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Leadership, Performance & Talent Director

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Advert Close date: 30th September 2026

Leadership, Performance & Talent Director at The Crown Estate

Purpose of Role

At The Crown Estate, our purpose is to create lasting and shared prosperity for the nation. As the Leadership, Performance & Talent Director, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how leadership, performance and talent are enabled across the organisation.

This role is the enterprise lead for leadership, performance and talent, responsible for creating the systems, standards and conditions that support high performance at scale. You will ensure our leadership framework and performance approach are translated into clear, consistent and evidence led practices, helping leaders make better decisions, develop future capability and deliver long-term value.

Context of Opportunity / Main Accountabilities

Reporting to the Head of Talent, this is a strategic leadership role that sits at the heart of our People and Culture function. You will influence the future of leadership and organisational effectiveness across The Crown Estate by establishing a coherent and sustainable approach to performance, talent and succession.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Owning and evolving the enterprise wide leadership, performance and talent framework.
  • Embedding leadership expectations and performance standards into everyday practice across the business.
  • Leading the approach to talent identification, succession planning and leadership pipeline development.
  • Using data, diagnostics and insight to assess capability, measure impact and inform investment decisions.
  • Shaping leadership development and coaching strategies, ensuring programmes deliver meaningful performance outcomes.
  • Providing governance and oversight of executive and senior hiring frameworks to ensure alignment with future capability needs and equitable decision making.
  • Acting as the business owner for performance technology, driving adoption, governance and continuous improvement.
  • Ensuring leadership, performance and talent decisions are fair, consistent, evidence based and aligned to organisational priorities.
  • Working collaboratively across Business Partnering, Learning, Talent Acquisition, Reward and business leadership teams to deliver sustainable organisational impact.

Most Important Skills Based Requirements

We are seeking an experienced and credible leader who combines strategic thinking with a strong understanding of leadership, talent and organisational performance.

You will bring:

  • Significant experience designing and leading enterprise-wide leadership, performance and talent strategies aligned to business objectives.
  • Strong expertise in evidence led practice, drawing on organisational psychology, behavioural science, assessment methodologies and workforce insights.
  • Experience partnering with senior leaders and executives to influence complex talent, leadership and succession decisions.
  • A track record of delivering outcomes through collaboration, influence and partnership rather than direct authority.
  • Strong analytical capability, with experience using data and insight to evaluate effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
  • The ability to balance organisational priorities, make strategic decisions and focus resources where they will create the greatest impact.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and build trusted relationships.
  • A values-led approach, demonstrating a commitment to equity, inclusion and fair decision-making.

If you are passionate about creating high-performing organisations, developing exceptional leadership capability and shaping the future of work through evidence-based practice, we would love to hear from you.

Join The Crown Estate and help create an environment where people, leadership and performance contribute to lasting value for the country, communities and future generations.

Our Offering / benefits:

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

Disability Disclaimer:

We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us directly, or at [email protected]

Please note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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