Job Title: Development Manager – Lloyds Living
Location: North – Manchester or Leeds (Hybrid: 40% in office)
Reports to: Development Director
Hours: Full time
Salary Range: £72,702 – £80,780 (open until 11 June 2026)
Lloyds Living operates a growing portfolio of homes for rent and shared ownership, improving access to good value, quality, and sustainable housing across the UK. As part of a dynamic team, you will help shape the future of affordable housing while working closely with leading property developers and house builders.
Role Summary
As a Development Manager, you’ll oversee the delivery of a portfolio of homes from transaction exchange to unit handover, and subsequently support our Operations and Aftercare teams through mobilisation and the defect period. You will act as Lloyds Living’s representative, managing developer performance, contract administration, and quality assurance while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
Key Responsibilities
* Review Technical Due Diligence outputs and provide recommendations to the Investment team during the transaction underwriting phase.
* Following exchange of contracts, oversee contract administration and developer compliance, ensuring relevant stakeholders are consulted on changes with financial or operational impact.
* Carry out targeted site assurance, including site visits, dip tests, technical audits, and oversight of quality, compliance, and Golden Thread information.
* Manage Project Monitor and Clerk of Works relationships and performance against KPIs in line with appointments (SLAs) and contract terms, maintaining effective supplier relationships and providing regular feedback on performance.
* Update key internal stakeholders, including Investment and Operations, ahead of practical completion, ensuring conditions are met and checklists are satisfied.
* Assist with End of Defects certification, providing a recommendation for sign‑off to the Development Director.
* Maintain oversight of programme, drawdowns and cost-to-complete, consolidating monthly programme and risk reporting into a Lloyds Living dashboard.
* Escalate contractual, SLA, quality, or health & safety issues as required and support internal governance and reporting.
* Recommend approval of operational decisions in accordance with the agreed contract sum.
* Summarise and recommend proposed contractual variations or changes for Legal and Investment approval.
Project Responsibilities
* Manage Project Manager performance and oversee contract administration and compliance.
* Recommend LAD positions and sign off during transaction origination on behalf of Development to the Development Director, ensuring compliance with the Development Agreement and Specification during the delivery phase.
* Coordinate finance inputs, reporting and wider stakeholder engagement through the development stage.
* Ensure practical completion conditions are met and assist with End of Defects certification.
Benefits
* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
* An annual performance‑related bonus
* Share schemes, including free shares
* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
* 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
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