Commercial Director - Housebuilding
18 hours ago
Chester
Commercial Director - Housebuilding 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 JBRP1_UKTJ