Development Manager Full Time

SearchCo Ltd

The Business

Our client is a well-funded, internationally operating development business with a significant and growing pipeline of premium, high-specification construction projects across multiple continents.

This is a business with serious financial backing, ambitious growth plans, and an established track record of delivering world-class facilities. The construction programme spans new-build developments and major refurbishment projects across the UK, Europe, and beyond.

Every project is built to a premium specification. High-quality facilities with the budgets and ambition to match.

The Role

Reporting directly to the Regional CEO and Global Head of Projects, the Development Manager will take ownership of construction projects from initial concept through to handover, acting as the client’s representative throughout.

This is a genuine cradle-to-grave role with full accountability for budget, programme, quality, and stakeholder management. The successful candidate will be the primary point of contact for clients, consultants, and contractors across a portfolio of premium international projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the full project lifecycle from concept and feasibility through design, procurement, construction, and handover
• Act as primary client representative, managing expectations, relationships, and communications throughout
• Appoint and manage the professional team including architects, engineers, and cost consultants
• Develop and oversee project budgets, ensuring value for money without compromising quality
• Build and maintain project programmes, holding all parties to agreed timelines
• Lead procurement and appointment of main contractors; manage contractor relationships through delivery
• Oversee quality assurance, health and safety compliance, and regulatory requirements across all jurisdictions
• Maintain risk registers and develop contingency plans to protect project outcomes
• Produce regular reporting for internal and external stakeholders including the senior leadership team

What We’re Looking For

• A proven client-side or developer-side Project Manager with a track record of delivering high-specification buildings end to end
• Strong client-facing skills. You will be managing senior stakeholders with high expectations in a premium environment
• Comfortable from early concept stage, not just post-planning delivery
• International project experience is advantageous given the nature and scale of the business
• Degree in construction, engineering, or project management, or equivalent experience
• RICS or CIOB qualification preferred
• Proficient in project management software such as MS Project, Asta, or Primavera
• 10+ years of construction project management experience at a senior level

Why This Role

• Direct access to senior leadership. You will report to the Regional CEO and Global Head of Projects from day one
• A business with genuine momentum, well-funded, with a clear and ambitious growth trajectory
• Premium, high-specification projects that set a standard most construction professionals never get to work on
• An international remit with real variety. No two projects are the same
• Significant runway for the right person as the business continues to scale its development programme