Regional Director – Cleaning Services

About The Role

As Regional Director, you’ll be accountable for the strategic leadership, commercial performance, and long-term sustainability of Atlas’ cleaning portfolio within your region.

Reporting to the Managing Director, you will lead and develop a team of Regional Managers, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and profitable service delivery across a diverse portfolio of contracts. You’ll act as the senior operational voice for cleaning in your region, balancing commercial discipline with a strong people-first approach.

This is a highly influential role where you’ll:

• Set and deliver the regional cleaning strategy
• Drive client retention, growth, and long-term partnerships
• Own regional financial performance and risk
• Provide governance and assurance across operations, compliance, and health & safety
• Use performance data and insight to inform decisions and hold teams to account
• Champion Atlas’ purpose, values, and culture at senior level

You’ll work closely with central support teams and senior stakeholders to ensure the region consistently delivers a “Start with WOW” experience for clients and colleagues alike.

You’re a confident, credible senior leader with experience managing multi-site or regional operations in cleaning, facilities management, or a similar service-led environment.

You lead leaders well, setting clear direction, offering challenge and support, and creating a culture where people feel empowered, accountable, and valued.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience owning regional or portfolio-level performance
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including budget and margin accountability
• The ability to manage risk, compliance, and governance at scale
• Excellent stakeholder and client relationship skills
• Confidence using performance data, dashboards, and management information to drive improvement
• A values-led leadership style aligned to integrity, openness, and collaboration

Experience working with business intelligence tools (such as Power BI) is beneficial, but what matters most is your ability to interpret insight, ask the right questions, and turn data into action
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You’ll be comfortable travelling across your region and representing Atlas professionally at senior level.

What makes this job amazing?

• Full learning and support from Atlas to help you succeed in your role.
• Financial wellbeing benefits via Stream – real-time access to earned wages and exclusive discounts at top retailers.
• Career progression opportunities within a growing company.
• Tailored learning and development support in areas that interest you.
• Recognition programs, including our Stars of Atlas awards.
• Cycle to work scheme and workplace pension.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment where people value and help each other.
• An opportunity to work in a fast-growing business with significant career advancement potential.

Who are we?

Atlas is a family of people drawn together by a passion for creating happiness in others
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Founded in 1986 and 100% owned by our employees, we are now one of the fastest-growing business support companies in the UK, providing cleaning, security, pest and other support services to a wide range of companies, from globally recognised brands to small local businesses. Our success is down to one thing; the passion and commitment of our extended family, who together we deliver happiness across thousands of client sites every single day.

To ensure we remain focused on our purpose as we grow, we recruit first and foremost on our values so for those committed to living them alongside us, there is no better place to work.

Our Purpose

To create happiness in ourselves and others

We approach work and life with a sense of fun, optimism and belief, and strive to have a positive impact on the world around us. We show kindness and compassion to all those we meet, ensuring everyone is safe and healthy. We deliver on our promises and go the extra mile every day.

Our Values

We are a family

Just like any other family, we laugh, cry, celebrate and commiserate together. We may come from many different backgrounds, but we’re always there when it really matters. Whether it’s with practical help and support, or…