**What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?** At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you. **A little more about your role…** We are looking for a passionate and driven business and technical leader with expertise in development fund monitoring to join our growing Infrastructure and Investment Advisory (IIA) Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in a dynamic, industry-leading consultancy, where your leadership will drive new commissions, deliver high-value strategic advisory services, and ensure the successful execution of due diligence engagements, construction monitoring, and technical advisory support for a diverse client base. In this role, you will be at the forefront of shaping investment decisions, providing expert guidance during initial review of development proposals. You will help clients navigate the complexities of real estate development, assessing everything from developer credentials and financing structures to statutory consents, site investigations, commercial construction setups, and risk management. Your insights will be instrumental in structuring transactions and ensuring profitable, well-informed investment strategies. Joining our well-established PPP and Property Advisory Services team within the IIA business means becoming part of an organisation with a legacy of excellence. For over 20 years, we have built a reputation as a trusted consultancy, advising lenders, investors, and developers on privately financed infrastructure projects across the UK, Europe, Middle East and North America. Innovation, expertise, and integrity are at the heart of what we do, and we are proud to lead the way in providing strategic, technical, and financial advisory services. In the role you will also be a member of our PPP and Property Services Leadership team. This role, based in our London or Birmingham offices, is more than just a career move—it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact, lead high-profile engagements, and contribute to ground-breaking projects that shape the future of infrastructure and investment. If you are a results-driven leader with a vision for success, a passion for guiding complex transactions, and a commitment to excellence, we want to hear from you. Key responsibilities include: + Business Development & Work Winning – Lead a client-focused, work-winning strategy that strengthens pipeline opportunities and drives long-term growth. Development of long term client relationships + Commercial & Operational Performance – Oversee financial and operational objectives, analysing and reporting on project performance against budgets to ensure sustainable profitability. Leadership of key projects. + Resource Management – Maintain accurate forecasting, optimise team availability, and ensure overhead expenditure is effectively managed. + People Management – Act as a mentor and leader for the senior leadership team and key technical staff, fostering a high-performing and collaborative environment. + Strategy & Budget – Support the business unit in developing and executing strategic growth plans aligned with the WSP UK 2025-2027 action plan, ensuring innovation and efficiency drive success. **What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…** + Strong interpersonal skills, with proven leadership and management abilities, that foster collaboration and team success. + Commercial and strategic expertise, with a demonstrated ability to identify and secure new business opportunities that drive growth. + A forward-thinking mindset, capable of visualising and strategically planning for long-term success. + Extensive project experience, spanning both specialised disciplines and multidisciplinary collaborations. + Effective communicator and mentor with the ability to coach others, facilitate workshops, and lead training sessions, ensuring knowledge sharing and professional development. + Influential and persuasive leadership, encouraging open dialogue and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. + Expert relationship management, adept at establishing and sustaining professional connections both internally and externally to exceed client expectations. + Degree-level qualification in a relevant technical discipline, providing a strong technical foundation for the role. + Chartered professional status in a relevant discipline, ensuring industry-recognised expertise. + Extensive experience in development, fund monitoring, and technical due diligence, particularly across various real estate asset classes, including logistics, data centres, offices, residential, social infrastructure, and transport-related investments. Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team. **Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.** Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. **With us, you can. Apply today.** \#LI-HR1 We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. **WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?** **Work-life balance** At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK. **Inclusivity & Diversity** We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity. **Health & Wellbeing** We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package. **Flex your time** To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day. We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you. **Your development** We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership. **\#WeAreWSP** _Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application._