Client Side Estates Manager - Home Based
18 hours ago
Southampton
We are working exclusively with a large, well-established leisure company to appoint an experienced RICS-qualified Estates Manager to support and enhance a diverse licensed and non-licensed property estate. This field-based role offers significant autonomy and influence, working closely with operational leadership, licensees, and professional advisors to drive income, protect assets, and enhance long-term estate value, while ensuring full legal and regulatory compliance. The Role Reporting into senior estate leadership, the Estates Manager will provide high-quality estate management support across the business. The role is commercially focused, combining rent, lease, and tenure management with strategic asset optimisation and strong stakeholder engagement. Key Responsibilities • Managing rent assessments for new lets, rent reviews, renewals, and investment proposals in line with the Pubs Code, RICS guidance, and internal Codes of Practice, • Providing proactive support to regional operations teams on complex negotiations with licensees, • Leading and supporting rent negotiations to protect and enhance company income, • Managing and instructing external agents where specialist input is required, • Working with operations and legal teams on notices, lease events, and possession actions, • Proactively managing income from the non-licensed estate and identifying opportunities for growth Asset & Estate Optimisation • Identifying surplus land and non-licensed assets and developing strategies to release value, • Securing vacant possession and coordinating with planning consultants and professional advisors, • Identifying opportunities to acquire freehold interests within the leasehold estate, • Actively managing tenure risk and protecting asset control across the estate, • Developing estate plans to mitigate property costs including rent, service charge, and dilapidations, • Managing relationships with superior landlords and negotiating lease variations, surrenders, and acquisitions, • Protecting ownership interests through management of boundaries, easements, and title issues, • Supporting negotiations relating to compulsory purchase orders where required, • Reviewing title plans to identify surplus land or address title risks, • Managing rating agents to ensure high-quality service and challenge excessive rateable values Stakeholder Engagement & Expertise • Acting as a trusted estate management advisor to regional operations teams, • Delivering training and guidance to improve estate and leasehold understanding, • Supporting senior operational and estate leadership on all property-related matters, • Building effective working relationships with licensees to support business objectives Candidate Profile Essential • RICS qualified with strong estate management experience within leisure, hospitality, retail, or multi-site property, • Proven track record of managing rent reviews, lease events, and estate compliance, • Strong commercial awareness with excellent negotiation and influencing skills, • Confident communicator able to challenge constructively and build credibility, • Highly organised, self-motivated, and comfortable working autonomously in a field-based role, • Good working knowledge of property law, compliance, and landlord & tenant matters Working Arrangements Field-based role, with head office attendance required only for specific meetings Why Apply? This is an opportunity to join a highly regarded leisure business in a senior estates role offering autonomy, variety, and real commercial impact across a sizeable UK estate.