Development Director, Affordable Homes

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release. We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable - please direct all queries to the relevant Resourcing Partner.

Title: Development Director

Location: National (Hybrid)

Galliford Try Investments (GTI) is expanding its Development Management team as part of its ambition to deliver 1,200 new affordable homes by 2030. We are seeking an experienced Development Director to lead on sourcing, securing, and delivering high quality affordable housing schemes across the UK.

This is a strategic role where you will be responsible for identifying opportunities, forming key partnerships, and overseeing projects from inception through to completion. You will work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to maximise opportunities and ensure successful delivery.

What you will be doing:

• Identify, source and secure new development opportunities, leading initial feasibility analysis and shaping compelling investment propositions for Registered Providers and For Profit clients.
• Lead and direct the end to end bid process, setting clear strategic direction and ensuring alignment across internal teams, external partners and professional advisors to deliver high quality, competitive submissions.
• Take full accountability for the development, quality and submission of final bid proposals, ensuring a clear, compelling and commercially robust offer.
• Build and maintain senior level relationships across the sector, negotiating and structuring commercially advantageous agreements with partners, landowners, agents and public sector bodies.
• Oversee the preparation and integrity of development appraisals, ensuring full cost capture, robustness of assumptions and alignment with investment criteria.
• Lead the development and execution of planning strategies, ensuring a clear and coordinated approach to securing successful planning outcomes.
• Lead commercial negotiations from Preferred Bidder stage through to Financial Close, ensuring robust contractual outcomes aligned with business objectives.

About you:

• Proven experience delivering affordable housing developments end to end
• Strong background in land sourcing, acquisitions and partnerships
• Commercially astute with strong deal structuring and negotiation skills
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and presentation skills
• Able to manage multiple priorities and work to deadlines
• Proactive, organised and confident working independently or leading teams
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Competitive family leave policy
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees, and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long term value.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contact Skye Bree -

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.