Senior Development Manager

POSITION: Senior Development Manager

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.

Senior Development Manager - Southampton

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Development Manager to join a well-established organisation delivering a major residential development in Hampshire.

Working client-side, you will play a key role in the delivery of a flagship new-build residential scheme comprising approximately 400 homes. This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual with a background in residential development, project management, or construction delivery to take ownership of a significant project from planning through to completion.

The ideal candidate will come from either a housing developer, residential developer, or main contractor environment and possess a strong understanding of large-scale residential developments.

The Role:

As Senior Development Manager you will be reporting into the Project Director, 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 will include:

• Leading the development and delivery of a large-scale residential project.
• Managing external consultants, contractors, and professional teams.
• Overseeing project programmes, budgets, and risk management processes.
• Working closely with planning, design, commercial, and construction teams.
• Monitoring contractor performance and ensuring delivery against agreed milestones.
• Managing stakeholder relationships including local authorities, consultants, residents, and internal teams.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory, and governance requirements.
• Supporting procurement strategies and contract management activities.
• Preparing reports and updates for senior leadership and project boards.
• Driving quality, sustainability, and customer-focused outcomes throughout the development lifecycle.

Requirements to apply for the role of Senior Development Manager:

• 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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