Head of Estates, Assurance & Transformation

Project People; Theale; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Theale-based Berkshire senior leadership role heads Estates, Assurance & Transformation, leading a broad property and infrastructure function to drive performance, governance and commercial optimisation across a UK estate.

You will shape transformation roadmaps, manage major contracts (£5m–£10m pa), oversee risk, compliance and stakeholder engagement with senior leaders across Operations, Finance, Legal and Property.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience across property, estates, infrastructure or asset management operations.
• Proven track record of leading senior teams, strategic suppliers and outsourced delivery models.
• Strong commercial, financial and contractual management capability.
• Governance, assurance, risk management and operational performance improvement experience.
• Experience leading business transformation and continuous improvement programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder management, with influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Leading multidisciplinary teams and strategic outsourced partners across estate management, assurance, property risk, supplier performance and estate data.
• Owning governance and assurance frameworks to improve efficiency, compliance and customer outcomes.
• Developing and delivering the estates transformation roadmap, including data improvement initiatives.
• Managing contracts valued at £5m–£10m per annum and significant supplier relationships.
• Driving process automation, digitisation and AI-enabled opportunities to enhance productivity.
• Providing senior-level reporting, insights and recommendations while handling escalations.
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Legal, Commercial and Property.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Transformation

Stakeholder management

Commercial & financial management

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Education

RICS or equivalent qualification

Job description

Theale-based Berkshire senior leadership role heads Estates, Assurance & Transformation, leading a broad property and infrastructure function to drive performance, governance and commercial optimisation across a UK estate.

You will shape transformation roadmaps, manage major contracts (£5m–£10m pa), oversee risk, compliance and stakeholder engagement with senior leaders across Operations, Finance, Legal and Property.