Senior Facilities Lead – Soft Landings & Campus Ops

York Street Recruitment; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

York Street Recruitment is seeking a Head of FM & Soft Landings for a major Science & Innovation Campus in Cambridgeshire. The role is 12-month fixed-term and focuses on leading Soft Landings across a mixed-use estate including laboratories, offices, and campus facilities.

Reporting to senior Estates & Facilities leadership, you will ensure operational requirements, lifecycle considerations and occupier experience are embedded from design through handover.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Soft Landings/operational readiness on new-build or refurbishment projects.
• Background in life sciences, higher education, science parks or large mixed-use estates.
• Strong commercial acumen with leases, service contracts, and budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Act as operational lead and trusted adviser across the estate lifecycle.
• Embed occupier experience, lifecycle considerations and commercial objectives in design, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Challenge design/construction teams to secure operational excellence and value.
• Collaborate with developers, consultants, operators and senior leadership.

Skills

Soft Landings

Operational Readiness

Life Sciences

Campus FM

Stakeholder Management

Budgeting & Service Contracts

Job description

York Street Recruitment is seeking a Head of FM & Soft Landings for a major Science & Innovation Campus in Cambridgeshire. The role is 12-month fixed-term and focuses on leading Soft Landings across a mixed-use estate including laboratories, offices, and campus facilities.

Reporting to senior Estates & Facilities leadership, you will ensure operational requirements, lifecycle considerations and occupier experience are embedded from design through handover.