Head of Portfolio Delivery

Aster Group; Andover; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing organization based in the UK is seeking a Head of Portfolio Delivery to lead change across the organization. This hybrid role involves guiding a team of Senior Project Managers to ensure that initiatives deliver impactful results. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, along with a proven track record in managing complex programmes. Offering a supportive workplace culture, flexible working, and several employee benefits, this role is pivotal in driving continuous improvement.

Benefits

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Career development frameworks

Defined Contribution Pension

Volunteering hours

Savings discounts

Enhanced leave

Personalised recognition initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven track record in leading complex programmes and portfolios.
• Deep knowledge of project and portfolio methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to influence at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and lead a high-performing team to deliver projects that improve lives.
• Champion best practice and embed frameworks that make delivery consistent and effective.
• Connect strategy to reality, ensuring every programme aligns with our purpose and priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Project and portfolio methodologies

Team development

Job description

Lead Change That Matters

Are you passionate about making a real difference?

At Aster Group, we believe change isn’t just about projects - it’s about people, communities, and creating a better future. We’re looking for a dynamic Head of Portfolio Delivery to join us and lead the way in delivering change that truly matters.

This is your chance to shape how we deliver change across the organisation. You’ll be at the heart of our Portfolio Management Office (PMO), guiding a talented team of Senior Project Managers and Project Managers, and ensuring every initiative delivers measurable impact for our customers and colleagues.

Why this role matters

Change is constant but meaningful change takes vision, collaboration, and leadership. In this role, you’ll :

• Inspire and lead a high-performing team to deliver projects that improve lives.
• Champion best practice and embed frameworks that make delivery consistent and effective.
• Connect strategy to reality, ensuring every programme aligns with our purpose and priorities.
• Drive innovation and improvement, creating an environment where ideas thrive and people grow.

What we’re looking for

You’re not just a delivery expert, you’re a leader who cares about people and outcomes. You’ll bring :

• A proven track record in leading complex programmes and portfolios.
• Deep knowledge of project and portfolio methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to influence at all levels.
• A passion for developing others and building collaborative, values-driven teams.
• Experience in housing, public sector, or regulated environments (ideal but not essential).

This is a hybrid role enabling you to base yourself from home if you wish. There will be the requirement to travel to meet with stakeholders, colleagues and the wider team so you'll to happy to travel within our operating region.

Our operating region includes Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and London.

Introduction to the PMO

The Portfolio Management Office is a newly formed strategic function designed to evolve our Group-wide approach to change delivery. It provides a holistic view of all change activity, ensuring initiatives are prioritised, sequenced, and resourced in line with organisational capacity.

Working closely with stakeholders across the organisation, the PMO aligns plans with corporate strategy and strategic priorities, supports effective decision-making, and ensures value for money. By embedding consistent frameworks, standards, and governance, the PMO enables high-quality delivery across the change portfolio and drives continuous improvement.

This function is central to achieving our long-term goals, ensuring every change initiative contributes to organisational success and delivers measurable benefits for our colleagues and customers.

What’s in it for me

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like :

• Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs
• A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• Enhanced leave
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives

Ready to lead change that matters?

To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.

First stage interviews will take place week commencing 12 January 2026.

We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.

All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.