Land Development Manager

Job description

Senior Development Manager

Manchester

£75k - £95k plus package

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a privately owned place making developer as Senior Development Manager, working on the development and delivery of residential led schemes, including housing and large multi-unit flatted schemes.

Dynamic and entrepreneurial, this company is a great fit if you’re looking to work in a supportive but ambitious environment with clear career progression.

This is a growth role within the business, reporting into the Development Director as well as having a lot of contact with the MD, and with strong potential for career progression as the development pipeline grows. You will be tasked with taking major sites from the acquisition team and ensuring their smooth progress through appraisals, planning, design & delivery. Strong post-planning skills & experience are a must for this role.

The salary for this role is £75,000 - £95,000 plus company benefits which include pension, private healthcare and bonus.

To be suitable for this role, you will be either a strong Development Manager ready to take the next step up or an experienced Senior Development Manager looking for your next challenge.

You must have previous experience across town planning, financial & development appraisals and have an ability to think outside the box to move projects forward.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing and coordinating individual projects across sites
• Ensuring projects align and achieve the company’s objective e.g. Design specification and financially
• Developing company profile
• Driving projects through planning, design and delivery.

Key requirements:

• Degree qualified and ideally property related
• Experienced Senior Development Manager or Development Manager ready to make the step up
• Experience of driving housebuilding projects through the development process
• Currently working for either a national housebuilder or development agency
• Detailed understanding of the planning application and appeals process.
• Determined, hungry and ambitious
• Ability to work autonomously and independently from the rest of the team
• Strong, clear communication style.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Manchester

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

01-08-2026

Profession type

Technical

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English