Development Manager - Growth - 7528

Development Manager - Growth

Title: Development Manager - Growth
Contract Type: FTC till September 2026 – Full Time – 37.50 hours per week.

Location: Reporting office Stratford, London - (Must be flexible to travel to developments)
Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)
Salary: £59,042 - £65,225 (London) based on experience plus enhanced car allowance.

Grade: 10
Closing date for completed applications: 20th February 2026 - 23:00
Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed

Please click here for the role profile – Development Manager - Growth.pdf

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join our Regeneration Team at L&Q:

We are looking a Development Manager to join our Regeneration team. This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced development sector professional seeking to advance their career.

The posts report into the Head of Development and Regeneration. Your role will be to project manage L&Q’s interests in joint venture and regeneration housing development schemes from acquisition and practical completion. You may also lead on legacy regeneration schemes, where defect rectification works are being undertaken. As such, will have a thorough understanding of housing development, project management and awareness of statutory legal and regulatory requirements.

Skills and experience:

We are also looking for someone with excellent communication, networking and stakeholder management skills. The role requires you to work effectively with internal stakeholder teams such as Sales, PRS, Finance, and Housing Management – and external consultants, contractors and development partners. As Development Manager in the Regeneration team, you will also be expected to be able to communicate respectfully with residents and work to engage communities alongside our Communities team and the L&Q Foundation.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Yourimpact in the role:

• The ability to successfully lead a project team of a wide and sometimes competing range of internal and external stakeholders who won’t report directly to you. Your active relationship management and leadership skills are essential as well as ability to communicate in writing and face-to-face.
• Accuracy of financial reporting and business plan management. The ability to respond to unplanned demands or situation is essential.
• Attention to detail when it comes to identifying and managing opportunity and risk. You are driven to try and ensure your projects outperform their agreed targets even in challenging environments.
• Negotiating the best possible outcomes for L&Q, even where there may be gaps in contract documentation or requests internally for changes post contract award.
• Knowledge of build contract law, particularly development agreements, build contracts and joint venture agreements.

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome - Find out more here.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!

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