Senior Director, Commercial Management

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Ardent Full time

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Directorate: Land Assembly
Ardent is the UK’s leading provider of land, consent management, and stakeholder engagement services to support major infrastructure and regeneration projects from concept to delivery. We are Project Managers, Chartered Surveyors, Transport Planners, and Land Referencers, based in London, Birmingham, Warrington, Leeds, Glasgow, and Dublin and supporting projects throughout the UK and Ireland.

Established in 1992 to provide a 'one stop shop’ for land and property matters for major infrastructure projects, our client portfolio includes some of the biggest players across our four core sectors of transport, renewables, utilities, and regeneration. We are passionate about delivering life-improving change for communities and future generations and we are proud to play a key role in facilitating and delivering the UK and Ireland’s net zero agenda, improving connectivity, enabling the repurposing of high streets and town centres, and delivering new homes for the people who need them most.

We are problem-solvers, can-doers, and solution-drivers working collaboratively with our clients to provide proactive and strategic advice to identify and mitigate risks, deliver efficiencies, and, ultimately, achieve deliverable consents and build projects that positively impact people’s lives and the world that we live in.

The role of a Director is to inspire and lead teams, manage financial performance of teams, be responsible for service quality, identify recruitment needs, perform the role of Project Director for complex large projects that involve multiple Directorates and deliver against all Directorate level KPIs and objectives, reporting directly to the Senior Leadership Group and Board as required. Experience of providing/managing land services on an offshore wind DCO
# Line management experience
# Commercial acumen to Direct a project and drive margin

Experience of the GVD process and implementation of powers
# Experience of writing and advising on land strategies for DCO process
# Experience of being through the construction phase on a linear cable route/pipeline project

Be the Difference - Be confident in your decisions and implementing them, taking into account the wider structure and objectives of the business, working with or alongside peers across the business. Demonstrate ability to drive and implement change to enable Ardent to continue to excel. Ardent is an equal opportunities employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, colour, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability status or other legally protected characteristics.

With people at the core of our business, we offer employees an unrivalled career opportunity rather than simply a job. This is supported by a number of initiatives to look after the wellbeing of our employees while allowing employees to work flexibly and maintain a positive work-life balance. We offer an attractive benefits package to include :-

# Hybrid working
# Smart Working Policy
# Medical health plan
# Career progression
# Cycle to Work
# Electric Car Scheme
# Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

For more information, please see our services page on our website at
Should you be interested in hearing more about the position or wish to send your CV, contact HR@ardent-management.com or stuartthomas@ardent-management.



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