Development Director | Strategic Land & Regeneration

• Acquiring Strategic Land Sites to achieve St. Modwen's placemaking vision
• Drive business growth through acquisition and development

About Our Client

St. Modwen has an extraordinary history, with a reputation for looking at things differently and creating opportunities where none existed. It creates places that matter, drawing on its regeneration and development expertise to create new communities, build quality homes for families and create new jobs through the delivery of industrial and logistics space. In the exciting years ahead, St. Modwen will be delivering over 15m sq. ft. of warehouse space and increase residential output by 25% per annum - alongside its major regeneration projects that create employment, education, leisure, retail and residential opportunities. It will be the market leading provider of industrial and logistics, residential and regeneration schemes in the UK.

St. Modwen is proud of its heritage. Its people, skills and experience are the bedrock of the business and have helped it achieve so much - and it aspires to achieve even more.

The appointment of a new Development Director within the Strategic Land & Regeneration business unit is an important role in its new national structure. You will play an important part in shaping its future, working together to make a great business even better. St. Modwen is creating a culture that is inspiring and inclusive, one where difference is valued, enabling everyone to perform at their best and realise their potential, building and sustaining a business, brand and reputation of which they can all be proud.

Job Description

You will have the exciting opportunity of identifying and securing high value and complex development opportunities across the South West. Seeking out opportunities for the acquisition of strategic sites - you will help the business achieve its placemaking ambition by setting the strategy that delivers on its purpose; embedding yourself from project bids and land assembly through to delivery and asset disposal or transfer.

Typically, your role will involve:

Implementation of the agreed strategic land strategy for the acquisition / development / disposal or transfer of schemes to the Investment Portfolio.

• Focused on identifying and securing new development opportunities working in collaboration with the asset management, planning, technical and project management teams

Leading the development of complex and high value developments - defining and agreeing the development strategy and business plan. This could include:

• Accountability for appraisals, valuations, budgets and cash flow
• Generation of the site strategy, embedding their purpose and placemaking focus, ensuring what they create reflects what customers require
• Steering project managers to ensure the development meets the brief agreed
• Working alongside Planning to liaise with external bodies to achieve planning permission
• Instigating, reviewing and challenging design proposals
• Effectively managing external stakeholder relations through all phases of the development
• Co-ordination of marketing, leasing and sale of scheme

Managing the preparation of bids and working with the Investment Committee

• Ensuring bids are managed effectively.
• Working across the business unit to ensure the appraisal, evaluation and site proposition is fully understood and presented with clear success measures in place

Developing relationships with key stakeholders, building on existing networks and identifying new networking opportunities

• Developing the profile of St. Modwen with regional stakeholders so that we are considered as a developer of choice within the region

The Successful Applicant

This is a tremendous opportunity to help build a strategic land portfolio across the South West. We know you will be passionate about your industry and how you can use this role to impact communities. Industry recognised, we anticipate your skills and experiences will be many and varied including:

• Significant experience operating across the property spectrum - Commercial, Residential and Major Projects.
• Extensive experience of complex developments with associated skills and knowledge
• A proven track record in the delivery of large-scale development opportunities
• Successful at negotiating and managing all aspects of the acquisition, development, leasing and disposal process
• Exceptional technical, management and financial skills
• A track record of successfully leading multi-disciplined teams
• Strong professional network, ability to build trust and relationships
• Member of the RICS preferred along with relevant professional qualifications

What's on Offer

c. £100,000 Salary + Bonus + Car + Benefits

All third-party CVs and direct applications will be forwarded to Michael Page for consideration.

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Michael Page.

  Ref Code: MPRR14047450Z