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About the Role
As a Senior Cost Manager, you will lead the delivery of cost management services across a range of corporate occupier projects from feasibility through to completion. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic commercial guidance while ensuring successful project outcomes across cost, quality, programme and risk.
Responsibilities
- Lead pre-contract and post-contract cost management services on corporate fit-out and workplace projects.
- Develop detailed cost plans, budgets and feasibility estimates.
- Provide strategic cost advice, value engineering and commercial risk management.
- Prepare and present cost reports to senior client stakeholders.
- Manage procurement and tendering processes.
- Oversee change control and project financial governance.
- Negotiate and agree final accounts.
- Support multi-country and EMEA-wide client programmes.
- Collaborate with project managers, workplace consultants and account teams to deliver best-in-class client outcomes.
- Contribute to bids, business development initiatives and client presentations.
- Mentor and support junior members of the Cost Management team.
Requirements
- MRICS qualified.
- Significant experience in cost management within consultancy, project management or professional services environments.
- Strong background delivering corporate fit-out, workplace or occupier-led projects.
- Demonstrable experience managing projects from inception through to completion.
- Excellent cost planning, reporting and commercial management skills.
- Strong client-facing and stakeholder management experience.
- Experience presenting to senior leadership teams and corporate clients.
- High level of proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and other reporting tools.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
- Experience working across UK and EMEA projects or portfolios.
- Knowledge of governance-led delivery models and corporate real estate programmes.
- Experience supporting major occupier clients and multi-market assignments.
Skills
- Cost management
- Cost planning
- Budgeting
- Feasibility estimation
- Value engineering
- Commercial risk management
- Procurement
- Tendering
- Change control
- Financial governance
- Account negotiation
- Stakeholder management
- Client presentations
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Communication
- Relationship-building
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- MRICS qualified
Benefits
- Structured career progression
- Learning opportunities
- Professional qualifications
- Internal mobility
- Enterprising culture
- Empowerment to think differently
- Ownership
- Decision-making
- Innovation
- Entrepreneurship
- Collaborative environment
- Opportunities to learn from industry experts
- Global expertise
- Competitive benefits
- Flexible working approaches
- Culture that supports individual success
- Inclusion and diversity
- Paid volunteering days
- Opportunities to contribute to charitable causes
About the Company
- Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a global diversified professional services and investment management company operating through three industry-leading businesses: Commercial Real Estate, Engineering and Investment Management.
- With greater than a 30-year track record of consistent growth and strong recurring cash flows, we scale complementary, high-value businesses that provide essential services across the full asset lifecycle.
- Our unique partnership philosophy empowers exceptional leaders, preserves our entrepreneurial culture, and ensures meaningful inside ownership – driving strong alignment and sustained value creation for our shareholders.
- With $6 billion in annual revenues, 28,000 professionals, and $110 billion in assets under management, Colliers is committed to accelerating the success of our clients, investors, and people worldwide.
- Learn more at corporate.colliers.com.
Equal Opportunity
- The business actively promotes an inclusive culture where different perspectives are valued and encouraged.