Development Head of New Business & Delivery

Aster Group UK; United States; Híbrido; GBP 85 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Flexible working

Pension plan

Wellbeing support

Career development

Resumo da oferta

Aster Group is seeking a Development Head of New Business & Delivery to steer a portfolio of developer-led affordable housing schemes across the south and south‑east regions. You will lead a team of development and project professionals, secure opportunities, appraise schemes and drive delivery from acquisition through to handover.

We require a proven track record in residential development, strong leadership, and deep understanding of the affordable housing landscape.

Qualificações

• Significant experience delivering residential development schemes from inception through to completion.
• Proven leadership experience coaching and motivating high‑performing teams.
• Strong understanding of the affordable housing sector, including regulatory and funding context.
• Demonstrated ability identifying, managing and mitigating development risks.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop a high‑performing team of development and project managers.
• Identify, secure and progress new development opportunities with housebuilders and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships across the property and development sector.
• Oversee delivery of a large portfolio from acquisition to completion and defects resolution.
• Ensure effective data transfer and update of internal business systems.
• Provide robust programme management, forecasting and risk management across projects.
• Lead on development appraisals, acquisition proposals and key contractual agreements.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Development management

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Commercial acumen

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Development Head of New Business & Delivery

Location: Flexible - able to travel within our operating region

Hours: 37 hours per week

Shape the future of affordable housing. Lead major development programmes. Build lasting partnerships.

At Aster, we're committed to delivering high-quality homes and thriving communities. We're looking for an experienced and commercially astute Head of New Business & Delivery to lead a team responsible for securing, managing and delivering a significant programme of predominately developer-led housing schemes across the south/south east (Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset and Berkshire).

This is an exciting leadership opportunity for someone who combines strategic thinking, commercial acumen and people leadership with a passion for delivering new affordable homes.

The Opportunity

As Head of New Business & Delivery, you'll play a pivotal role in driving Aster's development ambitions. You'll lead and inspire a team of development and project professionals, ensuring the successful acquisition, appraisal, delivery and handover of new homes while maintaining a strong focus on performance, quality and value.

You’ll be a visible ambassador for Aster, developing influential relationships with housebuilders, developers, local authorities, landowners and other key stakeholders, helping to identify and secure new opportunities that support our growth strategy.

This is a role where you can genuinely influence both organisational success and the delivery of much-needed homes.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading, motivating and developing a high-performing team of development and project managers.
• Identifying, securing and progressing new development opportunities with national, regional and local housebuilders.
• Building and maintaining strong strategic relationships across the property and development sector.
• Overseeing the successful delivery of a large portfolio of developer-led schemes from acquisition through to completion and defects resolution.
• Promotion of good communication with internal teams to manage the data transfer for new homes ensuring internal business systems are updated.
• Providing robust programme management, forecasting and risk management across development projects.
• Leading on development appraisals and acquisition proposals and other key systems.
• Negotiating and securing robust contractual, S106 and nomination agreements.

About you

You’ll be an experienced development professional with a proven track record of leading teams and delivering residential development programmes at scale.

You’ll bring:

• Significant experience managing and delivering residential development schemes from inception through to completion.
• Strong leadership credentials with the ability to motivate, coach and develop high-performing teams.
• A thorough understanding of the affordable housing sector, including the regulatory, legislative and funding environment in which Registered Providers operate.
• Demonstrable experience identifying, managing and mitigating development risks.
• Strong commercial awareness and financial acumen.
• Experience using development appraisal and cashflow management systems.
• Excellent negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to build credibility quickly and establish trusted relationships at all levels.
• A proactive, self-motivated and solutions-focused approach, with the confidence to operate autonomously while leading others to succeed.

You will be suitably located to enable travel within our operating region and will hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

What’s in it for me

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs
• A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• Enhanced leave
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives

We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.

All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.