Director Residential Property

Director – Residential Property

West Midlands | Full-time, Hybrid

Competitive Salary + Director Bonus

A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully.

An award winning regional law firm is looking to appoint a Director to lead its successful Residential Property team. This is a senior leadership appointment for a Solicitor/Licensed Conveyancer/Chartered Legal Executive, who wants influence over strategy and growth, and the opportunity to lead an award winning team.

The firm has 500+ employees across private and business services, with the Residential Property team being one of it's largest departments.

The Role

As Director of the Conveyancing Department you will be required to:

• Lead — mentoring senior solicitors/team managers
• Shape strategy — working alongside senior leadership on where the department is headed and how it gets there
• Grow the referrer network — building genuine relationships with estate agents, brokers, developers and other introducers, and turning those into a steady pipeline of quality work
• Be the technical backstop — the person colleagues go to when a transaction gets complicated or high-risk
• Spot commercial opportunity — using your read of the local property market to identify where the department should be investing its energy

What you'll bring

• Solid, established experience as a residential property solicitor, with the technical range to advise colleagues on complex or unusual transactions
• Some experience managing, supervising or mentoring other legal professionals, and a genuine interest in developing people further xwzovoh
• A track record of winning and growing referrer relationships, not just servicing the ones you inherit
• Comfort and credibility in business development conversations with estate agents, developers and other commercial partners
• Commercial instincts; a real understanding of what makes a residential property practice profitable and sustainable
• The gravitas to engage confidently with colleagues, clients and senior external stakeholders alike
• Genuine ambition to help shape the wider direction of the department, not just run your own patch