Senior Development Manager

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well.


• Client focus - Deliver on our promise.


• Integrity - Always do the right thing.


• Create opportunity - For our people to excel.


You'll be responsible for:

• Contributes to the implementation of business development and management strategy.


• Delivers agreed outcomes and deliverables within time, cost, and quality requirements, promoting the enhancement of value.


• Responsible for the delivery of project objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs), providing leadership support to the project and the project team, and in the delivery of internal fee expectations together with appropriate risk mitigation and change management.


• Assesses new opportunities by discerning value and having insight into the relevant markets, supporting growth across the development sector.


• Prepares financial and development appraisals and cashflow modelling.


• Assists with sourcing competitive funding for schemes.


• Assists the due diligence of new purchases.


• Delivers development budgets, cost plans and financial models.


• Manages development and project management processes to both time and budget.


• Collaborates with internal and external Project Management teams through design, planning, procurement and cost management, construction, operations and disposal.


• Manages pre-let and leasing activity, disposal strategies, managing and liaising with teams across the business.


• Develops and maintains effective client relationship/account management.


• Promotes the highest standards of safety, health, and welfare across the team.


• Responsible for managing a team (or multiple teams) to deliver team and project objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs).


• Provides performance management, technical development, and coaching.


• Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.
  
  Knowledge of development lifecycle, from site acquisition to opening and disposal.


• Ability to demonstrate development experience including practical knowledge of appraisals and valuations.


• Strong commercial acumen and ability to discern and develop value.


• Ability to work with other team members and external lawyers on transaction documentation.


• Demonstratable previous experience of innovation, knowledge capture and establishing best practice in service delivery


• Demonstratable ability to standardise solutions to drive efficiency, whilst still innovating.


• Experience in client-side roles with developers, advisory businesses, or landowners.


• Experience across more than one sector.


• Develops and maintains excellent professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.


• Strong communication skills.


• Experience working in a consultancy environment.


• Growth mindset that promotes curiosity, high quality contribution and team collaboration.


• Effective appraisal/analytical skills to support reporting.


• Sector experience.


• Experience in working on diverse project types.


• Management experience and capability to take initiative within team environments.


• Tertiary qualifications (or equivalent)


• Professional qualification and membership relevant to the role (e.g. RICS/APM) (or equivalent).


You'll also have:

• Technical understanding of project management practices, construction methodologies, programme production, sequencing, and logic.


• Practical understanding of facility and banking documents and mezzanine finance products.


• Familiarity with operational management and service delivery.


• Advocate for health standards, safety, and wellbeing.


• Focus on London markets in residential and mixed-use sectors.


• Regeneration and local authority partnership experience.


• Strong presentation skills.


• Encourages sharing of best practice and lesson learnt between teams.


• Encourages awareness of skills and strengths of colleagues from different technical, social, and cultural backgrounds.


• Post-graduate degree in property investment, development/management (or equivalent).


• Appropriate Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card., We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
  
  At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.


Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.