Director, Property Advisory – Life Sciences (Health and Life Sciences)

Overview

As Director, Life Sciences Property Advisory, you will lead the growth of WSP’s offer across England, combining transactional, agency and advisory expertise to shape client property strategies. You’ll build a market-facing presence, secure high-quality instructions, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver value-driven outcomes for occupiers, landlords and investors. You’ll shape portfolio and development strategies, influencing long-term real estate decisions in the life sciences sector. This role offers high visibility, strategic impact and leadership across England.

Pay / Benefits

• work-life balance
• hybrid working
• Thrive wellbeing programme
• Virtual GP
• Gymflex
• flexible benefits and inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Lead growth of Life Sciences Property Advisory across England and shape routes to market
• Provide market-facing transactional, agency and strategic property advice to life sciences clients
• Lead property transactions: acquisitions, disposals, lettings, lease advisory, rent reviews
• Develop opportunities via market intelligence and client engagement to win repeat advisory work
• Advise on asset and portfolio strategies to enhance productivity and long-term value
• Lead options appraisals, development strategies, market assessments and cashflow analyses
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (planning, cost management, programme delivery, sustainability)
• Manage scope, quality, risk and profitability across commissions
• Communicate via reports, proposals, and senior client presentations
• Promote collaboration within HLSA and broader WSP to strengthen client propositions
• Balance client value with WSP’s growth objectives and ensure governance and quality
• Engage with senior stakeholders across executive teams, clinicians, and investors
• Demonstrate WSP values through leadership, collaboration and decision-making

Key requirements

• Strong track record in transactional, agency or specialist property advisory
• Degree qualified, MRICS preferred
• Excellent knowledge of property markets, transactions, occupier needs, landlord/investor drivers and market trends
• Strong client relationship, negotiation, networking, agency and business development skills with evidence of originating and winning work
• Commercial confidence and ability to manage priorities, risk across multiple clients and commissions
• Experience leading and developing collaborative teams with inclusive leadership style
• Ability to build capability in others and foster long-term learning and devolved leadership
• Interest in how digital technologies, data and evidence-led insight can support market analysis and portfolio optimisation

• leadership
• communication
• negotiation
• MRICS (preferred)
• market analysis
• portfolio optimisation

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