Director of Customer Experience
| Posting date: | 12 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £125,000 to £130,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | c£125,000-£130,000 per annum plus car allowance of £5484, |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 March 2026 |
| Location: | Newcastle upon Tyne (Strawberry Lane), NE1 4BX |
| Company: | Home Group Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 26343 |
Summary
Circa £125,000 - £130,000 per annum plus car allowance of £5484, 34 days leave rising to 39 days and health cash plan from £1140
Permanent, full-time (37.5 hpw)
National role with regular travel and hybrid working
Home, a place where you belong
First impressions count, and so do lasting ones! As our Director of Customer Experience, you'll lead our evolution in how we listen, involve and deliver for our customers, setting the standards that influence our whole organisation and the sector. You’ll champion inclusive and meaningful customer involvement, broaden and diversify voices, strengthen governance, and use insight and technology to drive smarter decisions.
You'll be the driving force behind delivering customer-focused strategies, ensuring we stand out and shine as an organisation that goes above and beyond to deliver exceptional customer experience across every part of our services. We're not just looking for a leader; we're looking for a visionary who’ll help our customers feel heard, valued, and cared for, making a lasting impact.
What you’ll do
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Lead our customer experience strategy, setting a bold vision and delivering exceptional, seamless end-to-end journeys that push boundaries and keep Home Group at the forefront of customer excellence.
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Drive consistent, high-quality customer service across all our regions through strong, clear and expert leadership.
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Use customer insight to shape priorities, improve services, drive engagement and focus on what truly matters most to customers.
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Collaborate with our Board, Executive, and Senior Management teams to guide customer experience strategies, making informed, impactful decisions.
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Foster a continuous learning environment, using customer feedback to improve services and setting clear standards aligned with our Customer Promise.
Why join us
You’ll shape sector‑leading customer experience, influence decisions at the highest level, and lead talented teams in a culture built on customer insight, listening, innovation and continuous improvement. You’ll make a real impact on customers’ lives while helping set new standards across Home Group and the wider housing sector. Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work!
You have
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Outstanding leadership skills and a strategic mindset, capable of inspiring change and driving customer service excellence in a complex, heavily regulated environment.
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Extensive experience in leading high-performing customer service teams within the sector, with a successful track record in strategic planning and delivery in consumer-focused sectors.
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Experience of managing large-scale contact centres and leveraging digital innovations such as AI to enhance customer experiences.
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Commercial acumen, skilled in financial management, budgeting, and understanding core business metrics to drive organisational success.
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Exceptional people management abilities, inspiring and embedding a high-performance culture, unafraid of making tough decisions or having challenging conversations.
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A strong communicator and influencer, adept at aligning teams with our mission, strategy, goals, values, and customer promise, ensuring everyone is moving in the right direction.
Stronger together
We welcome applications from everyone and are especially keen to hear from people currently underrepresented in our workforce including people from ethnic minority backgrounds, those who identify as female, LGBTQ+ or who are disabled.
The practical bits
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Flexible hybrid working (based from any of our national offices) with regular travel to the North-East, where our Head Office is based and working from home too.
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You’ll work Monday to Friday. Our core hours are 9.00 am to 5.30 pm with flexibility built in.
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A full current driving licence as you’ll work and travel on a national basis and will be provided with a car allowance as part of your remuneration package to do that.
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You'll need an Enhanced DBS check which we'll pay for.
What’s in it for you?
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34 days leave, rising to 39 (this includes bank holidays and a “me day”). The option to buy 5 more each year
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Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
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Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)
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800+ discounts on shops, holidays, days out, tech and more
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Work your way with flexibility to balance life and work
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Director of Customer Experience candidate brief & Job Description find out about us, for help to apply and for all our benefits. Roles can close early, so don’t wait. For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk.
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