Property Services deputy director roles

Closing date/time: 11.55pm, 18 October 2026
Salary: The successful candidate will receive a basic salary in excess of £100,000. For candidates with exceptional and highly relevant knowledge, skills, and experience, in addition to base salary consideration may be given to a non-pensionable market allowance. 
Location: This role is based at Marlowe House and Hendon, with regular attendance required across the MPS estate, including frequent meetings at New Scotland Yard. Flexibility to work from multiple locations is essential.

The Metropolitan Police Service is seeking an exceptional leader to join its Property Services Directorate as Deputy Director Workplace Services

This is a unique opportunity to lead the delivery of workplace services across one of the largest and most diverse estates in the public sector. Reporting to the Director of Property Services, you will be responsible for the strategic leadership of facilities management, estate and asset management, specialist real estate functions, and major outsourced service contracts that support policing across London.

You will ensure our estate remains safe, compliant, resilient and operationally effective, while driving value, innovation and continuous improvement across a predominantly outsourced delivery model.

About the Role 
As Deputy Director Workplace Services, you will:

• Lead the strategic delivery of workplace services across a complex property portfolio of more than 200 properties.
• Oversee significant facilities management, estate management and specialist real estate contracts, ensuring high-quality service delivery and value for money.
• Provide strategic leadership for a major outsourced supply chain and integrator model.
• Drive performance, governance, compliance and assurance across workplace services.
• Lead the management of substantial operational budgets and commercial contracts.
• Build strong partnerships with senior internal and external stakeholders, suppliers and public sector partners.
• Shape future workplace and estate service models, including the transition from existing PFI arrangements.

About You 
We are looking for an inclusive and collaborative leader with significant experience operating at a senior level within property, estates, facilities management, construction or a related sector.

You will bring:

• Extensive experience leading large-scale estates, property or facilities management functions within a complex organisation.
• A proven track record of managing major outsourced contracts and supply chains.
• Strong commercial, financial and strategic leadership capability.
• Experience of delivering organisational change while maintaining operational performance.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including experience working with executive and board-level audiences.
• The ability to balance operational priorities, risk management and long-term strategic objectives.
• A professional qualification or chartered status in a relevant discipline, or equivalent senior-level expertise.

Why Join Us? 
This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the infrastructure that enables frontline policing and supports the safety of millions of Londoners.

You will join a forward-looking leadership team committed to transforming property services, improving customer experience, driving innovation and delivering a modern, sustainable estate fit for the future.

How to apply
The Metropolitan Police Service is working with executive search partner MRG on this appointment.

To apply, or for a confidential discussion about the opportunity, please contact our retained executive search partner:

MRG
Email/Mobile: [email protected] / 07932 717 431
Email/Mobile: [email protected] / 07706 326 046
Closing date: 23:55 on 18 October 2026

Our commitment to inclusivity
The Met is committed to being an equitable (fair and impartial) and inclusive employer for disabled people, striving to have a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term conditions, ethnic minority groups and women.

As a Disability Confident Leader, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

The Met is committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process to ensure disabled applicants can perform at their best. If you need any reasonable adjustments or changes to the application and recruitment process, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence.

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