Senior Development Manager

L&Q Living; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 6%

Leave 31 days

Health plan

Life assurance

Volunteer days

Job summary

L&Q Living is seeking a Senior Development Manager to lead housing-led remediation projects, focusing on cladding and delivery excellence in a fast-paced environment.

You will oversee risks, governance, and stakeholder collaboration, ensuring projects stay on time and within budget while developing plans and risk registers. Hybrid work in London with strong commercial acumen and leadership is required.

Qualifications

• Senior Development Manager with focus on housing-led cladding remediation or similar projects.
• Experience in risk foreseeing, problem solving and rapid solution finding.
• Knowledge of contract law and cladding remediation requirements.
• Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders and governance compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of housing-led remediation projects from inception to completion, on time and within budget.
• Contribute to business case development and detailed project plans with risk registers.
• Engage with internal teams and external partners including developers, consultants, Homes England.
• Take responsibility for project budgets, financial control and value delivery; manage risks and compliance.
• Lead and develop project staff, promoting health and safety, regulatory, and governance standards.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Budget control

Governance compliance

Contract law

IT proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Contract Type: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: Starting from £79,500 per annum (London)

Grade 11

Reporting Office: Stratford, London

Agile Worker: At least 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close this advert and interview earlier than stated.

L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months

Benefits include:Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Join our Development & Project Management Team at L&Q!

We are looking for a Senior Development Manager who is innovative, commercially focused, risk conscious, and an experienced problem solver, to join the team and help us to deliver our ambitious plans.

The Senior Development Manager focuses on our cladding remediation projects with developers and our In House Build team. You’ll need to be proficient in foreseeing risk, problem solving and finding suitable solutions rapidly, while considering the financial and commercial impact.

• Are you an experienced senior project manager with a strong track record in housing-led cladding or other remediation, or s106 delivery?
• Do you have substantial knowledge of contract law, cladding remediation requirements, and the ability to manage internal and external stakeholders.
• Do you have experience of delivering excellent governance compliance?

If this sounds like you, we’d love to see your expertise in action!

Your Impact in the Role:

• Project Leadership & Delivery: Manage a portfolio of housing-led remediation projects from inception to completion, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Strategic Development & Planning: Contribute to business case development, and the production of detailed project plans and risk registers.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external partners including developers, consultants and Homes England.
• Financial & Risk Management: Take responsibility for project budgets, ensuring effective financial control and best value. Identify and mitigate risks, ensuring compliance with Build Safety Regulator Gateways, funding, and legal obligations.
• Team Leadership & Compliance: Manage and support project staff, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. Ensure compliance with health and safety, regulatory, and governance standards.

What You’ll Bring:

• Project Management Expertise: Strong experience managing complex remediation or development projects in housing, with a proven ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Strategic & Commercial Acumen: Skilled in financial planning, risk management, and quality contro , with a focus on delivering high-quality, cost-effective outcomes.
• Stakeholder & Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels internally and externally.
• Technical Knowledge: knowledge of contractual law, planning, development control, and construction practices. Professional qualifications (e.g. RICS, CIOB, RTPI, RIBA) are useful but not essential subject to having equivalent experience.
• IT Proficiency: Confident using Microsoft Office and business systems, development appraisals with strong coordination and multitasking abilities.
• Customer & Community Focus: A commitment to customer satisfaction and experience working in customer-facing environments.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please [e-mail]

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple – to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

P eople are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them.

The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values , which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times , and all levels, when representing L&Q –

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Fin d out more here .

S ustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.