West Midlands Land Acquisition Lead

Cobalt Recruitment; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commissions & bonus

Company car / allowance

25 days leave

Private medical cover

Pension & life assurance

Job summary

Cobalt Recruitment is partnering with a UK property developer to appoint a Senior Land Manager to its West Midlands team. This role offers autonomy to identify, negotiate, and secure new development opportunities across the region, working alongside the Land Director and in-house planning, architecture, and legal teams.

You will manage acquisitions through the full lifecycle, build strong relationships with landowners and agents, and contribute to the regional land strategy, with a competitive

Qualifications

• Strong experience of land or property acquisition, including identification, appraisal, negotiation and transaction management.
• A proven ability to proactively source opportunities rather than relying solely on marketed sites.
• Good commercial understanding and experience of site appraisal.
• Strong negotiation skills and the confidence to progress transactions through to exchange.
• An established ability to develop relationships with agents, landowners and other professional contacts.
• The experience and credibility to work effectively with senior stakeholders and internal specialist teams.
• The ability to support and provide guidance to less experienced colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identifying potential development sites through professional networks, direct approaches, market intelligence and research.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with landowners, agents and other key contacts across the region.
• Assessing opportunities and undertaking site appraisals to establish commercial viability.
• Preparing and presenting acquisition proposals.
• Leading negotiations and progressing agreed transactions through to exchange.
• Working closely with planning, technical, commercial, legal and other internal teams to assess and secure opportunities.
• Supporting the Land Director in the delivery of the regional acquisition strategy.
• Sharing market knowledge and providing guidance and support to more junior members of the land team.

Skills

Land acquisition

Negotiation

Site appraisal

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Job description

Cobalt Recruitment is partnering with a UK property developer to appoint a Senior Land Manager to its West Midlands team. This role offers autonomy to identify, negotiate, and secure new development opportunities across the region, working alongside the Land Director and in-house planning, architecture, and legal teams.

You will manage acquisitions through the full lifecycle, build strong relationships with landowners and agents, and contribute to the regional land strategy, with a competitive