Qualifications & Specific Training
Essential
• Full UK driving licence.
• Relevant commercial property, investment or development training would be beneficial.
Desirable
• Degree or equivalent experience in Real Estate, Property, Surveying, Business or a related
discipline.
• MRICS or working towards RICS accreditation would be advantageous.
Experience
• Relevant experience in hospitality, leisure, retail or F&B property acquisitions, agency,
development or asset sourcing.
• Proven experience of identifying and sourcing physical sites across multiple markets.
• An established and active network across agents, landlords, developers, investors and property
owners.
• Evidence of proactively sourcing off-market, pre-market or early-stage opportunities.
• Experience assessing locations, catchments, trading circuits and competitive environments.
• Experience working with commercial stakeholders to assess site-level sales, EBITDA potential and
investment viability.
• Experience managing a live acquisition or development pipeline and priori sing opportunities by
quality and commercial potential.
• Experience working across multiple locations and travelling regularly as part of the role.
Knowledge
• Strong understanding of the UK commercial property market, particularly hospitality, leisure, retail
or consumer-facing locations.
• Good understanding of property agents, landlords, developers and the channels through which
new opportunities are sourced.
• Strong understanding of catchments, trading circuits, foo all, accessibility, competition and the
characteristics that make a successful hospitality location.
• Commercial understanding of site-level P&Ls, including sales, EBITDA, rent affordability, capex and
return on investment.
• Understanding of leasehold and freehold property opportunities and the key commercial
considerations involved in each.
• Awareness of planning, licensing and property constraints that may affect the viability of a
potential location.
• Understanding of how property strategy can strengthen an estate through new openings,
relocations and replacement of weaker assets.
• Awareness of competitor expansion, market movements and emerging hospitality locations.
Skills
• Highly developed networking and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to build
credibility with agents, landlords, developers and property owners.
• Strong commercial judgement, able to distinguish an attractive property from an attractive
hospitality investment.
• Strong analytical skills, able to assess opportunities using sales, EBITDA, investment and return
assumptions.
• Ability to build, manage and priori se a live acquisition pipeline across multiple markets.
• Strong influencing and communication skills, able to present clear recommendations to senior
stakeholders.
• Strong market research and site assessment capability, combining data with first-hand market
knowledge.
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple opportunities at different stages without losing pace.
• Comfortable challenging weak opportunities and making clear recommendations to stop or
progress investment.
• Able to work effectively across Retail, Finance, Legal, Property and Franchise while maintaining
clear ownership boundaries.
Personal Attributes
• Commercially Driven: Focused on finding assets that materially improve estate EBITDA, rather
than simply increasing site count.
• Naturally Networked: Builds and maintains strong external relationships and is comfortable
spending significant me in the property market.
• Entrepreneurial: Actively creates opportunities rather than waiting for them to arrive.
• Curious: Interested in ci es, trading circuits, consumer behaviour and why some hospitality
locations outperform others.
• Hands-On: Comfortable walking markets, visiting sites and doing the detailed work required to
qualify an opportunity.
• Disciplined: Maintains strong investment judgement and is prepared to walk away when an asset
does not meet the required commercial hurdles.
• Resilient and Tenacious: Comfortable with long lead times, competitive processes and
opportunities that do not ultimately convert.
• Credible: Confident representing BrewDog with senior agents, landlords, developers and
investors.
• Collaborative: Works effectively across functions while respecting clear accountability for Legal,
Franchise and operational decision-making.
• Brand Passionate: Understands that the right physical asset must support the future BrewDog
proposition and customer experience.
Additional Requirements
• Regular UK travel will be required, with occasional travel across franchise markets as the pipeline
develops.
• The role will require significant me in-market visiting target locations and potential sites.
• Flexibility to a end agent meetings, property viewings, industry events and market visits as
required.
• The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active external presence across the
hospitality and leisure property market.