Regional Head of Land and Development

at  Willmott Dixon Group

REGIONAL HEAD OF LAND AND DEVELOPMENT

Willmott Dixon are looking to expand our development solutions team and are seeking a Regional Head of Land and Development to focus on our East of England region. With over four years of successfully partnering with public sector customers across a variety of sectors our main aim now is to further develop our order book of development led opportunities to support Willmott Dixon’s growth and you will play a pivotal role in driving the growth and success of the development solutions team in the region.
You will report to the National Head of Development and support our national development solutions team with a focus on engaging with our new business and delivery teams in our North London/ East of England region (North London, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire Yorkshire and north east). Your leadership will be instrumental in ensuring continuing success and expansion.
Ideally you will be based in the region and our regional office is located in Hitchin, Herts but as the role could involve working on national projects you should be prepared to travel. Work life balance is important to us and as our team are national, hybrid working is key to allow you to split your time between home, our offices (Hitchin, Chelmsford and London) and visiting sites/customers.
Willmott Dixon is driven by quality and customer service and to this day we remain family owned and take pride in our core values. We are passionate about people and have a real focus and drive around continuous development.

ABOUT US

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive. Willmott Dixon was awarded No 1 in the Best “big” Companies (2022) to work for and already holds the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2024 and is the first major contractor and developer to win a King’s Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.

Growth

• With a solutions focus, grow the East of England development solutions pipeline, working in conjunction with the national lead and regional teams to establish key targets and pipeline opportunities in alignment with the company’s goals and objectives.
• Lead and manage development opportunity related bids and feasibilities to successful outcomes.
• Represent Willmott Dixon development solutions publicly and encourage/develop new relationships to grow the team and our reputation.
• Collaborate with and support other regional development managers to grow their pipeline. Including supporting on business development, bids, tenders, attending events etc.
• Relationship management and key account management for regional development customers/ partners / frameworks.

Maintain / Deliver

• Working with the existing development and preconstruction teams manage, maintain and deliver the existing pipeline of development projects.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, consultants, funders and other stakeholders to deliver projects to site and successful outcomes for our customers.
• Establish and create development management services solutions for customers and deliver the service through to project completion.
• Identify and understand key alternative funding solutions and options.
• Create and maintain development appraisals on schemes, reporting internally and externally as required.
• Work closely with regional preconstruction teams to establish deliverable solutions which achieve relevant margin requirements.
• Manage relevant consultant relationships on projects.
• Identify and mitigate risks/opportunities and develop contingency plans to eliminate risk and optimise returns to ensure that projects evolve to meet and better the financial and programme requirements.