Senior Delivery Manager at The Crown Estate

Purpose of Role

The Crown Estate is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Delivery Manager to lead the successful delivery of a diverse range of development projects across London and the Regions. This role is pivotal in scaling up our delivery and project management capabilities, ensuring excellence across pre-construction, construction, and handover phases. You will be instrumental in driving innovation, sustainability, and customer-centric outcomes across a £5bn development pipeline that includes housing, mixed-use regeneration, science and tech, and commercial offerings.

Context of Opportunity / Main Accountabilities

• Lead project management and delivery strategy implementation across new-build and heritage retrofit projects.
• Oversee procurement of construction contracts and consultant appointments, ensuring best practice and value creation.
• Champion a safety-first culture and embed health and safety policies across all delivery activities.
• Manage commercial aspects including change control, budget oversight, and monthly reporting.
• Drive sustainability outcomes including net zero, biodiversity, and social value creation.
• Foster strong relationships with tenants, supply chain partners, and community stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Development, Property Management, Asset Management, and Sustainability teams to ensure seamless project execution.
• Represent The Crown Estate at industry events and lead initiatives that promote innovation and efficiency.
• Support governance and reporting requirements including Quarterly Business Reviews and project control groups.
• Lead phasing strategies, buildability reviews, and stakeholder liaison with technical bodies.
• Promote teamwork, knowledge sharing, and a culture of continuous improvement across the organisation.

Most Important Skills-Based Requirements

• Proven experience in senior delivery, construction, and project management roles across complex development portfolios.
• Experience working on both contractor and client sides, with a track record of leading major new-build and refurbishment projects.
• Strong understanding of safety culture, risk management, and sustainability in real estate development.
• Skilled in financial management, commercial awareness, and public procurement practices.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Strategic thinker with a solution-oriented mindset and ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Professionally qualified with relevant industry experience and membership of a recognised professional body (e.g. Chartered Engineer, Construction Management).
• Committed to innovation, digital transformation, and delivering social impact through development.
• Understanding of the housing industry and strategic land development.

Our Offering / Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance-related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

Disability Disclosure

We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us on careers@thecrownestate.co.uk