Senior Development Manager

Turner & Townsend
Manchester
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Presentation","Relationship management","Stakeholder management","Analysis"]

Lead development management projects through all development phases as the client’s lead consultant up to construction delivery. Provide developer expertise and strategic direction, helping build business cases, viability assessments, and financial models. Manage planning and third-party issues, land acquisition, statutory approvals, market analysis, and consultant procurement—including appointing a Main Contractor—and ensure a robust handover to the Project Manager while driving delivery milestones.

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Senior Development Manager

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Job Summary

Lead development management projects through all development phases as the client’s lead consultant up to construction delivery. Provide developer expertise and strategic direction, helping build business cases, viability assessments, and financial models. Manage planning and third-party issues, land acquisition, statutory approvals, market analysis, and consultant procurement—including appointing a Main Contractor—and ensure a robust handover to the Project Manager while driving delivery milestones.
Location: Manchester
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage projects through all development phases and provide developer expertise and strategic direction across the whole project.
  • •Help write business cases, manage viability, and undertake financial modelling.
  • •Act as client lead on planning and third-party issues, including land acquisition and driving scheme efficiencies.
  • •Lead bid submissions, obtain statutory approvals/agreements, undertake market analysis, and prepare fee proposals and tender analysis.
  • •Manage consultant teams and ensure a through handover to the Project Manager for the delivery phase, remaining the client’s main contact while monitoring delivery milestones.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong post-qualification experience in the industry.
  • •Experience across mixed-use development and office development.
  • •Experience across all development phases.
  • •Strong understanding of RIBA design stages, planning procedures, development control, and building regulations.
  • •Excellent working knowledge of Argus Developer and Microsoft packages.
Experience:Real estateDevelopmentOffice developmentMixed-use development
Skills:CommunicationPresentationRelationship managementStakeholder managementAnalysis
Licenses:Full and clean driving licence
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Argus DeveloperMicrosoft packages

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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