Senior Acquisitions and Development Manager
About Sorbon Estates
Sorbon Estates is a privately owned property investment and development business with a diverse and expanding portfolio across the Home Counties.
As part of the Shanly Group, we benefit from strong financial backing, in-house design capability, and a hands-on delivery team, enabling us to act decisively. Whether delivering new schemes or enhancing existing assets, our focus is consistent: to create places that perform today and endure for the future.
We are entrepreneurial, with a culture where good ideas are backed and deals are progressed quickly.
The Role
You will be a deal-driven investment and development professional, originating, assessing, and progressing commercial and mixed-use opportunities across a range of asset classes.
You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, working closely with senior leadership and presenting deals directly to our Chairman. This is a hands-on role for someone who can confidently source and progress opportunities, driving momentum through to handover to our projects team.
What You’ll Be Doing
Acquisitions and Opportunity Creation
* Proactively source on- and off-market opportunities across commercial and mixed-use sectors, targeting assets with repositioning potential, alternative use angles, and long-term value creation
* Leverage and continually develop your network of agents, landowners, and industry contacts to generate a consistent flow of deals
* Lead site appraisal and due diligence, producing robust development appraisals and viability assessments to inform investment decisions
* Take ownership of negotiations through to completion, structuring deals and preparing high-quality investment papers and acquisition proposals for board approval
* Operate with a high degree of commercial judgement, identifying risk and opportunity early and acting decisively
Development, Design and Delivery
* Lead development strategy and design direction from the outset, working closely with our in-house architects and external consultants
* Shape schemes to maximise value while maintaining a clear focus on long-term asset quality, placemaking, and deliverability
* Manage the planning and pre-construction process, maintaining control of cost plans, build assumptions, and development risk
* Take projects through to a fully consented and costed stage, ensuring clarity, rigour, and a seamless handover to the delivery team
* Maintain oversight throughout the lifecycle, ensuring alignment between acquisition assumptions and delivery outcomes
Who We’re Looking For
We are looking for a commercially driven development professional with:
* A demonstrable track record of sourcing and executing commercial and mixed-use development opportunities, with a clear focus on value creation
* An active and credible network that consistently generates deal flow in our core operating area
* Strong development appraisal, financial modelling, and viability analysis skills
* Sound working knowledge of planning policy, title matters, and development constraints
* A well-developed understanding of build costs, programme risk, and market values across both commercial and residential sectors
* Experience leading consultant teams and managing schemes through design development and planning
* The confidence and credibility to operate independently, manage multiple opportunities, and present directly to board-level stakeholders
What’s on Offer
* Competitive salary
* Discretionary annual bonus of up to 15% of salary, plus a long-term bonus scheme that rewards sustained contribution to the business
* 25 days’ annual leave, rising to 30 days with length of service
* Enhanced pension scheme through salary exchange
* Bupa private medical cover
* Free life assurance and access to an on-demand GP service
* The stability of a privately owned, financially strong business with over 40 years of history, and the agility and entrepreneurial culture that comes with it
* A beautifully located office in Beaconsfield Old Town, close to the M40 and within a 10-minute walk of the train station
* Comprehensive wellbeing package including free weekly fitness sessions, discounted gym membership, employee assistance programme, and cycle to work scheme
* Discount scheme with savings across a wide range of sectors
* A collaborative, welcoming team and a sociable culture with events throughout the year
How to Apply
If you have the experience, drive, and ambition to excel in this role, we would be pleased to hear from you. Please submit your CV today.