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Partner

Location: London
Location London
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Joining as Partner, Cost Management, you will be a key leader within our London office and play a central role in strengthening and expanding our Commercial Sector offering. This is a high‑impact, strategic leadership role suited to an experienced and forward‑thinking Partner who thrives on developing teams, driving client growth, and delivering excellence across complex commercial projects.

You will champion our Cost Management capability within the commercial sector—spanning office, mixed‑use, workplace, urban regeneration, and wider commercial development—while supporting the evolution of our national service offering.

Key Responsibilities

a) Leadership & Strategy

· Lead and grow the London Cost Management team with a strong focus on the Commercial Sector.

· Shape and deliver a strategic business plan for commercial cost management, aligned to office growth targets and sector priorities.

· Play a prominent role in the leadership team, contributing to strategic decision-making, operational performance, and staff development.

b) Client & Business Development

· Drive business development initiatives to expand our commercial portfolio across private developers, funds, occupiers, and major commercial clients.

· Build, nurture, and maintain trusted relationships with existing and new clients, acting as a senior point of contact.

· Identify emerging opportunities within the commercial market and convert these into sustainable revenue streams.

c) Project & Technical Excellence

· Oversee delivery of high-value, complex commercial projects, ensuring best-in-class cost management and commercial advice.

· Lead client meetings and multi-disciplinary teams, owning project outcomes from inception to completion.

· Maintain rigorous quality and technical standards across all cost management outputs.

d) Team Development

· Inspire, coach, and mentor junior and mid-level colleagues to support their professional growth and chartership progression.

· Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture, promoting innovation, learning, and accountability.

Experience and skills required:

· Degree qualified in a relevant cost management, surveying, or construction discipline (RICS‑accredited or equivalent).

· MRICS chartered status preferred (support available for those pursuing it).

· Extensive experience delivering high‑value, complex commercial sector projects within a consultancy environment.

· Strong leadership capability, with experience growing teams and enhancing service offerings.

· Proven commercial acumen with excellent negotiation, analytical, and organisational skills.

· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, comfortable engaging at senior levels internally and externally.

· Ability to build long‑term, trusted client relationships and drive repeat business.

· Robust technical cost management expertise and the confidence to act as a trusted advisor.

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,400+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They’re the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you’re hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you’re motivated by ingenuity and if you’re always aspiring to be the very best.

  • Quality
  • THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR BUSINESS.

From concept to execution, our work is driven by passion, technical expertise and an uncompromising commitment to excellence - delivering solutions that stand the test of time. We don’t need - or want - to be the biggest. Just the best.

  • Ingenuity
  • AS STANDARD.

We question assumptions and look beyond the obvious - applying technical depth and creativity to solve problems that matter. We find better ways today, then improve on them tomorrow.

  • Partnership
  • BUILT ON TRUST. GROWN OVER TIME.

Since 1946, strong relationships have shaped everything we do. We listen, challenge with care, and stay with you for the long haul - turning shared goals into lasting impact.

  • Aspiration
  • THE FIRE IN OUR BELLY.

We start with a vision - then push the boundaries of what’s possible. With bold ideas and a clear view of the future, we turn ambitions into meaningful outcomes.

The benefits package we have put together for you supports every aspect of your life.

Annual
leave

A healthy holiday allowance that starts at 25 days pa, plus the option to buy, carry over or sell.

Community
spirit

You can take three volunteering days each year to spend time on causes close to your heart.

Mental
health

Mental Health First Aiders are here to support you, backed up by Unum’s Help@hand app.

Financial benefits

A path to peace of mind: life assurance, pension scheme and income protection.

Physical
wellbeing

Your health is a priority for us too, so we offer medical insurance, private GP access and discounted gym membership.

Flexible
working

Our flexible approach to hybrid working is there to suit you, your family and your team.

Career development

A pathway at Ridge that’s focused on your professional, personal or educational aspirations.

Extra
benefits

Performance bonus, car allowance and more based on your role - and progression.

We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If you’d like to discuss accessibility, accommodations or adjustments during your application and selection process, please contact us at workwithus@ridge.co.uk and we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.

A polite note to Recruitment Agencies
We enjoy great relationships with our agency partners within our framework, and fully believe in the value of a blended approach to finding the best talent. However, we are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from agency partners at this time – any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownerships on any introduction that you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

We are committed to nurturing strong partnerships within our agency framework, but there are occasions where we looking to enlist the help of others. If you would be interested in working with us in the future, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

A polite note to recruitment agencies

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

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