Strategic Development Director

1 month ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Thames Water Full time
About Us

At Thames Water, we deliver life's essential service to our customers and communities. Our purpose is clear: to take care of water for everyone, everywhere.

The Role

We are seeking a Strategic Development Director to lead and drive all town and country planning strategy and initiatives in relation to Thames Water Property and estate. This includes managing, promoting, and lobbying the successful outcome of all planning applications to enable operational site development, asset enhancement, land disposal & development.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Oversee the planning team in assessing strategies for proposed operational development on Thames Water's land and preparing and submitting planning applications and LPA correspondence where required.
  • Review and draft key reports to ensure planning strategy is accurately reflected in the overall commercial strategy.
  • Maintain an awareness of emerging and adopted policies in relation to planning and the environment that might affect Thames Water.
  • Identify opportunities to promote Thames Water sites for operational uses and alternative uses – including sales – in liaison with the Land Strategy Manager.
What You'll Bring:
  • A strong ability to create compelling business cases based on sound development planning logic and influence strategic stakeholders at all levels.
  • Technical strength with complex relationship management skills.
  • Extensive experience in Town and Country planning.
  • Proven commercial acumen to deliver favorable outcomes for Section 106 agreements.
  • Project management experience and understanding of project methodologies.
  • Possess relevant professional qualifications e.g., Planning/Property qualification (MRTPI/MRICS).
  • Strong numeric and analytical skills.
  • First-class presentation skills with high-quality production capabilities for executive/director level audiences.
Salary and Benefits

This role comes with a competitive salary of £80,000 - £85,000 per annum, plus additional benefits such as annual leave, car allowance, bonus scheme, private medical health care, pension plan, and personal medical assessments.



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