The Senior Property Asset Manager – Expansion is accountable for leading and delivering all landlord and tenant activities required to support Heathrow’s expansion programme, ensuring readiness for acquisition strategy, access, vacant possession, and statutory requirements ahead of the Development Consent Order (DCO). The role serves as the central property interface between the Expansion Programme, delivery teams, British Airways, and other third‑party tenants, ensuring that on‑airport land and property interests are actively managed to protect programme milestones, minimise risk, and enable essential works, surveys, and investigations.
Requiring advanced professional property expertise and strong stakeholder management capability, the role operates autonomously on complex and high‑risk property matters that sit on the critical path to the DCO. By maintaining close alignment across stakeholders and proactively managing property challenges, the postholder plays a key role in ensuring the successful and timely delivery of Heathrow’s expansion objectives.
1. Lead and deliver all landlord and tenant activities required to support the Expansion acquisition strategy ahead of DCO, including negotiation and management of British Airways and other third‑party leasehold interests.
2. Develop and implement vacant possession, relocation, and access strategies for HAL‑owned on‑airport assets, coordinating tenant sequencing to protect programme milestones and minimise operational, delivery, and reputational risk.
3. Coordinate access arrangements, licences, permits, surveys, and enabling works on airport land and assets, ensuring all pre‑DCO land and property dependencies are identified, sequenced, and delivered on the critical path.
4. Act as the primary property interface between the Expansion Programme, delivery teams, and on‑airport asset management, leading escalation of property‑related risks, issues, and decisions.
5. Lead complex commercial negotiations with airline and third‑party tenants, applying sound commercial judgement to balance programme acceleration, statutory compliance, tenant relationships, and Heathrow’s long‑term property interests.
6. Provide expert MRICS‑qualified property leadership, ensuring robust governance, audit trails, and compliance with legal and statutory requirements, while clearly communicating property risks, dependencies, and decisions to senior stakeholders.
7. MRICS qualification (or equivalent professional accreditation).
8. Extensive experience in landlord and tenant management, property acquisition, and vacant possession strategies.
9. Proven experience managing complex property interests within major infrastructure or regulated environments.
10. Strong commercial negotiation skills with senior external stakeholders.
11. Demonstrable experience managing property‑related programme risks and dependencies.
Ideally, you will also have
12. Experience within aviation, infrastructure, or nationally significant development programmes.
13. Experience supporting DCO or similar statutory consent processes.