Mobilisation Manager

Leicester, Leicestershire
DiSRUPT

Join our client as a Mobilisation Manager!

Our client is more than just a company they’re a community driven by a passion for student welfare and property expertise. With ambitious goals in the PBSA sector, they’re expanding rapidly, securing significant national contracts and shaping the future of student living.

Role Description

As a Mobilisation Manager, your role serves as a critical conduit between the Operations and Site Teams, ensuring that the developing buildings reach operational excellence both swiftly and expertly. Under the guidance of the Operations Director, your core duty involves facilitating the mobilisation of our forthcoming operational assets, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to projected budgets.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership and stakeholders, leveraging extensive property management experience, to ensure operational readiness of the pipeline assets.
• Coordinate the launch of multiple PBSA projects simultaneously, securing necessary resources to meet project deadlines and objectives.
• Oversee multiple project streams, employing project management expertise to nurture and expand a property portfolio.
• Analyse all aspects of the assets, products, and services rigorously to enhance customer experience, acknowledging the unique complexities each scheme introduces.
• Design and implement strategic plans influencing the onboarding of onsite associates, with a focus on rapid stabilisation of projects.
• Communicate effectively with various stakeholders, including investors, clients, developers, and contractors, ensuring clarity and alignment with mobilisation goals.
• Build strategic relationships across functions such as marketing, finance, service desk, and talent teams to support business objectives.
• Set ambitious targets, clearly communicating expectations to ensure consistent achievement of deadlines.
• Generate and share regular progress reports, present monthly updates, and disseminate launch strategies to both internal and onsite teams.
• Work closely with the Business Development team to articulate mobilisation and launch strategies during tender presentations and connect with industry leaders to integrate the latest technology for associates and residents.
• Share the methodology behind budget and financial model, tailoring the detail level to the audience’s needs.
• Identify and plan for financial trends, forecasts, and risks, creating contingency plans to safeguard asset performance.

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience in a similar role or environment.

• Experience of managing contractor relationships and negotiating.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent Time Management skills and organisational skills.
• Ability to work using own initiative.
• Experience in the PBSA industry.
• Ability to look at situations from several points of view.

If you’re ready to join a dynamic, thriving team and make your mark in the PBSA sector, this opportunity welcomes you. Apply now and be part of a journey to elevate student living!