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Your new company
Hays Property & Surveying is delighted to be recruiting for a high-profile Property Director appointment with a large, complex organisation operating across a substantial UK property estate.
This is a genuinely strategic leadership opportunity, taking responsibility for a portfolio of 30+ properties and an annual budget of circa £10 million, with significant influence over the future direction, investment and performance of the estate.
The position would particularly suit an established property leader who has operated within a complex operational environment such as industrial, manufacturing, FMCG or construction contracting, where property is fundamental to the successful operation of the wider business.
Your new role
As Property Director, you will have overall responsibility for developing and executing the organisation's property strategy, covering estate management, facilities management, acquisitions, disposals and leasehold governance.
You will lead the strategic management of a portfolio of 30+ properties, with responsibility for a budget of approximately £10 million, ensuring the estate is operationally effective, commercially robust, compliant and aligned to the organisation's long-term objectives.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Developing and delivering the organisation's long-term property and estates strategy, aligned with wider commercial, operational and financial objectives.
- Leading the performance, utilisation and optimisation of a 30+ property portfolio.
- Managing an annual property budget of approximately £10 million, alongside capital investment and business cases.
- Leading property acquisitions, disposals, lease negotiations and wider real estate changes, ensuring sound commercial decision-making and governance.
- Providing strategic oversight of facilities management, ensuring properties provide safe, efficient, sustainable and well-maintained environments.
- Identifying opportunities to improve estate efficiency, property performance and value for money.
- Managing senior relationships with landlords, contractors, professional advisers, planning authorities and regulators.
- Partnering with Finance, Operations, Commercial, Legal and HR to ensure the property strategy supports wider organisational priorities.
- Leading, managing and developing the property team, creating a high-performing and commercially focused function. xgikmsk
- Overseeing property risk, including health & safety, statutory compliance, business continuity and contractor governance.
- Driving the sustainability agenda across the estate, including energy efficiency, carbon reduction and responsible asset management
What you'll need to succeed
This role requires a commercially astute and highly credible se
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