Development Director

Job Title: Development Director - Lloyds Living

Location(s): London (One Vine Street)

Hours: Full Time

Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

Why Join Lloyds Living?

Lloyds Living is building one of the UK's most ambitious residential platforms, providing high-quality homes for rent and shared ownership and improving access to sustainable, affordable living in the communities that need it most.

With a clear long-term vision, we aim to become one of the UK's largest and most trusted residential landlords by 2030. In partnership with leading housebuilders and developers, we are creating a growing portfolio of homes that combines quality, sustainability and an exceptional customer experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Lloyds Living at a pivotal stage of its growth. We are looking for an ambitious, commercially astute leader with a passion for delivering lasting impact. You will help shape the future of the business, influence strategic decisions and play a central role in delivering our 2030 ambitions.

The Opportunity

As Development Director, you will lead a pivotal function at the heart of Lloyds Living's growth strategy, setting the direction for a substantial and expanding development portfolio. Reporting into the Investment function, you will be accountable for the successful delivery of homes from transaction exchange through construction, handover and mobilisation. You will ensure homes are delivered safely and to the high standards of compliance and service expected by our Stakeholders and Customers.

Leading a high-performing Development team, you will oversee contractual compliance, build quality, programme performance, risk management and handover readiness across the active portfolio. You will also shape and evolve our development strategy, governance framework and delivery partnerships as the business grows. Working closely with colleagues across Investment, Operations, Asset Management, Customer Experience and Finance, you will bring teams together to resolve issues, improve delivery and ensure the seamless transition of homes into management.

This high-impact leadership role offers significant influence across the business and the opportunity to shape the quality, performance and long-term success of a portfolio central to Lloyds Living's ambitions through to 2030 and beyond.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Development team, driving performance, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Oversee portfolio delivery, ensuring contractual compliance, build quality, programme performance and effective risk management.
• Establish robust governance, reporting and assurance, including chairing the Development Forum.
• Lead strategic relationships with housebuilders, developers, project managers, consultants and other key delivery partners.
• Drive effective collaboration across Investment, Development, Mobilisation and Operations.
• Standardise specifications, processes and controls to improve quality, efficiency and customer outcomes.
• Act as the senior escalation point for material delivery, commercial and governance matters.
• Establish and maintain a best-in-class development management platform, providing a single source of truth across the portfolio through standardised processes, consistent data management and automated reporting, enabling informed decision-making, effective governance and operational excellence.

Project Responsibilities

• Oversee all schemes from transaction exchange through mobilisation, handover and the end of the defects period.
• Approve development plans, budgets, consultant appointments and key project decisions within delegated authority.
• Monitor programme, cost, quality, risk and contractual performance across the portfolio.
• Hold developers, consultants and contractors accountable against agreed KPIs, SLAs and contractual obligations.
• Lead the implementation and evolution of Lloyds Living's standard homes specification.
• Oversee practical completion, handover and defect management, ensuring homes meet the required standards.
• Maintain clear oversight of portfolio risks and ensure appropriate controls and mitigations are in place.
• Ensure the Development function has the capability and capacity to deliver business plan objectives.

Our Benefits

We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, including:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes, including free shares
• Flexible benefits you can tailor to your lifestyle, including discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, plus bank holidays
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

About working for us

We are committed to building an inclusive organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want every colleague to be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals for diversity in senior roles, introduce a menopause health package and establish a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. As an inclusive employer, we offer workplace adjustments for colleagues with a disability, including long-term health and neurodivergent conditions, where reasonable. If you need an adjustment during the recruitment process, please let us know.

If you are excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of Lloyds Living, we would love to hear from you.