New Homes | Major mixed tenure & mixed-use schemes | Land acquisition & delivery
We're looking for an experienced land-led Development Manager to help grow and deliver a major new homes pipeline across the Southwest. If you thrive on finding, shaping and securing land opportunities then working them through due diligence, planning and into delivery, this is a role with real influence and scale.
Please note: Our Southwest office is currently based in Eastleigh and is due to relocate to Swindon later in 2026. As a result, we offer a flexible approach to office working.
More about your role
You'll report to the Development Director and take ownership of identifying and progressing land-led opportunities across the region helping deliver the land led development pipeline in line with Group objectives and the Business Plan. The portfolio spans large-scale multi-tenure and mixed-use developments, affordable programmes and Joint Venture schemes.
More about you
Essential
1. To have a strong network of contacts, ideally along the M4/M5 corridors.
2. Experienced in the private sector (national housebuilder or similar), with a strong new homes track record.
3. Proven ability to lead land bids end‑to‑end, securing competitive and deliverable opportunities.
4. Strong commercial and numerical capability, including financial appraisals, scenario testing and Anaplan for land bids.
5. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience producing and presenting board‑level papers.
Preferred
• Strong understanding of multi‑tenure new homes development, including planning, construction, funding and legal considerations.
• Experience negotiating complex land and development agreements and supporting or mentoring more junior team members.
If you're commercially sharp, well connected, and excited by complex land-led opportunities that make a lasting impact, we'd like to hear from you.
Benefits
We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.
6. Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
7. Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
8. Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with theoptionto buy or sell leave
9. Competitive Bonus
10. Company car or Car allowance
11. Training and development
12. Extraperksincluding huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.