Development Manager

Development Manager, Kent

Our client is a local authority embracing an opportunity to pledge enormous investment into transforming the community of their constituents. They have a major land holding and are operating a corporate landlord model with a substantial portfolio under their remit, to which they have outlined an ambitious programme of redevelopment, construction and regeneration schemes as part of a forward-thinking investment plan.

The Role

Reporting to the Development & Construction Director, this is a brand new requirement in the team. You will be leading a team of development managers to support the delivery of this new programme. In addition, you will support the Director with delivering the Council's busy portfolio of capital projects across multiple schemes and commercial assets.

As a highly experienced professional with a track record of managing development at scale in the public sector, your role is key to delivering these programmes - they are some of the largest programmes outlined by the Council in the last 50 years.

You will lead on the Development schemes from inception stages through to appraisal, design development, as well as, managing the team of Development Managers and external consultants and third parties. In this, you are expected to provide support to the Regeneration team in managing delivery partners and direct delivery.

Capex budgets under the current schemes range between £25m-£100m per year and you will need a firm grasp on capital budget management in order to provide quality financial modelling in outlining scheme viability models and so on.

Required Experience & Capabilities

• 8 years+ experience in managing the end-to-end delivery of a project
• Experience in the public-sector to understand the nuances of delivering developments and engaging the unique and variable internal and external stakeholders
• Experience with all RIBA stages but primarily a good understand of the first 5
• Team management capability
• A track record in high profile budget management

Desirable Experience & Qualification

• An industry relevant degree qualified discipline
• Additional industry relevant qualifications and certificates
• Previous schemes being noted in publications in print or online