Senior Development Manager £85,000 plus bonus Southampton

Senior Development Manager - Southampton

Location: Hampshire (Hybrid Working Available)

Salary: Up to £85,000 + Excellent Pension + Comprehensive Benefits Package

Benefits

• Salary up to £85,000 depending on experience.
• Excellent pension scheme.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• Opportunity to work on one of Hampshire's significant residential developments.
• Long term career progression within a growing development team.

Are you a Project Manager, Development Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, or Construction Manager with experience delivering large residential schemes who is looking to move into or further develop their client side career.

The Role

As Senior Development Manager you will be reporting into the Project Director, and you will be responsible for overseeing the successful delivery of a major residential scheme, ensuring programme, quality, cost and stakeholder objectives are achieved.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of a large scale residential project.
• Manage external consultants, contractors and professional teams.
• Oversee project programmes, budgets and risk management processes.
• Work closely with planning, design, commercial and construction teams.
• Monitor contractor performance and ensure delivery against agreed milestones.
• Manage stakeholder relationships including local authorities, consultants, residents and internal teams.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory and governance requirements.
• Support procurement strategies and contract management activities.
• Prepare reports and updates for senior leadership and project boards.
• Drive quality, sustainability and customer focused outcomes throughout the development lifecycle.

Requirements

• Proven experience delivering residential development projects.
• Background working for a housing developer, residential developer, main contractor or client side development organisation.
• Experience managing large scale new build residential schemes.
• Strong knowledge of development, construction, planning and project delivery processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and project teams simultaneously.
• Commercially aware with strong budget and programme management experience.
• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline such as Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Real Estate, Property Development or similar.

Desirable

• Professional membership such as RICS, CIOB, APM, ICE or working towards chartered status.
• Experience of mixed tenure or affordable housing developments.
• Knowledge of JCT forms of contract.
• Experience working within a client side development environment.

To discuss this exciting opportunity of Senior Development Manager in confidence, please get in touch.

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