Hill Group UK
Strategic Land & Project Manager
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Strategic Land & Project Manager
Strategic Land and Project Manager
Location: Crawley
About the Role
The role is responsible for managing and delivering a portfolio of strategic land projects, overseeing land acquisitions, planning promotion, and early-stage development to meet the Group Strategic Land Business Plan objectives.
The postholder supports the Regional Head of Strategic Land by:
- Sourcing and assessing new opportunities
- Managing planning and appraisal processes
- Coordinating consultant teams
- Ensuring high standards of quality, health and safety, financial control, and reporting
- Leading negotiations, managing budgets and programmes
- Identifying and mitigating risks
- Ensuring smooth handover of schemes to development teams
- Building strong internal and external relationships, and representing the business professionally at all stakeholder engagements.
General Responsibilities
- Managing a portfolio of strategic land projects, covering acquisition and planning promotion in line with the Strategic Land Business Plan
- Identifying and progressing new strategic land opportunities, assessing planning, technical, legal, and commercial risks
- Leading or supporting land acquisition negotiations to secure commercially robust agreements
- Managing planning activities, including:
- Consultant coordination
- Applications
- Appeals
- Plan promotion
- Preparing and maintaining:
- Financial appraisals
- Cash flows
- Budgets
- Sensitivity analyses
- Key date programmes
- Managing consultant teams by:
- Setting clear briefs
- Monitoring performance
- Controlling fees
- Ensuring all reports, appraisals, and technical information are clear, accurate, and high-quality
- Ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements and promoting a positive safety culture
- Building strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders, while representing the company professionally
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Technical Duties
- Carrying out technical, legal, and planning due diligence for potential land acquisitions
- Preparing and validating:
- Land appraisals
- Cash flows
- Sensitivity analyses
- Reviewing consultant reports to ensure accuracy and suitability for decision-making
- Creating and managing detailed project programmes from acquisition through handover
- Leading planning promotion activities, including:
- Applications
- Representations
- Appeals
- Appointing and managing consultant teams to ensure coordinated and timely delivery
- Monitoring and controlling planning and legal fee budgets, managing spend against approvals
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date strategic land and planning records
- Ensuring land and planning documentation aligns with Hill Residential standards and objectives
- Supporting effective technical handover of schemes to the Development Team
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Hill Values & Expectations
Every employee is expected to:
- Work as one team, valuing collaboration and mutual support
- Uphold Hill’s reputation by role-modelling consistent behaviours with all stakeholders
- Stay agile—adapting, problem-solving, and maintaining momentum in a changing environment
- Take pride in work, aiming to leave a lasting, positive impact
- Understand and follow all company policies, completing required training
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