Aster Group UK
Project Manager - Strategic Review Programme

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Project Manager - Strategic Review Programme
Salary: £42,154 per annum
Location: Flexible - able to travel within our operating region
Hours: 37 hours per week
Closing date: 12 August 2026
We're looking for an ambitious Project Manager with strong commercial acumen and imagination to play a leading role in identifying and transforming underperforming assets across our portfolio.
Working within our Strategic Review Programme team, you'll help shape investment decisions and deliver regeneration opportunities.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead complex asset reviews, influence major strategic decisions, lead meaningful regeneration projects, and shape the future performance of a significant property portfolio.
This role looks to think big, bringing conceptualisation, design and delivery of new ideas to our assets to ensure they are fit for the future.
The Role
Reporting to the Programme Manager - Strategic Review Programme, you will lead the delivery of options appraisal outcomes across a diverse portfolio of residential, commercial and land assets.
You will manage a programme of strategic reviews, assessing opportunities for conversion, reconfiguration, reinvestment, regeneration and portfolio optimisation. You'll be providing leadership to a small technical team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
Day to day you will find yourself:
- Leading strategic reviews of underperforming properties, land holdings, garages and commercial assets.
- Managing and delivering options appraisals that identify opportunities for investment, regeneration, stock rationalisation and portfolio improvement.
- Developing robust financial models, long-term forecasts and Net Present Value (NPV) assessments to support strategic decision-making.
- Evaluating asset performance at portfolio and archetype level, taking an estate-wide view of investment opportunities.
- Producing evidence-based recommendations for reinvestment, conversion and reconfiguration projects.
- Managing refurbishment and regeneration projects across existing residential estates.
- Collaborating with internal stakeholders to shape long-term investment priorities and asset strategies.
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About You
You'll combine strategic thinking with strong commercial awareness and a proven ability to deliver complex projects in an asset management environment.
You will come to the role with:
- Proven experience within asset management, strategic asset reviews and options appraisal programmes.
- Strong project management expertise with recognised project management accreditation or demonstrable experience.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing technical or commercial teams.
- Excellent financial modelling, analytical and research skills.
- Ability to interpret complex technical, financial and economic data and translate it into actionable recommendations.
- Strong understanding of options appraisal methodologies and asset review processes.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience engaging senior stakeholders.
This is a hybrid role so you’ll be able to base yourself from home. Travel for the role will be required so you’ll have a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes and will be suitably located to enable travel within our operating region.
Our operating region includes London, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.
Why Join Us?
You will have the opportunity to maximise both financial and social value for the business and our customers and deliver programmes that will have a lasting impact on communities and the future of our estate.
You'll join a forward-thinking organisation committed to making data-driven investment decisions, creating thriving communities, and delivering exceptional outcomes for customers.


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You will be taking ownership of complex strategic projects and make a lasting impact, if this is you, we'd love to hear from you.
What’s in it for me
We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:
- Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needs
- A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
- We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
- Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
- Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
- Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
- Enhanced leave
- We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives
Ready to apply?
To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.
We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.
All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.
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