Head of Asset Management Strategy

Who we are

VIVO provides facilities management and accommodation maintenance for the UK military and its partners. VIVO embodies both experience and innovation.

What we do

We put our Customers and Families First. They are the driving force behind everything we do. We drive forward improvements for them to ensure the service they receive, whether reactive repairs or a major project, is completed safely and on time. In order to achieve this, we have 4 core values: open, caring, agile and collaborative. These are at the heart of everything we do.

Head of Asset Management Strategy

Hybrid Role | Regular UK Travel

Senior Leadership Package & Comprehensive Benefits

Build a Market-Leading Asset Management Capability

VIVO manages and maintains some of the UK's most important defence infrastructure, supporting critical environments across a diverse and geographically dispersed estate portfolio.

We're seeking an exceptional asset management leader to establish and mature a best-in-class Asset Management Strategy function, bringing proven industry expertise to shape how we manage, maintain and invest in more than 500,000 maintainable assets.

This is a rare opportunity to build capability from strategy through to execution, creating the frameworks, governance, lifecycle planning methodologies and asset intelligence that will drive investment decisions, operational performance and long-term value across a nationally significant estate portfolio.

Reporting to the Operational Excellence Director, you'll operate at the heart of strategic decision-making, helping shape the future direction of asset management across the organisation whilst supporting operational excellence, customer confidence and future growth opportunities.

The Opportunity

As Head of Asset Management Strategy, you will lead the development of a mature, data-driven asset management capability that enables better investment decisions, improves asset performance and maximises whole-life value.

You'll establish consistent standards, governance and methodologies across the organisation, creating the foundations for long-term asset management excellence whilst ensuring investment decisions are aligned to risk, compliance, operational performance and customer requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining and delivering the organisation's long-term asset management strategy.
• Establishing enterprise-wide asset management frameworks, standards and governance processes.
• Leading the development of 5, 10 and 20-year lifecycle investment plans across a complex estate portfolio.
• Creating robust asset investment and prioritisation methodologies that balance performance, compliance, risk and affordability.
• Driving improvements in asset intelligence, data quality and governance to support strategic decision-making.
• Developing asset performance analytics and insight capabilities that improve investment planning and operational outcomes.
• Leading whole-life asset optimisation strategies that maximise value and support long-term sustainability.
• Shaping the future use of digital asset management technologies, predictive analytics and data-led maintenance approaches.
• Supporting bids, mobilisations and future growth opportunities through robust asset modelling and strategic asset expertise.
• Acting as the organisation's senior subject matter expert for asset management strategy and lifecycle planning.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you will:

• Establish a clear and sustainable long-term asset management strategy.
• Build a consistent asset management framework across the organisation.
• Improve asset data quality, governance and investment decision-making.
• Embed lifecycle planning and risk-based investment methodologies.
• Increase organisational asset management maturity and capability.
• Strengthen customer confidence in asset investment and renewal decisions.
• Position VIVO as a recognised leader in strategic asset management within the facilities management and infrastructure sectors.

About You

We're looking for a strategic and commercially minded asset management professional with a proven track record of building and developing asset management capability within complex hard FM, estates, infrastructure or engineering environments.

You will bring:

• Significant experience leading asset management functions across large and complex asset portfolios.
• Proven success developing and implementing enterprise-wide asset management frameworks, operating models and governance structures.
• Deep expertise in lifecycle planning, asset investment strategy and whole-life asset optimisation.
• Strong understanding of asset governance, statutory compliance, risk management and resilience planning.
• Experience establishing asset intelligence, performance management and data-driven decision-making frameworks.
• A strong track record of improving asset management maturity and embedding best practice across organisations.
• Commercial awareness and experience influencing significant investment decisions and long-term asset strategies.
• The credibility and expertise to operate as the organisation's senior authority on asset management strategy.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical information into clear business recommendations.

Desirable

• Experience within large-scale hard FM, infrastructure, utilities, healthcare estates, transport, property or other asset-intensive environments.
• Chartered status and/or recognised Asset Management qualifications.
• Knowledge and practical application of ISO 55001 principles.
• Experience implementing asset management systems, digital asset solutions or predictive maintenance strategies.
• Experience supporting strategic bids, contract mobilisations or organisational transformation programmes.

The Leadership Style We Value

You'll be a leader who:

• Thinks strategically and takes a long-term view.
• Leads through expertise, credibility and evidence-based decision making.
• Creates alignment across operational, technical and commercial functions.
• Builds capability and develops others.
• Encourages innovation and continuous improvement.
• Challenges constructively whilst building strong relationships.
• Maintains a relentless focus on value, performance and outcomes.

Why Join VIVO?

This is an opportunity to build something significant.

You'll have the autonomy and influence to create a market-leading asset management capability within a business responsible for one of the UK's largest and most complex estate portfolios.

Working closely with senior leaders, customers and operational teams, you'll shape how asset investment decisions are made, improve long-term asset performance and establish the frameworks that will support future growth, resilience and operational excellence.

Most importantly, you'll bring industry-leading asset management practices into an organisation committed to evolving its capability and becoming a recognised leader in strategic asset management.

VIVO Defence Services

The role you have applied for is with VIVO Defence Services, a joint venture between Serco and EQUANS. By applying for this role, please be aware that information contained within your CV may be shared between VIVO Defence Services, Serco and EQUANS during the recruitment process.

At VIVO, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. Therefore, we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool.

We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working and operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly a Disability Confident Leader. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.