Asset Experience Lead

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Colton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in Leeds seeks an Asset Experience Lead to supervise Asset Experience Managers, coordinate community operations, and act as the primary escalation point for complex issues, ensuring timely, high‑quality service for occupiers.

The role partners with the Royal London asset manager, manages client relationships, supports financial, lease, and safety management, and drives ESG and sustainability initiatives while promoting a high‑performance culture on site.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management to designated Asset Experience Managers within the community, including performance reviews, development planning, and career progression support
• Coordinate community operations including diary management, absence cover arrangements, and buddy system implementation
• Serve as primary escalation point for complex operational, client, and team issues within the community
• Facilitate regular community meetings to share knowledge, address challenges, and promote best practice adoption
• Collaborate with senior leadership to drive consistency, share learning, and elevate systemic issues to the Property Delivery Lead
• Foster a high-performance culture through effective communication, recognition, and team development initiatives
• Monitor community performance metrics and implement improvement actions where required
• Collaborate with the Royal London asset manager to set the strategy, calling on subject matter experts as required
• Act as main point of contact for Royal London asset manager(s) and lead relationships with professionalism and accountability
• Identify how JLL can support the client needs and requirements and discuss with JLL client relationship team on how JLL service can be revised and improved
• Maintain clear grasp of client's asset/portfolio strategy, drivers/values and articulate these to the wider team
• Support emergency planning, business continuity, testing, and monitoring with emergency management support as required
• The role is envisaged as predominantly site based with a focus on occupier visibility
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all customer enquiries, concerns, and service requests, ensuring timely response and resolution while maintaining positive relationships
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve the customer experience through building amenities, services, and programming
• Act on customer feedback to create a productive and engaging environment that adds value to their occupancy
• Work with RLAM CX Strategy Director to utilise training opportunities and advise AM of CX implementation opportunities
• Feedback all customer intelligence to the asset management team
• Work with JLL Accounts teams on financial accountability, cashflow management, and customer/supplier credit control
• Provide strategic advice to asset managers on customer debt recovery, with support from Accounts Receivable
• Prepare and manage service charge budgets and reconciliations according to RICS Professional Standard for Commercial Service Charges and client KPIs
• Support supplier payments via Proactis and manage supplier payments processes, including purchase orders and invoice approvals
• Oversee management of financial trackers, ensuring accuracy including utility recharges, turnover and commercialisation
• Respond to customer and consultant queries and challenges in a timely manner
• Liaise with Data Management team on complex and protracted lease queries
• Provide application recommendations to the asset manager
• Receive, analyse customer applications under the lease, including alienation and alterations
• Ensure customer compliance with lease covenants, including complicated or contentious perceived breaches
• Resolve customer matters affecting valuation
• Liaise with appropriate additional advisers as required (legal, building surveying etc.)
• Working with RLAM JLL Central Shared Services Team to ensure strong internal stakeholder relationship for efficiency of work whilst owning output to asset managers
• Manage risk actions and undertake statutory compliance management
• Conduct / Arrange H&S checks (monthly and voids), including Site Safety Checks/Inspections and Void Management Inspections
• Utilising third parties where appropriative (void security)
• Handle Accidents & Incidents reporting and follow-up
• Manage E-Permits (permits-to-work) system and support ISO14001 compliance requirements
• Coordinate LRQA audits and compliance activities
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and implement compliance measures
• Support and implement ESG initiatives in alignment with client's ESG strategy and JLL's responsibilities
• Be aware of industry and legal obligations in relation to ESG
• Assist with sustainability reporting and compliance requirements
• Support Asset Sustainability Plans, ESG Database and Risk Assessments

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

Asset Experience Lead About the Role

Location: Leeds, Colton Retail Park

Community Leadership & Team Management

• Provide line management to designated Asset Experience Managers within the community, including performance reviews, development planning, and career progression support
• Coordinate community operations including diary management, absence cover arrangements, and buddy system implementation
• Serve as primary escalation point for complex operational, client, and team issues within the community
• Facilitate regular community meetings to share knowledge, address challenges, and promote best practice adoption
• Collaborate with senior leadership to drive consistency, share learning, and elevate systemic issues to the Property Delivery Lead
• Foster a high-performance culture through effective communication, recognition, and team development initiatives
• Monitor community performance metrics and implement improvement actions where required

Strategic Client & Asset Management

• Collaborate with the Royal London asset manager to set the strategy, calling on subject matter experts as required.
• Act as main point of contact for Royal London asset manager(s) and lead relationships with professionalism and accountability.
• Identify how JLL can support the client needs and requirements and discuss with JLL client relationship team on how JLL service can be revised and improved.
• Maintain clear grasp of client's asset/portfolio strategy, drivers/values and articulate these to the wider team.
• Support emergency planning, business continuity, testing, and monitoring with emergency management support as required.

Customer Management & Experience

• The role is envisaged as predominantly site based with a focus on occupier visibility.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all customer enquiries, concerns, and service requests, ensuring timely response and resolution while maintaining positive relationships.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve the customer experience through building amenities, services, and programming.
• Act on customer feedback to create a productive and engaging environment that adds value to their occupancy.
• Work with RLAM CX Strategy Director to utilise training opportunities and advise AM of CX implementation opportunities.
• Feedback all customer intelligence to the asset management team.

Financial Management & Service Charges

• Work with JLL Accounts teams on financial accountability, cashflow management, and customer/supplier credit control.
• Provide strategic advice to asset managers on customer debt recovery, with support from Accounts Receivable.
• Prepare and manage service charge budgets and reconciliations according to RICS Professional Standard for Commercial Service Charges and client KPIs.
• Support supplier payments via Proactis and manage supplier payments processes, including purchase orders and invoice approvals.
• Oversee management of financial trackers, ensuring accuracy including utility recharges, turnover and commercialisation.
• Respond to customer and consultant queries and challenges in a timely manner.

Lease and Legal Management

• Liaise with Data Management team on complex and protracted lease queries.
• Provide application recommendations to the asset manager.
• Receive, analyse customer applications under the lease, including alienation and alterations.
• Ensure customer compliance with lease covenants, including complicated or contentious perceived breaches.
• Resolve customer matters affecting valuation.
• Liaise with appropriate additional advisers as required (legal, building surveying etc.)
• Working with RLAM JLL Central Shared Services Team to ensure strong internal stakeholder relationship for efficiency of work whilst owning output to asset managers.

Health & Safety and Compliance Management

• Manage risk actions and undertake statutory compliance management.
• Conduct / Arrange H&S checks (monthly and voids), including Site Safety Checks/Inspections and Void Management Inspections.
• Utilising third parties where appropriative (void security).
• Handle Accidents & Incidents reporting and follow-up.
• Manage E-Permits (permits-to-work) system and support ISO14001 compliance requirements.
• Coordinate LRQA audits and compliance activities.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and implement compliance measures.

ESG and Sustainability

• Support and implement ESG initiatives in alignment with client's ESG strategy and JLL's responsibilities.
• Be aware of industry and legal obligations in relation to ESG.
• Assist with sustainability reporting and compliance requirements.
• Support Asset Sustainability Plans, ESG Database and Risk Assessments.

Location: On-site –Leeds, GBR

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