Discipline Lead, Advisory Property and Buildings

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

As the Discipline Lead:
Advisory Services
, you will be responsible for developing and executing the Advisory Services strategy for WSP's Property & Buildings business in Africa. You will lead the growth of a sustainable advisory portfolio, positioning WSP earlier in the client decision-making process and creating opportunities that generate both direct advisory revenue and pull-through opportunities for the broader business.

This is a highly strategic and market-facing leadership role, combining business development, proposition development, technical leadership and project oversight. The successful candidate will play a key role in building a market-leading advisory practice focused on technical transaction advisory, sustainable buildings, intelligent assets, digital transformation and development advisory services.

• Develop and grow a strategic pipeline of advisory opportunities across the African market.
• Lead executive-level client engagement and investment stakeholder relationships.
• Identify and secure opportunities during strategy, feasibility, investment and transaction phases.
• Lead major pursuits, proposals, presentations and commercial negotiations.
• Develop account-based growth strategies for key clients and sectors.
• Generate pull-through opportunities for engineering, project management, sustainability and digital services.
• Build market visibility through thought leadership, conferences and industry engagement.

• Develop and package market-leading advisory propositions and solutions.
• Establish delivery frameworks, methodologies, tools and intellectual property.
• Create scalable service catalogues, pricing models and standardised deliverables.
• Ensure service quality, consistency and competitiveness across the market.
• Identify and launch new advisory products aligned with client and market demand.

• Provide executive oversight and governance across advisory engagements.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, commercially successful projects.
• Drive quality assurance, technical governance and risk management practices.
• Monitor project performance, profitability and client satisfaction.
• Support project directors and technical leaders on complex commissions.

• Develop and implement the Advisory Services growth roadmap.
• Establish the organisational structure required to support future growth.
• Identify capability gaps and lead targeted recruitment initiatives.
• Mentor and develop advisory leaders and future talent.
• Build communities of practice and centres of excellence.

• Establish and manage strategic partnerships that strengthen the advisory offering.
• Collaborate with financial advisors, ESG specialists, property economists, technology providers and asset management specialists.
• Lead joint pursuits and integrated client solutions.

• Lead, coach and grow a high-performing Advisory Services team.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship.
• Promote cross-functional integration across Property & Buildings and the wider WSP business.
• Support talent development, succession planning and transformation objectives.

• Minimum NQF…