committed to inclusion and accessibility. We champion and support all individuals to ensure everyone feels valued, listened to and motivated to get the very best out of each recruitment process and that processes are designed to meet the needs of individuals. If you have any specific requests and would like a confidential discussion with the Tile Hill team, then please [e-mail].

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