Associate Director Strategic Estates Advisor

4M Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 82,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialist consultancy is seeking an Associate Director Strategic Estates Advisor to transform environments in health and life sciences. This role involves developing strategic planning services, managing client teams, and optimizing estates portfolios. Candidates should have chartered qualifications in the built environment and significant experience in estates planning and the life sciences sector. The role offers a competitive salary and can be hybrid based in London, Oxford, or Cambridge.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Benefits

Qualifications

• Chartership level qualification in the built environment (e.g., architecture, engineering, FM, or Property).
• Experience in estates planning and strategy.
• Experience in the life sciences sector.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategic advisory service offering strategic planning and consultancy services.
• Develop and manage client teams.
• Optimise the estates portfolio through efficient asset management.
• Engage with customers to secure future clients.
• Lead and deliver business cases.

Skills

Customer skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Commercial understanding

Education

Chartership level qualification in the built environment

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for an Associate Director Strategic Estates Advisor for a leading specialist consultancy that transforms environments for clients in health and life sciences.

This role will develop a strategic advisory service offering strategic planning and consultancy services focusing on estates strategies and development control plans, developing client teams, optimising the estates portfolio through efficient asset management and ensuring strategies align with long‑term plans. You will also develop a team, engage with customers to secure future clients, lead and deliver business cases, be responsible for your own profit and loss, write proposals and support tenders, and ensure best practice and robust processes within your team.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strategic advisory service offering strategic planning and consultancy services focusing on estates strategies and development control plans.
• Develop and manage client teams.
• Optimise the estates portfolio through efficient asset management.
• Ensure strategies align with long‑term plans.
• Develop a high‑performing team.
• Engage with customers to secure future clients.
• Lead and deliver business cases.
• Be responsible for your own profit and loss.
• Write proposals and support tenders.
• Ensure best practice and robust processes within the team.

Qualifications

• Chartership level qualification in the built environment (e.g., architecture, engineering, FM, or Property).
• Experience in estates planning and strategy.
• Experience in the life sciences sector.
• Excellent customer, stakeholder and leadership skills.
• Strong commercial understanding.

Location

This role can be based from the London, Oxford or Cambridge office, working on a flexible hybrid basis.

Benefits

Competitive salary package of £82,000 – £93,000 plus benefits.

How to Apply

Please apply today for further details and an initial informal discussion.