Head of Asset Intelligence - Housing

Amplius; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 73,300 - 89,589; Full time

Job summary

Amplius in Milton Keynes seeks a Head of Asset Intelligence to lead the understanding of asset performance and investment decisions. This role requires a strategic thinker with data analysis skills, able to work collaboratively and communicate effectively.

The successful candidate will shift the focus to a targeted, evidence-based investment approach that improves customer outcomes and long-term asset performance. The position offers a competitive salary and hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• Ability to use data to understand asset performance.
• Experience in making evidence-based investment decisions.
• Comfortable challenging assumptions and asking difficult questions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the function of understanding homes and making investment decisions.
• Develop a trusted view of asset performance.
• Align asset intelligence with financial planning.

Skills

Data analysis

Strategic thinking

Collaboration

Communication

Job description

£81,445.19 (plus car allowance of £5,943.35) per year

Hybrid - Milton Keynes, Rushden, Peterborough or Boston

Permanent, Full Time

As Head of Asset Intelligence, you will lead the function that underpins how we understand our homes and decide where to invest.

You will bring together stock condition, repairs, energy and customer insight to create a single, trusted view of asset performance. From that, you will shape how we prioritise investment, challenge assumptions and ensure decisions are grounded in clear evidence and understood trade‑offs.

You will play a critical role in determining what gets delivered, where and why.

This is a role for someone who is comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels, who can work with complexity, bring clarity, and influence decisions through insight and collaboration.

Why this role matters

We are fundamentally rebalancing how we invest in our homes. Historically, investment decisions across the sector have often been driven by lifecycle assumptions, programme cycles or funding constraints. While these remain important, they do not always lead to the best outcomes for customers or the most effective use of resources.

At Amplius, we are shifting toward a more targeted, evidence‑led approach that focuses investment where it will have the greatest impact on reducing failure demand, improving customer outcomes and strengthening long‑term asset performance.

To do that, we need a clearer, more reliable understanding of our homes and how they behave over time. We need to move beyond a traditional approach to asset management and use our data as the foundation for better interventions and longer‑term decision‑making. This role is central to that shift.

What success looks like

Success in this role will not be measured by the quality of reporting, but by the quality of decisions. Within the first 12–24 months, we would expect to see:

• A clear, trusted and consistently used view of asset performance across the organisation
• Investment programmes that are more targeted, with a visible shift toward addressing properties driving disproportionate cost and poor outcomes
• Stronger alignment between asset intelligence, financial planning and delivery
• A reduction in avoidable failure demand through better timing and targeting of interventions
• Increased confidence from Executive, Board and Regulator in how investment decisions are made and justified

Who we are looking for

We are looking for someone who can think clearly, work with complexity and influence decisions. You may come from housing, but you do not have to. What matters is your ability to use data to understand asset performance, identify what really drives cost and outcomes, and support better investment decisions.

You will be comfortable challenging assumptions, asking difficult questions and bringing a structured, evidence‑based approach to prioritisation.

Above all, you will be focused on impact— not just producing insight, but ensuring it is used.