Head of Asset Intelligence in Milton Keynes

The opportunity: As Head of Asset Intelligence, you will lead the function that underpins how we understand our homes and decide where to invest. You will bring together stock condition, repairs, energy and customer insight to create a single, trusted view of asset performance. From that, you will shape how we prioritise investment, challenge assumptions and ensure decisions are grounded in clear evidence and understood trade-offs. You will play a critical role in determining what gets delivered, where and why. This is a role for someone who is comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels. Someone who can work with complexity, bring clarity, and influence decisions through insight and collaboration.

Salary: £81,445.19 (plus car allowance of £5,943.35) per year
Contract: Permanent, full time
Your week: 36.25 hours, Monday to Friday 9am to 5.15pm
Location: Hybrid with a weekly presence in either our Milton Keynes, Rushden, Peterborough or Boston office

Why this role matters: We are fundamentally rebalancing how we invest in our homes. Historically, investment decisions across the sector have often been driven by lifecycle assumptions, programme cycles or funding constraints. While these remain important, they do not always lead to the best outcomes for customers or the most effective use of resources. At Amplius, we are shifting toward a more targeted, evidence-led approach. One that focuses investment where it will have the greatest impact on reducing failure demand, improving customer outcomes and strengthening long-term asset performance. To do that, we need a clearer, more reliable understanding of our homes and how they behave over time. We need to move beyond a traditional approach to asset management and use our data as the foundation for better interventions and longer-term decision-making. This role is central to that shift.

What success looks like: Success in this role will not be measured by the quality of reporting, but by the quality of decisions. Within the first 12–24 months, we would expect to see:

• A clear, trusted and consistently used view of asset performance across the organisation
• Investment programmes that are more targeted, with a visible shift toward addressing properties driving disproportionate cost and poor outcomes
• Stronger alignment between asset intelligence, financial planning and delivery
• A reduction in avoidable failure demand through better timing and targeting of interventions
• Increased confidence from Executive, Board and Regulator in how investment decisions are made and justified

Who we are looking for: We are looking for someone who can think clearly, work with complexity and influence decisions. You may come from housing, but you do not have to. What matters is your ability to use data to understand asset performance, identify what really drives cost and outcomes, and support better investment decisions. You will be comfortable challenging assumptions, asking difficult questions and bringing a structured, evidence-based approach to prioritisation. Above all, you will be focused on impact. Not just producing insight, but ensuring it is used.

Who we are: Amplius is a newly formed organisation, bringing together two established housing providers with a shared ambition to deliver better outcomes for our customers and communities. With over 37,000 homes spanning from Kent to Lincolnshire, we are at a pivotal point in shaping how we manage, invest in and improve our homes for the long term. Like much of the sector, we are operating in an environment of increasing cost pressure, rising customer expectations and a rapidly evolving regulatory and sustainability landscape. Against this backdrop, we are clear that how we invest in our homes needs to change. This is not about doing more of the same. It is about making better decisions.

Closing date: 21 June
Phone screening: 3 July
Interviews: 8 July
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in response to an overwhelming number of applications or a change in business priorities. If you have any queries please contact the Amplius Talent Team and we’ll be happy to assist you.

The Company: Amplius is one of the largest housing providers across the Midlands, East and Southeast of England. We own and manage more than 37,000 homes and deliver a range of quality services, including care and support, specialist housing and home ownership options. We’re a team of over 1,300 colleagues driven to have a positive impact on people’s lives and provide affordable homes that make a difference.

The Benefits: Employee Assistance Programme, State of the art IT equipment, Volunteer days, Flexible Working, Pension Scheme, Life Assurance, Health Cash Plan, Generous Annual Leave, Career Development.