Commercial Projects Lead

Salary: £38-£42k

Location: Belfast / Lisburn (Travel to Edinburgh, Dublin and other offices as required with upcoming acquisitions)

About the Role

We’re looking for an ambitious Commercial Projects Lead to join our growing business. This is a brand-new role created to support our continued expansion through acquisitions while driving commercial initiatives across the business.

Reporting directly to the Head of Acquisitions & Commercial, you’ll take ownership of operational due diligence, acquisition integrations, fee review projects and business improvement initiatives.

No two days are the same. One week you’ll be coordinating the integration of a newly acquired business, the next you’ll be analysing revenue opportunities, implementing fee reviews or working with senior leaders to improve operational performance.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving problems, managing projects and making things happen.

Key Responsibilities

Acquisitions

• Coordinate operational due diligence for acquisitions
• Produce due diligence reports and identify operational risks
• Liaise with legal, finance, HR, IT and operational teams
• Manage acquisition project plans
• Coordinate Day 1 readiness
• Support post-acquisition integrations
• Monitor integration milestones
• Produce acquisition reporting for the Leadership Team

Revenue & Commercial Growth

• Lead fee review projects across all regions
• Analyse management fees and commercial performance
• Identify opportunities to improve revenue
• Monitor implementation of fee increases
• Produce commercial reporting and recommendations
• Support budgeting and turnover analysis

Operational Improvement

• Develop and improve operational processes
• Create and maintain SOPs
• Coordinate cross-department projects
• Produce KPI dashboards
• Improve reporting across the business
• Support strategic initiatives

Project Management

• Own multiple projects simultaneously
• Track actions and deadlines
• Coordinate meetings and follow-up actions
• Produce project documentation
• Escalate risks where required
• Ensure projects are delivered on time

What You’ll Bring

Essential

• Excellent organisation and project management skills
• Strong commercial awareness
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets
• Excellent written communication
• Ability to analyse large amounts of data
• Ability to influence stakeholders
• High attention to detail
• Able to manage multiple priorities
• Confident working with senior management

Desirable

• Experience within property
• Project management qualification
• Experience of acquisitions or integrations
• Commercial analysis experience
• Financial analysis experience
• Process improvement experience

Success Measures

Within your first 12 months you will:

• Successfully support all acquisitions from operational due diligence through to integration.
• Deliver fee review programmes across the business.
• Reduce the time taken to complete operational due diligence.
• Improve project reporting and governance.
• Develop scalable acquisition playbooks and SOPs.
• Become the operational lead for acquisitions and commercial projects.

Why Join Us?

You’ll join a fast-growing property business with ambitious expansion plans across the UK and Ireland. This is an opportunity to play a key role in acquisitions, commercial growth and strategic projects, working directly with the leadership team and influencing the future direction of the business.