Colliers
Copy of Senior Cost Manager - Occupier Services
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Company Description
Colliers is a leading commercial real estate services company, providing a full range of services to real estate occupiers, developers, and investors on a local, national, and international basis. Services include brokerage sales and leasing (landlord and tenant representation), real estate management, valuation, consulting, project management, project marketing, and research. We provide our services across the core sectors (office, industrial, retail, and hotel) as well as many specialised property types.
The UK business is headquartered in London, with over 1200 specialists throughout 16 offices across the UK and Ireland.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager to join our Enterprise Project Management team, with a strong background in corporate fit-out and occupier-led projects.
This is a senior client-facing role, responsible for leading cost management services across UK and EMEA corporate portfolios, shaping commercial strategy, and supporting the delivery of consistent, best-in-class outcomes for global occupier clients.
As a senior member of the Cost Management community, you will also play a key role in mentoring colleagues, supporting multi-market bids, and driving best practice across the EMEA Occupier Services platform.
Main Responsibilities
- To undertake cost management services for our UK & EMEA corporate clients.
- Providing budgeting advice during the feasibility stage for new potential projects.
- To assist with bids for Cost Management multi-market mandates, across the UK and EMEA.
- Provide best in class cost reporting, and being able to present these to corporate clients.
- This role helps ensure that Project Management & Cost Management instructions are undertaken in a consistent manner and in line with our service agreements.
- To work with the Enterprise Project Management team to create and maintain best practice for Occupier Services across EMEA for Project Management & Cost Management services.
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We regularly interact with 650 Project managers, Building Surveyors, and Cost Managers across EMEA, and our OS EMEA team (130) which includes transaction managers, account managers, workplace advisors, and other corporate real estate specialists.
Qualifications
Skills and Experience
- Significant experience in cost management for corporate fit-out / occupier projects, ideally within a consultancy or professional services environment.
- Proven ability to operate confidently with blue-chip corporate clients and senior stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of commercial offices and workplace delivery across the UK and/or EMEA.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Strong commercial acumen, organisation, and time management skills.
- High level of IT literacy, particularly MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Experience supporting multi-country or global client portfolios.
- Familiarity with governance-led delivery models and service-level agreements.
- Professional qualification (e.g., MRICS or equivalent).
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Additional Information
Please tell us what would help you take part and give enough practical detail for us to arrange it. We will handle your request confidentially, and it will not affect how you are assessed. We make reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010.
At Colliers, we empower people to perform at their best. As a Disability Confident Employer, we want every candidate to feel welcome. If anything would help you take part in our process, such as extra time or rest breaks, step-free access, or a different interview format, please tell us in your application. You are not expected to share a diagnosis or medical history.
Colliers is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age; disability; gender; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origins); religion or belief; sex; or sexual orientation. We also value diverse experience and neurodiversity.
We are not engaging with recruitment agencies at this time. Unsolicited CVs will not be considered and treated as gifts.
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