Technology Controls & Commercial Director

Title: Technology Controls & Commercial Director

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time, 35 hours

Salary: Starting salary £106,303 per annum (London weighted salary) or starting salary £91,556 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience

Grade: 14

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 20th February 2026

Interview Dates: 6th-10th March 2026 in-person interviews

Please click here for the role profile Technology Controls & Commercial Director Role Profile.docx

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join our Technology Team at L&Q:

Why this role is exciting?

This is key role in the Technology Senior Management Team and influential across the Technology function. As Technology Controls & Commercial Director, you will also work alongside the Supply Chain ‘Hub’ ensuring that our group-wide supply chain and commercial / contract activity is collaborative, efficient and prepared for the future.

You will lead the centralised commercial, financial and contract governance functions for Technology. You will support multimillion pound commercial, supply chain, and financial activities, ensuring that our Technology investment is commercially sound, compliant, and aligned with organisational priorities.

This is a pivotal leadership role shaping the future of Technology, driving financial planning (including LTFP), enabling Transformation & Change, and ensuring excellence in procurement, commercial strategy, and oversight of Technology Keep the Lights On and Run The Business Projects.

Why we need you?

L&Q is transforming at pace. We need a director who can bring strong commercial discipline, data driven financial planning, and high quality governance to ensure Technology remains a strategic enabler for the entire organisation. Your leadership will help us optimise cost, strengthen supplier performance, and ensure our investment decisions are robust, sustainable, and aligned to corporate objectives.

Who you’ll lead and work with?

You will lead a multidisciplinary function (4 direct reports, 20–30 indirect) across Technology Finance, Technology Projects, Commercial, Contract Management and Category Management. You’ll collaborate closely with the Supply Chain Hub (including Property & Investment Spoke), Transformation, Finance, Strategy & Performance, Planning & Portfolio, and wider Corporate Services Teams.

If you’re a strategic leader with a passion for driving value, performance and collaboration, we’d love to hear from you!

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role:

What you’ll be doing?

• Lead the entire Technology Controls & Commercial function.
• Lead category management and commercial governance for Corporate Services supply chain needs.
• Drive cost optimisation and oversee Opex, Capex and long-term financial planning.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal governance frameworks.
• You’ll oversee supplier performance, contract delivery, and commercial value across Corporate Services. Using effective procurement solutions you’ll balance the need for compliance with strategic risk appetite.
• Act as strategic financial partner to Transformation & Change, codeveloping business cases, portfolio financial modelling, and downstream budget integration.
• Oversee Technology PMO, ensuring RTB and portfolio planning meet governance requirements.

How you’ll help in achieving L&Q’s goals?

• Strategic Commercial Leadership – By delivering the commercial strategy for Corporate Services this role will ensure supplier relationships, contracts and procurement activities are aligned with L&Q Strategy. By designing metrics and performance indicators the Director will also ensure that commercial activities across corporate services are measurable and contributes to L&Qs future success.
• Value for money and budget control – With an oversight/influence of an est. £300m in pipeline spend across Corporate Services the Commercial Director (Corporate Services) will ensure that every pound spent delivers maximum value for L&Q. Through both analysis of spend and close collaboration with the Supply Chain Hub, the role will identify efficiency savings, reduction in wasteful spend, and build on the economies of scale that L&Q releases.
• Supplier Performance and Risk Management – Through close monitoring of supplier performance and ensuring contractual obligations are enforced where necessary the Commercial Director (Corporate Services) will help in mitigating risks resulting from supplier performance.

What you'll bring:

• Senior level commercial and financial leadership, with experience overseeing large Technology Opex/Capex budgets, long-term financial planning (LTFP), investment appraisal, and cost optimisation across complex portfolios.
• Comprehensive contract, supply chain, and commercial governance expertise, capable of driving supplier performance, reducing risk, and ensuring alignment to organisational strategy and regulatory obligations.
• Strong PMO and portfolio oversight experience, ensuring effective planning, governance, and delivery across RTB and Transformation & Change portfolios, with the ability to integrate investment, capacity and financial planning.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary commercial, finance, contract and PMO teams, influencing executive stakeholders and driving alignment across Technology, Finance, T&C, and Supply Chain Hub functions.

A Recruitment Advocate will join this recruitment process as a panel member. This is part of an internal scheme supporting our recruitment process to be fair, transparent and consistent.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!

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