Property Programme Manager

We’re searching for a Property Programme Manager to join our Group Property Development team in London!

The Benefits

We believe we are the best at what we do and attract the best talent in the market. Our benefits go beyond the core benefits outlined below and give the successful candidate an opportunity to grow and build a truly rewarding career.

• Gym Membership +1
• Hybrid Working
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays + 1 Personal Day
• Holiday buying scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Company pension contribution
• Life Assurance

The Role

Working within our Group Property Development team, the successful Property Programme Manager will be fully responsible for prioritizing, resourcing, tracking and reporting of all gym development projects within the business.

As a Property Programme Manager, the successful candidate will also support the embedding and continuous improvement of our cross-team property processes and contribute to the wider Development team in developing a culture of best practice and continuous improvement.

Additional Responsibilities within this role include:

• Provide ownership of the Property Development pipelines, ensuring all projects are effectively tracked and stakeholders are regularly informed of progress, issues, risks and opportunities.
• Prioritize development projects based on an understanding of business needs and strategic priorities.
• Work closely with the Capex Committees to ensure transparency of decisions made, successful closure of actions, and timely progress of projects from inception through to the completion.
• Understand the required governance within development projects and ensuring all of these are adhered to.
• Ensure each project is adequately resourced and resolve any workload challenges within the Group Property and Delivery teams.
• Establish a reporting suite to better inform the wider business of current Development project statuses. Keep the business informed on forecasted critical milestones.
• Ensure the Property Development Pipeline remains fit for purpose as we look to expand into wider markets and territories.
• Embed a rolling 12–18-month view on projected workload by country/territory and pro-actively find solutions to balance any peaks or troughs.

• Provide regular reporting on project outputs vs targets for all property projects, providing key insights along with risks or opportunities.
• Support the sustainment of best practice development processes for both new openings and existing estate projects, and champion opportunities to continuous improvement of these processes.
• Provide line management and leadership to the Pipeline Coordinator.

The Person

• Previous experience of a programme office/PMO environment, working across a large scale, multifaceted portfolio of property projects.
• Experienced working with project management platforms such as Monday.com, Asana, PowerApps and is extremely proficient with all Microsoft Office tools (excel, word, powerpoint).
• Ideally has experience in developing and implementing workflow management systems.
• Has strong project management and prioritisation skills and experience.
• A highly capable operator who can successfully resolve difficult situations and make critical decisions under pressure.
• Proactive, accountable, hands on, adaptable and able to react quickly to a fast moving, ever-changing environment.
• An excellent communicator, with the ability to simply convey complex messages and influence at a senior level.
• Familiar and comfortable with lean ways of working. Able to identify and remove waste through applying lean thinking.
• Ideally has experience working in or with large scale organisations in customer facing industries and has an interest in property development.
• Able to work cross-functionally, to bring together all parts of the business to deliver the right outcome for members and PureGym.
• Ideally has a passion for, or an interest in, fitness and leisure.
• Previous line management or team leading experience
• Ideally has a degree in project management or related area or has relevant training and experience.

Our Values

• Make a difference. Excite and inspire others. ‘Own it’ and be the best we can be.
• Stand Shoulder to Shoulder. Collaborate and share with each other. Include everyone and embrace uniqueness.
• Focus on the detail. Care about the little things. Have determination and resilience to get the job done.
• Play to Win. Improve and innovate – never get complacent. Challenge ourselves and each other. Celebrate our success.

About PureGym:

Founded in 2009, the PureGym Group is one of the largest gym operators in Europe and provides high-quality, low-cost fitness facilities. The Group has more than 2million members across 500+ gyms and holds market leading positions across the UK, Denmark and Switzerland. By providing quality gyms at affordable prices, and where everybody is welcome, we help more people in more places live healthier lives.

PureGym is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our company mantra is ‘Everybody Welcome’ and we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive place to work. From a hiring standpoint, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that our PureGym colleagues reflect the diversity of the nation as well as our millions of gym members we serve.

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