Property Director
TLDR
Lead UK-wide property operations, overseeing acquisition, management, and delivery of million-pound homes, while building a contractor network and optimizing budgets.
Who We Are:
At Omaze, we give our community in the UK and Germany the chance to win luxury homes and other life-changing prizes — all while raising money for the causes they love.
Thanks to our Omaze Community, we’ve raised over £100 million for UK charities in just five years. That’s millions helping organisations like Age UK, the RSPCA, British Heart Foundation and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity deliver life-saving work.
And the best part? We’re only just getting started. Omaze is building a business and culture committed to growth and creating significant social impact on a global scale.
🔑 About The Job
We're seeking an experienced and commercially minded Property Director to lead our property operations across the UK. In this role, you'll oversee the acquisition, management, and delivery of Omaze’s million-pound homes, ensuring that every Omaze home is a dream property worthy of our winners and the charitable causes we support.
🔧 What You’ll Be Doing
• Play a supporting role in building and developing Omaze's property pipeline, short-listing high-quality properties that align with customer expectations, brand strategy and campaign ambitions.
• Travel across the UK as required to personally view and evaluate properties, ensuring they meet Omaze's standards for quality, aesthetics, and marketability before progressing through the acquisition process.
• Oversee development projects to ensure they remain on schedule and within budget.
• Oversee all aspects of property operations, management, and maintenance, ensuring every home is maintained to the highest standard.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve property management processes, standards, and procedures.
• Build and manage a trusted network of contractors, suppliers, and property professionals to support maintenance, refurbishment, and preparation activities as needed.
• Manage property budgets with rigour and commercial acumen, driving cost-effective operations without compromising on quality.
• Manage and develop members of the Property team who support the company’s property acquisition and management work.
• Work closely and collaboratively with the legal and finance teams on all aspects of property transactions, including conveyancing, title reviews, and contract negotiations.
• Manage and review all property due diligence with a commercial eye, including commissioning and reviewing surveys, valuations, and plans.
• Ensure all properties are acquired and managed in full compliance with UK property regulations, planning requirements, and relevant legal frameworks.
• Provide regular, clear reporting on property operations to the VP, Property & Partnerships
• Stay current on UK property market trends and best practices
🤩 About You
• 7+ years of experience within the property industry
• Calm under pressure and able to manage competing priorities with pragmatism and good judgement.
• A sharp, instinctive understanding of what makes a property highly marketable and an awareness of what looks exceptional on camera and translates to compelling visual content.
• Demonstrated experience identifying, managing, and coordinating contractors and suppliers to deliver high-quality property outcomes on time and within budget.
• Strong working knowledge of the conveyancing processes, and compliance requirements, with the ability to work effectively alongside legal and finance professionals.
• Proven ability to review and interpret property surveys, valuations, contractor budgets, and technical reports, and to translate findings into clear, actionable strategic advice.
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple properties and workstreams simultaneously, without losing attention to detail.
• Budget management experience and a commercially astute mindset.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills. Comfortable operating at senior level and managing cross-functional relationships.
• Full UK driving licence and genuine willingness to travel across the UK as required.
• Experience thriving in fast-paced and dynamic environments.
🙌 What’s In It For You
Generous stock options scheme
25 days annual leave PLUS Bank Holidays
Private medical and dental insurance
9% employer pension contributions, when you contribute at least 2%
A generous personal learning and development budget each year to use on training courses, conferences and professional memberships
Personal equipment budget to work from home
Enhanced family leave policies
Life assurance of 4x your salary
DEI Statement
We actively seek out diversity of thought and experience to drive innovation. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives and work hard to ensure that every Omaze employee can bring their authentic self to work at all times.
Benefits
Health Insurance
Private medical and dental insurance
Home Office Stipend
Personal equipment budget to work from home
Learning Budget
A generous personal learning and development budget each year to use on training courses, conferences and professional memberships
Life assurance
Life assurance of 4x your salary
Paid Parental Leave
Enhanced family leave policies
Paid Time Off
9% employer pension contributions, when you contribute at least 2%
Stock Options
Generous stock options scheme
Omaze is transforming fundraising by offering people in the UK and Germany the opportunity to win luxury homes and other remarkable prizes, all while supporting charitable causes they care about. Through innovative campaigns, we've raised over £100 million for charities, including Age UK and the RSPCA, that help make a real difference in people's lives.