Senior Development Manager

Description

• 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.
• Represent Willmott Dixon development solutions 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.
• Working with the existing development and preconstruction teams to manage, maintain and deliver the existing pipeline of development projects.
• Create and maintain development appraisals on schemes, reporting internally and externally as required.
• Identify and understand key alternative funding solutions and options.
• Establish and create development management services solutions for customers and deliver the service through to project completion.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, consultants, funders and other stakeholders to deliver projects to site and successful outcomes for our customers.
• Work closely with regional preconstruction teams to establish deliverable solutions which achieve relevant margin requirements.
• Lead and manage development opportunity related bids and feasibilities to successful outcomes.
• Manage relevant consultant relationships on projects.

Requirements

• Experience working in a development related function previously (ideally with an in house developer/contractor - desirable but not essential).
• 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).
• Mixed use development experience (town centre, retail, leisure, community, office and residential).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including report writing, presenting and pitching ideas. IT proficient including MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Teams and appraisal software.
• Commercial acumen, experienced in developing and reporting on commercial appraisals & financial modelling.
• Strong business development skills and experience in identifying and creatively delivering projects in partnership with the public sector.
• Relationship management and key account management for regional development customers/ partners / frameworks.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance