Manager - Organisation Design

About

The Role CBRE UK is expanding its Human Capital Team and is seeking a Director/Manager-level consultant to grow the organisation design offering and lead key engagements across the real estate and built environment sector

About

The Role CBRE UK is expanding its Human Capital Team and is seeking a Director/Manager-level consultant to grow the organisation design offering and lead key engagements across the real estate and built environment sector
The successful individual will play a key role in the delivery and growth of our organisation design practice, with a particular focus on clients in the real estate and built environment sector.
This role is ideal for an experienced consultant who enjoys translating strategy into practical organisation design solutions, leading complex client engagements, and developing trusted relationships with senior stakeholders. While our work is concentrated in the real estate industry, prior sector experience is not required — we are looking for strong organisation design capability, sound judgement, and a collaborative consulting mindset.
This role will play a key role in building and strengthening our organisation design practice. We value individuals who combine deep expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset — someone who is comfortable innovating and developing new approaches as we expand our presence in the market. You will lead delivery on organisation design engagements, manage project teams, and contribute to the development of our growing practice.
What You Will Be Doing Client Delivery Leadership

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of organisation design engagements, from diagnostic through to implementation planning
• Design and facilitate senior-level workshops (e.g. strategy-to-structure, operating model design, role clarity, decision rights)
• Translate business strategy into clear organisation structures, role definitions, governance models, data and metrics strategy, and ways of working
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, including executives and functional leaders
• Manage multiple work streams and ensure high-quality, timely delivery across engagements

• Apply organisation design principles across areas such as:
• Target operating models
• Organisation structures and layering
• Role and capability design
• Accountability, decision rights, and governance
• Ways of working and collaboration models
• Balance conceptual rigour with practical, implementable solutions
• Support clients through change implications arising from organisation design work

• Lead and mentor consultants and senior consultants on project teams
• Provide day-to-day coaching, feedback, and quality assurance on deliverables
• Contribute to a positive, inclusive, and high-performance team culture

• Contribute to the development of organisation design methodologies, tools, and points of view
• Support business development through proposal development, scoping discussions, and client conversations
• Share insights, learning, and emerging best practice across the practice
• Help shape the evolution of our organisation design offering within a growing consulting practice

• Experience in management consulting, internal consulting, or advisory roles
• Strong experience delivering organisation design or operating model engagements
• Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and navigating complex organisational dynamics
• Experience leading project teams and managing consulting engagements
• Industry experience is flexible — real estate experience is not required
• Deep understanding of organisation design principles and frameworks
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to simplify complexity
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Able to balance strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery
• Commercially minded, with experience contributing to proposals or client development
• Confident operating in ambiguity within a growing and evolving practice
• Collaborative, thoughtful, and values-driven
• Curious and motivated to learn about new industries and business models
• Calm and credible under…