Strategic Director of Estates

At The Berkeley Group Plc there is an abundance of opportunity to grow and progress your career. We're focussed on building and developing the skills of our staff, ensuring we are securing the best for their future.

We believe communication is key in any great relationship. We pride ourselves on ensuring that communication is clear and concise on all projects allowing sufficient learning and visibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Raise The Berkeley Group's Estates performance


• Ensure the most effective use of business resources


• Drive improvements by challenging current practices


• Provide support and guidance to Group and operating companies


• Build mutually beneficial working practices with colleagues and peers


• Tailor communications for different audiences


• Create a clear sense of direction and priorities


• Demonstrate confidence and authority while energising people


Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
The required experience levels for this role include experience of…

• Driving high performance from a business unit or department


• Making good business decisions following broadly defined business policies and principles


• Proposing and introducing new practices or ideas to own unit or area


• Coaching or mentoring


• Working collaboratively with people in own unit or department


• Influencing like-minded people in own department/business area


• Translating strategy into local objectives for a team, unit or department


Technical Skills...

• Oversight and development of The Berkeley Group estate management policy and approach


• Extensive liaison with The Berkeley Group operating companies Finance Directors and Head of Estate Management


• Group financial planning of estates management business area


• Establish performance management criteria and measure at quarter board meetings


• Risk management of Groups estate management approach Oversee Group's statutory obligations


• Liaison with external stakeholders and developing new approaches to drive Berkeley Group's competitive advantage


• Oversight of legal and contract management across the operating companies


• Reviewing operating companies estate management policy and processes


• Driving efficiencies across the operating companies


• Attend quarterly estate group board meeting with the Divisional Managing Director, CFO and CEO, We specialise in long-term brownfield regeneration, focusing on challenging and complex sites that are beyond the scope of conventional homebuilders. We are highly collaborative, working with councils and communities to create a shared vision and to unlock a mix of social, environmental, economic and commercial value that benefits all of our stakeholders.

Our passion for quality and design underpins everything we do. All Berkeley homes are created with care, expertise and relentless attention to detail.


• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)


• Senior finance experience, preferable with experience at a director level


• Understanding of residential development, estate management and facilities management


• Market awareness of the estate management sector


• Experience of estates management implementation and best practice


• Senior stakeholder management