Director of Asset & Sustainability

Company: Home Group
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Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Job Description:

Director of Asset & Sustainability

Location: Hybrid role. You can be based from any of our offices in London, Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham or Durham, with regular national travel.

Home, a place where you belong

You’ll lead the delivery of our newly agreed Asset Strategy, helping shape decisions that affect thousands of homes and customers. This is your chance to influence investment, sustainability and asset priorities at the highest level, with direct exposure to our Executive Team and Board. If you’re looking for a role where your judgement drives real change, your voice is heard, and your leadership shapes the future of a major housing provider, this is it.

What you’ll do

  • Lead asset and sustainability priorities that keep homes safe and future-ready.
  • Shape long-term investment plans balancing customer needs, risks and affordability.
  • Use trusted data to guide investment, disposal and asset performance decisions.
  • Drive net zero and retrofit programmes with clear, costed delivery plans.
  • Build collaborative relationships across teams to deliver joined-up outcomes.

Why join us

This is a rare opportunity to play a central role in delivering our new Asset Strategy and influencing decisions at Board and Executive level. You’ll lead work that directly improves customers’ homes while helping shape the future of our organisation and the wider housing sector. Along the way, you’ll gain significant strategic exposure, strengthen your sector profile and lead high-impact programmes with lasting value. Be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work!

You have

  • You have experience managing large and complex housing portfolios successfully.
  • You have built long-term investment strategies linked to business priorities.
  • You have balanced commercial decisions with strong customer-focused outcomes.
  • You have led sustainability, carbon reduction or retrofit programmes successfully.
  • You have inspired high-performing teams and led through complex change.

Practical bits

  • You’ll work Monday to Friday.
  • You’ll work core hours between 9.00am and 5.30pm with flexibility built in.
  • Car allowance included in your package.
  • You need an Enhanced with barring list DBS check that we pay for.

Posted: August 20th, 2026