Senior Development Manager - Hybrid, Regeneration & Growth

Willmott Dixon; Leeds; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension scheme

Green company car allowance

Life assurance

Private medical cover

Incentive/bonus schemes

Employee trade discounts

Job summary

Willmott Dixon Developments invites applications for a Senior Development Manager to help grow our pipeline across the North of England. Based in Leeds or nearby, you will lead development and preconstruction efforts, manage delivery of the current project portfolio and identify new opportunities with public sector partners.

You will build strong relationships with customers, consultants and funders, lead bids and feasibilities, and work with regional teams to maximise margins.

Responsibilities

• Working with the existing development and preconstruction teams to manage, maintain and deliver the existing pipeline of development projects.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, consultants, funders and other stakeholders to deliver projects to site and successful outcomes for our customers.
• Establish and create development management services solutions for customers and deliver the service through to project completion.
• Identify and understand key alternative funding solutions and options.
• Create and maintain development appraisals on schemes, reporting internally and externally as required.
• Work closely with regional preconstruction teams to establish deliverable solutions which achieve relevant margin requirements.
• Manage relevant consultant relationships on projects.
• Identify and mitigate risks/opportunities and develop contingency plans to eliminate risk and optimise returns to ensure that projects evolve to meet and better the financial and programme requirements.
• Lead and manage development opportunity related bids and feasibilities to successful outcomes.
• Represent Willmott Dixon Developments publicly and encourage/develop new relationships to grow the team and our reputation.
• Collaborate with and support other regional development managers to grow their pipeline. Including supporting on business development, bids, tenders, attending events etc.
• Relationship management and key account management for regional development customers/ partners / frameworks.
• A passion to creatively identify new opportunities, push boundaries and engage strategically to help our customers deliver their outcomes.
• Experience working in a development related function previously (ideally with an in house developer/contractor - desirable but not essential).
• Strong business development skills and experience in identifying and creatively delivering projects in partnership with the public sector.
• Proven commercial acumen, experienced in developing and reporting on commercial appraisals & financial modelling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including report writing, presenting and pitching ideas. IT proficient including MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Teams and appraisal software.
• Mixed use development experience (town centre, retail, leisure, community, office and residential).
• Knowledge of public partnering contractual arrangements (development agreements, partnership agreements, JV’s etc).
• Knowledge of funding routes (either private funding or public sector grant funding).
• A network of customer and consultant contacts.

Job description

Willmott Dixon Developments invites applications for a Senior Development Manager to help grow our pipeline across the North of England. Based in Leeds or nearby, you will lead development and preconstruction efforts, manage delivery of the current project portfolio and identify new opportunities with public sector partners.

You will build strong relationships with customers, consultants and funders, lead bids and feasibilities, and work with regional teams to maximise margins.