Chief Investment Officer

This pivotal role carries responsibility for ensuring Platform’s homes are safe, well-maintained, and sustainable, while driving long-term asset value and supporting excellent customer outcomes.

As part of the Executive Team, you will take collective responsibility for leading the organisation, shaping culture, and delivering the Group’s corporate strategy.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with local authorities, regulators, and sector partners to enhance Platform’s reputation and influence.
• Lead the development and delivery of Platform’s Sustainability Strategy, including retrofit, net zero, biodiversity and social value.
• Oversee significant capital and revenue budgets, ensuring a strong Value for Money approach.
• Lead and inspire a large, multi-disciplinary directorate with a culture of performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Direct the long-term investment planning of the Group’s £2.4bn housing portfolio, ensuring quality, safety, and financial sustainability.
• Ensure the effective management of cyclical and planned maintenance programmes that deliver excellent customer outcomes.
• Lead the development and delivery of a refreshed workplaces strategy, supporting our wider people offer and cultural aspirations
• Oversee all aspects of Building Safety, Compliance, Sustainability, and Facilities Management.
• Play a key role as an Executive Team member, contributing to strategic decision-making and corporate leadership.
• Lead the development and delivery of Platform’s Asset Management Strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities and customer needs.

If you have proven experience at senior or executive level, at scale, and relish a challenge, then get in touch.

We believe the combination of our portfolio, financial strength and committed colleagues means this is a role where the postholder can aim high and move us over time to become genuine sector leaders in asset management.

• A proven housing sector leader with substantial experience in sustainability, asset management, investment, or property services within a large, complex housing organisation.
• Strong financial acumen with experience of managing large-scale budgets and investment programmes.
• Strategic, analytical, and commercially astute, with the ability to translate vision into operational delivery.
• A credible and collaborative communicator who builds trust across our organisation and with external stakeholders.
• A deep understanding of housing regulation, building safety, compliance, and sustainability frameworks.

This is a uniquely positioned role in a financially robust, sector-leading business. The generous salary and benefits package reflect this.

Our portfolio includes homes for affordable and social rent, shared ownership, supported housing, and retirement living, underpinned by a commitment to quality, safety, and community impact.

The new postholder will join a journey that has already started and where momentum is already being built, but at an early enough stage that gives many opportunities to shape the future and deliver lasting change.