Sector Development Manager - Retrofit & Refurbishment

We’re looking for a Sector Development Manager to join our team and play a crucial role in strengthening Saint-Gobain’s influence, visibility and impact across the UK Retrofit and Refurbishment landscape.

Working closely with our Head of Sector Development, you’ll help maximise our engagement across both Social Housing and Commercial Retrofit. This role blends relationship-building, sector insight, project ownership, and external representation — making it an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to grow their career, build a strong profile, and become a future leader in the sector.

This is a highly collaborative role, engaging with sector-focused membership bodies, forums, and research groups along with internal teams across Saint-Gobain.

This is a full-time permanent role. Our preference is that you'll be located in the Midlands, given the role is based out of our head office in East Leake, Loughborough. We offer hybrid working due to the need for attendance of office-based team meetings and relevant, selected conferences and exhibitions.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Is analytical, curious and able to turn information into clear, concise and actionable insight
• Has knowledge and experience of working in the Social Housing or Commercial retrofit sectors
• Can build rapport quickly and represent Saint-Gobain confidently in external meetings, workshops and conferences
• Thrives in varied, fast-paced environments and can switch between data, people, presentations and project tasks
• Can work collaboratively across multiple teams and brands, and enjoys building meaningful long-term relationships
• Is articulate and has strong communication skills – written, verbal and presentation– and can articulate our value proposition clearly
• Is proactive, organised and comfortable managing several moving parts at once

What you will be doing:

• Member engagement and relationship management with key stakeholders within the sector
• Gathering to sector intelligence & insight generation – you’ll gather and interpret market intelligence to support the Head of Sector Development and the wider organisation
• Producing concise, clear insight reports and presenting findings to internal teams

Are Saint-Gobain inclusive employers?

Saint-Gobain is a worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, following our purpose of ‘Making the World a Better Home’. We play a part in improving daily life through high-performance solutions. From wherever you are, let your unique personality and our values guide you every day to invent a more sustainable world.

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

At Saint-Gobain, we’re always open to new ways of working. Everyone has different needs and commitments. We’ll happily discuss any need you might have for this role. Whilst we can’t promise to meet every request when we’re recruiting, we do promise to listen.

If you match our criteria, we will be in touch to discuss your experience and more about you as a person, we look forward to hearing from you!