Head of Data and Tech – Workplace

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We’re Landsec

We are Landsec, we build and invest in buildings, spaces and partnerships to create sustainable places, connect communities and realise potential.

We are one of the largest real estate companies in Europe, with a portfolio of retail, leisure, workspace and residential hubs. Landsec is shaping a better future by leading our industry on environmental and social sustainability while delivering value for our shareholders, great experiences for our guests and positive change for our communities.

The Role:

• This role will be a member of the Workplace Executive committee, being the voice and shaping the data and technology direction for Workplace, within the context of the Landsec group.
• Works across the Workplace business areas to guide and deliver data and technology (products, systems and services), make investment plans and drive realisation of value.
• Responsible for maintaining and optimising business operations to support the current Workplace business model.
• The role will have a particular emphasis on building long-term, strategic relationships with senior stakeholders to ensure that technology enabled change is delivered in a way that aligns with wider group strategy
• Salary: Competitive

The Team:

This is a new role that has been created to support data and technology leadership oversight for Landsec’s Workplace business.

In Workplace we develop, own and manage offices that meet the evolving needs of occupiers ranging from global corporates to small, fast growing businesses. Demand for high quality, sustainable office space is healthy and our track record and deep relationships with occupiers, local authorities and partners alike underpin our competitive advantage. This means we are able to source, envision and deliver complex projects in a way that few can match.

What you will be responsible for:

• Define the Workplace technology strategy for this business area, in line with global Landsec technology strategy.
• Define, own and deliver portfolio roadmaps for Workplace business areas, in alignment with the business strategy.
• Prepare and participate in business planning to agree annual budgets for Workplace D&T.
• Operating in a cross functional matrix team structure, encouraged by project demand, potential direct line management of delivery manager(s), portfolio or programme teams, business architecture, business analysts disciplines, and dotted line management of solution architects, data engineers and building engineers.

Delivering data and technology solutions

• Working collaboratively with the Group Enterprise Architecture (EA) function, Group technical disciplines (data, building engineering, platforms) and business SME’s on the development of new products, product enhancements and product redesign.
• In partnership with the Group EA function, explore how mainstream and emerging technologies can be used to advance business strategy and optimise business operations.
• Working collaboratively with the Group Cybersecurity function to ensure secure by design for any new initiatives, supporting in-flight cyber programmes and ensuring security of data and technology estate at all times.

Business services and Application management

• Ensure key workplace business services are operating within SLA, meeting end user needs.
• Ownership all Workplace applications that support those business services.
• In partnership with Group Cybersecurity function, ensure all applications are compliant (Secure, data privacy and software compliance) and tracked within CMDB / central inventory.
• In partnership with Group EA, building full application lifecycle, architecture roadmaps with rationalisation plans.

Vendor Management

• Establishing and communicating requirements in acquiring technology applications, services, systems and equipment.
• Manage technology vendors for the software and hardware procured.
• Negotiating and managing vendor contracts to cost, safety and performance standards.

Risk management

• Ensuring that the appropriate risk assessments are made when introducing new information and operational technology into Landsec.
• Setting up risk management actions so that internal and external systems are safe and secure.

Performance management and central reporting

• Provide regular reporting on portfolio, support, vendor and financial / budget performance.
• Report on key controls performance

Your skills, experience and qualifications:

Essential criteria

• Real estate background – experience in delivering solutions across the real estate value chain i.e., to support development, marketing, operate assets etc. e.g., exposure to building. information modelling, or working with smart building technology and building management systems.
• Experience in delivering insight initiatives – e.g., on assets, tenants, occupiers through diagnostic, descriptive, predictive or prescriptive analytics approaches.
• Waterfall and agile ways of working – scrum, kanban etc., managing cross functional teams with disciplines across engineering, architecture, project management, etc.

Desirable

• Exposure to AI / GenAI / machine learning in delivering real estate tech solutions etc.
• Experience in delivering business to business, direct to consumer digital platforms.

Life and Benefits at Landsec

We have a great benefits package, there to support you with your work-life balance and in moments that matter. We offer exceptional Learning & Development opportunities to help you grow and reach your potential and we also play our part in supporting the communities where we live and work.

Here are some of our core benefits, view our Benefits and career development page for more information.

• Discretionary annual bonus plan

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 27 days after 2 years and options to purchase an additional holiday each year.

• Enhanced pension contributions – Landsec will contribute up to 10.5% subject to your contribution

• Private medical insurance, Life assurance and income protection.

• Enhanced maternity, adoption, shared parental leave policies (view our Family policies page for more details)

• Annual Sharesave plans with the chance to buy Landsec shares at a discounted rates

• Up to 4 working days to volunteer per year and ‘Give As You Earn’ programmes allowing you to donate to charities straight out of your pay and we top up by 20%

And when it comes to your health and wellbeing you will also have access to other benefits: our employee assistance programme, digital GP, cycle to work scheme, a mindfulness app and a health app supporting fertility and menopause.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Landsec, we value diversity & inclusion. We work to better reflect the diversity of the communities we work within and empower everyone who works at Landsec to realise their potential.

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To find out more about our approach, visit our Diversity and Inclusion page .