At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead commercial strategy for residential schemes and ensure effective team support.
- Company: Expanding construction group focused on housebuilding with a growth mindset.
- Benefits: Up to £110,000 salary, bonus potential, car allowance, and senior-level benefits.
- Other info: Opportunities for progression as the group expands and values transparency.
- Why this job: Shape the future of housebuilding and influence commercial success in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in housebuilding or mixed-tenure delivery; degree in Quantity Surveying preferred.
The predicted salary is between 110000 - 110000 £ per year.
Up to £110,000 + Car Allowance
North West
Our client is a construction group expanding its housebuilding division as part of a wider growth strategy. Following recent investment and a refreshed operating model, the business is strengthening its commercial structure and building the foundations for controlled, scalable delivery across a mix of residential schemes. The division delivers predominantly Single-Family Housing for housing associations, with occasional open-market elements, and is now entering a phase where stronger commercial leadership will directly influence how it grows.
We're hiring a Commercial Director to lead commercial strategy across a mix of traditional housebuilding, partnerships, and Single-Family Housing schemes. You'll shape commercial standards, strengthen governance and support multi-site delivery as the organisation expands. This is a senior role at the centre of the business, influencing how the commercial function evolves and ensuring the division is set up for long-term success.
Role Responsibilities:
- Lead commercial strategy across a portfolio of residential schemes, including private sale, partnerships and SFH
- Ensure regional commercial teams are fully resourced, well-directed and supported
- Approve site start budgets and monthly valuations in line with group policies
- Provide commercial challenge at divisional valuation meetings
- Analyse and report on costs, cashflows and commercial performance
- Review and challenge divisional budgets, cost plans, valuations and forecasts
- Benchmark build-cost performance using commercial systems and data-led reporting
- Audit commercial compliance across regions, identifying risk and improvement opportunities
- Develop and embed practical commercial processes, templates and reporting frameworks
- Support procurement strategy, subcontractor recommendations and commercial approvals
- Maintain awareness of new materials, methods and commercial innovations
- Work closely with Technical to maintain a commercially robust, cost-effective house type portfolio
- Support land viability reviews, cost assumptions and value-engineering opportunities
- Advise on contractual matters alongside legal colleagues
- Commercial governance
What we're looking for:
- Senior Commercial Manager or Commercial Director background in housebuilding, partnerships or mixed-tenure delivery
- Degree-qualified in Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management (or able to demonstrate equivalent experience)
- Strong CVR/WIP discipline and commercial governance capability
- Experience overseeing multi-site residential programmes
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Commercially astute, analytical and confident in identifying cost, procurement and contractual risk/opportunity
- Able to deliver clear briefings, guidance and training to divisional teams
- Strong systems capability (Excel and commercial management platforms)
- Self-motivated, structured and comfortable managing competing priorities
What's in it for you:
- Up to £110,000 salary
- Bonus potential to be discussed
- Car allowance
- Senior-level benefits package
- Progression Opportunities as the group grows
- A culture that values transparency
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