Senior Development Manager – Private Equity – Office, Residential, Data Centre assets - London

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Senior Development Manager – Private Equity – Office, Residential, Data Centre assets - London

Client: Falmouth Fairfax

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 764f0cc5854e

Job Views: 7

Posted: 20.02.2025

Expiry Date: 06.04.2025

Job Description:

Senior Development Manager – Private Equity – Office, Residential, Data Centre assets - London

Falmouth Fairfax are working exclusively with an entrepreneurial investment business with a large Pan European asset portfolio. They are currently looking to hire a Senior Development Manager (with a design/project management background) to join their London office. As an investor, developer, and manager you will gain full development exposure working within a driven and forward-thinking environment.

Remuneration: £90,000 + Benefits + Bonus

The Role:

The Senior Development Manager will report into the Head of Development and will lead the value-add cut and carve, CAT A / B fit out, and office refurbishment projects across their UK and European portfolio to time, budget, and quality. Average developments will be between c.30,000 – 100,000 Sqft with construction costs of between c.£3 million and £40 million. The Development Manager will have oversight from acquisition input to handover but due to the current team dynamics, they are preferably looking for someone from an Architecture and Design background (who has subsequently developed their career through project and development management) as a core focus of the role will be in the front end due diligence, design, planning, project set up, and procurement stages while acting as design guardian through the build process.

The Senior Development Manager will be expected to handle circa 4 – 5 office and data centre projects (total Capex c.£50 million) both leading the delivery and overseeing development partners on their European portfolio. In addition, there will also be involvement and oversight and higher-level monitoring of their developments in the residential BtR and Hotel investment portfolio.

The business has an exceptional culture and entrepreneurial mindset with a relatively flat structure giving direct exposure to the heads of and founders allowing for very good career progression as they expand their portfolio across the UK and Europe.

Requirements:

1. MRICS (preferably) with a degree in Architecture, Design, or Project Management
2. C. 10 years of professional experience
3. Solid experience leading the development process of office Cut and Carve, CAT A / B fit-out, and refurbishment projects with construction costs above £5 million.
4. A focus on leading the design RIBA 1 – 4 and creating value through delivery.
5. Commercially astute with good stakeholder management and reporting skills.
6. Strong communication and organisation skills to work within a fast-paced entrepreneurial private equity environment.
7. Experience of European assets/projects and secondary language skills would be an advantage.

This is a great opportunity to join an expanding division with exceptional financial backing and a person-focused culture.