Senior Development Manager International

Uniper; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced pension contributions

26 days leave

EV charging at sites

Occupational Health Services

Share Incentive Plan

Flexible benefits

Diversity & Inclusion focus

Job summary

Uniper in the UK is seeking a senior land and property development leader to shape the strategy across the international portfolio, with a focus on data centres and power-enabled development. You will work across commercial, legal, tax, finance, and operational teams to unlock value and structure complex transactions.

You will identify market opportunities, manage external advisers, and provide strategic advice to senior stakeholders for long-term portfolio planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver strategic land and property opportunities across Uniper’s international portfolio, focusing on data centres and power-enabled development.
• Create and execute development strategies for complex land and property interests, enabling lease, disposal, acquisition or joint ventures.
• Lead complex property transactions, including lease, freehold, acquisition and development arrangements, managing risks and value opportunities.
• Collaborate with commercial, legal, tax, finance, procurement, HSE, operations and technical teams to align strategies with business objectives.
• Identify market demand, risks and opportunities, translating insights into recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Manage external advisers and suppliers, overseeing instruction, performance and governance.
• Provide due diligence and strategic property advice to support investment decisions and portfolio planning.

Job description

This is a senior opportunity to shape high-value land and property development across Uniper's international portfolio. You will lead strategic development activity across the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany, with a particular focus on unlocking data centre opportunities, structuring complex property transactions and working across commercial, legal, tax, finance, operational and technical teams to create market-facing propositions with innovative power solution that maximise long-term value.

Your responsibilities

• Develop and deliver strategic land and property opportunities across Uniper’s international portfolio, with a focus on high-value uses including data centres and power-enabled development propositions.
• Create and execute development strategies for complex land and property interests, positioning sites for lease, disposal, acquisition, joint working or other commercial structures.
• Lead complex property transactions, including lease, freehold, acquisition, disposal and development arrangements, ensuring risks, liabilities and value opportunities are clearly understood and managed.
• Work cross-functionally with commercial, legal, tax, finance, procurement, HSE, operational and technical teams to align property strategies with wider business objectives.
• Identify market demand, property risks and development opportunities, translating specialist insight into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Manage external professional advisers and suppliers, including instruction, performance management, governance and value-for-money oversight.
• Provide due diligence, management information and strategic property advice to support investment decisions, governance approvals and long‑term portfolio planning.

Your profile

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in land and property development, real estate strategy or property portfolio delivery, ideally involving complex industrial, infrastructure or energy-related sites.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to structure, negotiate and deliver complex property transactions across a broad range of land and property interests.
• Experience developing strategic opportunities from market insight through to practical delivery, including risk assessment, due diligence and stakeholder recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively across different jurisdictions, quickly understanding relevant legal, regulatory and market frameworks and adapting strategies accordingly.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex property matters to non-specialist audiences.
• Experience managing external advisers, consultants and suppliers to deliver specialist property, legal, commercial or technical input.
• Relevant professional property qualification or equivalent experience, supported by sound business management knowledge.

Desirable

• Experience of data centre, power, utilities, energy transition or large-scale infrastructure development projects.
• Knowledge of industrial property markets, power-enabled development propositions or land value optimisation linked to energy assets.
• Experience working internationally or across multiple European jurisdictions.

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.

• Competitive salary
• Personal development and Learning opportunities
• Enhanced company pension - With up to 12% company contributions
• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Electric vehicle charging at our sites
• In house Occupational Health Services
• Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
• Performance related benefits
• Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness and Life Insurance, Cycle2Work, or buy and sell extra holiday
• Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential. Energy evolutionary wanted!

Should you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact the UK Talent Acquisition Manager [e-mail]