Senior Manager - Commercial

Homes England; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50/50 hybrid working

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Healthcare plans

Job summary

Homes England is seeking a Commercial Senior Specialist to drive procurement for the Help to Buy Transformation & Re-procurement Programme. You will reshape a nationally significant service, strengthen data integrity, and reduce risk while delivering value and long-term benefits for the Agency and customers.

You will join a collaborative programme team, with a focus on disciplined delivery, evidence-based decisions, and cross-team engagement to enable a robust operating model and

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement processes and public sector requirements.
• Strong contract management and negotiation capabilities.
• Proven ability to engage with multiple stakeholders to deliver value.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex procurement initiatives within Help to Buy Transformation & Re-procurement.
• Provide expert procurement advice to governance forums and project teams.
• Support delivery of an integrated, defensible service model while protecting public funds.

Skills

Procurement

Contract management

Negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical thinking

Communication

Job description

Closing Date: 28th October

Interviews expected to take place from week commencing 2nd November

A bit about the role.

Working within our Help to Buy Transformation & Re procurement Programme, the Commercial Senior Specialist will play a key role in delivering a complex, multi year public sector change programme.

You will join a highly skilled, collaborative programme team tasked with reshaping a nationally significant service at a critical point in its lifecycle. Our focus is on strengthening data integrity, reducing operational and financial risk, improving customer experience, and ensuring long term service portability while protecting public funds.

This is a programme that values disciplined delivery and thoughtful decision making. Our Programme Director champions evidence based choices and a diversity of perspectives, recognising that the best outcomes come from constructive challenge and collective problem solving.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future operating model of one of the UK’s most high profile home ownership public services. You will work closely with colleagues across a range of specialisms to design and deliver an integrated, coherent and defensible service model. One that can stand up to scrutiny from governance forums, audit and value for money assessments while delivering long term benefits for the Agency and our customers.

As part of the wider Homes England Commercial team, this role will be ring-fenced to the Help to Buy Transformation & Re-procurement Programme. The postholder will benefit from the professional support, expertise and development offered by the wider Commercial function, while remaining focused on the successful delivery of the programme.

A bit about you.

You are an experienced procurement professional with a strong understanding of procurement principles, contract management, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement. You enjoy working on complex challenges, providing expert advice, and identifying opportunities to drive value and improve outcomes. With excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach, you build trusted relationships across teams and are committed to delivering high-quality results while supporting the success of those around you.

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

Help to Buy, alongside other products in our portfolio, provided equity loans to support people onto the housing ladder. Homes England is the legal lender for these loans and now manages one of the largest residential mortgage portfolios in the country. While no new loans are being issued, the service remains critical. Our role is to ensure customers are supported to understand, manage and redeem their loan with confidence, while safeguarding public money through fair, proportionate and well controlled financial management.

What we offer.

• As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.
• Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.
• Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.
• If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.
• Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.
• If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.
• Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.