Commercial Project Manager

The Vacancy

🌟 We’re Hiring: Commercial Project Manager

Location: Finsbury Park Office (Hybrid – 3 days office / 2 days home)
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

About the Role

We’re looking for a Commercial Project Manager to lead and deliver high-value internal commercial projects (starting at £500k+), driving cost savings, financial tracking, and strategic improvements across our business.

This is a finance-focused role with a strong commercial lens, ideal for someone with a Quantity Surveying background who’s ready to move beyond traditional QS work and take ownership of impactful, business-critical projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple strategic and functional projects from scope to delivery.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders across the business to ensure buy-in and successful implementation.
• Provide detailed commercial and cost-benefit analysis, including forecasting, budgeting, and P&L impact.
• Track financial benefits and ensure spend with third-party consultants delivers best value.
• Report on project progress, risks, and outcomes to leadership.
• Travel across WPS sites and offices to engage with teams and ensure project alignment.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in housing maintenance or construction.
• Strong commercial acumen and project management skills.
• Background in Quantity Surveying or similar, ideally at a senior level.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A self-starter who thrives in a dynamic environment with minimal supervision.
• Comfortable working independently and managing cross-functional teams.

Working Style

• Hybrid working: 3 days in our Finsbury Park office, 2 days from home.
• Flexible working options available.
• Travel required across WPS sites.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a small, agile team making a big impact.
• Work on high-value projects that shape the future of our commercial operations.
• Enjoy autonomy, variety, and the opportunity to influence strategic decisions.

Ready to Apply?

If you’re a commercially minded professional looking to step into a broader, more strategic role — we’d love to hear from you.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.