Senior Development Manager International

Birmingham, GB, B37 7YE

Country/Region: GB

Working hours:

Full time

Compensation:
Competitive

This is a senior opportunity to shape high-value land and property development across Uniper's international portfolio. You will lead strategic development activity across the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany, with a particular focus on unlocking data centre opportunities, structuring complex property transactions and working across commercial, legal, tax, finance, operational and technical teams to create market-facing propositions with innovative power solution that maximise long-term value.

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes.

Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

• Develop and deliver strategic land and property opportunities across Uniper's international portfolio, with a focus on high-value uses including data centres and power-enabled development propositions.
• Create and execute development strategies for complex land and property interests, positioning sites for lease, disposal, acquisition, joint working or other commercial structures.
• Lead complex property transactions, including lease, freehold, acquisition, disposal and development arrangements, ensuring risks, liabilities and value opportunities are clearly understood and managed.
• Work cross-functionally with commercial, legal, tax, finance, procurement, HSE, operational and technical teams to align property strategies with wider business objectives.
• Identify market demand, property risks and development opportunities, translating specialist insight into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Manage external professional advisers and suppliers, including instruction, performance management, governance and value-for-money oversight.
• Provide due diligence, management information and strategic property advice to support investment decisions, governance approvals and long-term portfolio planning.

• Demonstrable experience in land and property development, real estate strategy or property portfolio delivery, ideally involving complex industrial, infrastructure or energy-related sites.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to structure, negotiate and deliver complex property transactions across a broad range of land and property interests.
• Experience developing strategic opportunities from market insight through to practical delivery, including risk assessment, due diligence and stakeholder recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively across different jurisdictions, quickly understanding relevant legal, regulatory and market frameworks and adapting strategies accordingly.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex property matters to non-specialist audiences.
• Experience managing external advisers, consultants and suppliers to deliver specialist property, legal, commercial or technical input.
• Relevant professional property qualification or equivalent experience, supported by sound business management knowledge.

• Experience of data centre, power, utilities, energy transition or large-scale infrastructure development projects.
• Knowledge of industrial property…