Senior Sustainability Manager

Transport for London is seeking two Senior Sustainability Managers for its Places for London team. The role involves embedding sustainability in decision-making and driving transformational change in real estate operations. Candidates will manage risks, set ambitious targets, and collaborate with stakeholders to enhance sustainability practices. The position offers a salary of up to £85,000 with a hybrid working model, allowing for 50% remote work.
Date: 20 Apr 2026
Location: Victoria Station House, TTL Properties Ltd
Company: TfL, GLA or OPDC


Key Information
Job title: Senior Sustainability Manager
Salary: Up to £85,000 Grade: Band 4


Contract type: TfL Reference: 4132


Team: Places Strategy and Planning Directorate: Places for London


Contract details: Full-time Location: Victoria, London SW1, with hybrid working


Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements


We’re hiring two new roles to lead the adoption of best practice sustainability to help keep Places for London at the forefront of sustainable real estate, transforming our estate and operations to create low carbon, resilient, healthy and thriving places across the capital.


Application closing date: 03 May 2026 at 23:59


We reserve the right to close the application window sooner, once adequate application numbers have been received


All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.


Overview of project/role
Places for London is Transport for London’s property company. We’re creating thriving, sustainable places as custodians for one of London’s largest and most diverse estates. We’re also a highly responsible developer that is working in partnership to deliver homes and workplaces that are built to sector-leading standards including BREEAM and Passivhaus.
We’re hiring two Senior Sustainability Managers to play leading roles in our new sustainability team. You’ll embed sustainability throughout our decision making and drive continuous improvement and transformational change to protect and grow value across our operations and estate, delivering measurable economic, environmental and social outcomes.


You’ll lead the adoption of best practice sustainability across the organisation — managing risks and opportunities, setting ambitious yet deliverable targets, and responding to a fast evolving regulatory and market landscape. Collaborating across the organisation, you’ll shape long term strategy and near term delivery programmes that balance commercial performance with long-term and wider public value. You’ll collaborate across the organisation and our stakeholders, including working in close alignment with TfL, the Greater London Authority and our delivery partners.


Through your influence and leadership, you’ll help keep Places for London at the forefront of sustainable real estate, transforming our estate and operations to create low carbon, resilient, healthy and thriving places across the capital.


There are two Senior Sustainability Manager vacancies, each with a distinct focus:


Business Partner In this role, you’ll work collaboratively across the organisation to embed best practice sustainability standards throughout our property management and development activities. This will include leading the deployment and continual improvement of Places for London’s industry-leading sustainable delivery frameworks, ensuring they are integrated into capital delivery, investment planning and day-to-day operations. You’ll also lead sustainability benchmarking and support the adoption of best practice standards and management systems, including the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Standing Estates.


Climate and Environment In this role, you’ll lead the development and delivery of strategies, programmes and disclosures across the environmental agenda, including net zero carbon, climate adaptation and wider systems resilience, biodiversity, resource efficiency and circularity. You’ll own Places for London’s strategy, implementation plan and accounting for Net Zero Carbon. You’ll also lead Places for London’s approach to biodiversity and shape emerging priorities for systems thinking and management standards such as PAS 2080.


Key Accountabilities

Set strategic direction by defining, documenting and advancing sustainability goals, strategies, plans, standards, policies and guidance that protect and grow long term value across Places for London’s land and property portfolio
Enable effective decision making by providing clear, evidence based insight at all levels, including executive and board level, translating complex technical matters into practical, accessible recommendations
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