Head of Performance Data & Systems

The Core Focus: Developing, managing, and driving the technical data architecture and systems capability that underpins all performance activity across the Agency.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will oversee extract-transform-load (ETL) processes, data modeling, repositories, and technical controls.
• You will manage technical demand across the function, translate business reporting requirements into practical technical solutions, and partner with wider Digital and Data & Analytics teams to ensure security, compliance, and architectural alignment.

Ideal for: A technical leader with a deep understanding of data engineering, system integration, automated reporting infrastructure, and robust data governance/assurance frameworks.

A Bit About You & What You'll Bring

Across all three roles, we are looking for established leaders who can navigate a complex corporate environment and cultivate high-performing cultures.

Essential Experience & Attributes:

• Senior Leadership: Proven track record of operating at a senior level, offering both collaborative support and constructive challenge to executive stakeholders.
• People Capability: Significant experience in leading, developing, and motivating diverse or technical teams, creating an inclusive and continuous-improvement culture.
• Analytical Thinking: A highly developed ability to cut through complex information, solve strategic problems, and ensure robust data governance and quality assurance.
• Change Delivery: Comfort with ambiguity, resilience, and a proven ability to lead teams through organizational improvement and technical or operational change.

Qualifications:

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience is essential for all roles.
• Professional training or a qualification in related disciplines (such as data engineering, finance, project management, performance, or process improvement) is highly desirable.

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.

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 would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.
• We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.
• 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.
• Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate, and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.