Interm Director of Estates

Strategic Leadership for a National Healthcare Property Portfolio

Provide strategic and operational leadership across a large, complex property portfolio for a leading healthcare organisation. This business-critical appointment requires a senior property professional with a proven track record within healthcare environments, where estate performance, compliance, safety, and service delivery are intrinsically linked to patient care and operational outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the organisation's property and estates function, ensuring the estate is safe, compliant, fit for purpose, and aligned to business objectives.
• Provide strategic leadership across a national healthcare property portfolio.
• Lead estate management, facilities, compliance, and capital investment programmes.
• Ensure full compliance with healthcare estate regulations, health and safety, and statutory obligations.
• Deliver complex refurbishment, redevelopment, and infrastructure projects.
• Manage external consultants, contractors, and supply chain partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve estate performance, utilisation, and cost efficiency.
• Support executive stakeholders on estate strategy, risk management, and future growth plans.
• Lead property matters associated with acquisitions, disposals, and service developments.

Required Profile

• Significant experience operating at Property Director, Estates Director, or equivalent senior leadership level.
• A strong background within healthcare estates, including independent healthcare, NHS, mental health, care, rehabilitation, or specialist healthcare environments.
• Deep understanding of healthcare estate compliance, governance, and risk management.
• Extensive experience leading multi-site property portfolios and capital projects.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at Executive and Board level.
• The gravitas and credibility to make an immediate impact within an interim assignment.

Opportunity Overview

This is a rare opportunity to lead a substantial healthcare estate portfolio during a pivotal period of organisational development and transformation. The successful individual will play a key role in shaping estate strategy while ensuring the highest standards of compliance, safety, and operational effectiveness.

This is an interim assignment with a tenure of approximately 2 to 6 months, with the potential to be considered for a permanent position (not guaranteed at this stage). The daily rate is negotiable dependent on experience.