170 strategic lead jobs found in London

Our client is a leading infrastructure contractor working across the Railway, Highways and Power sectors, and specialising in the delivery of sustainable mechanical, electrical and telecommunication engineering solutions. They have recently tendered and been awarded a number of Major Project M&E packages and are looking to build a project delivery and commercial team, with over 5 years guaranteed work. They are looking to recruit a Freelance BIM Manager who will be responsible for the strategic leadership, management, and technical oversight of BIM teams, ensuring the successful delivery of coordinated BIM models, digital information, and documentation in accordance with company standards, project requirements, and ISO 19650 processes. BIM Manager roles and responsibilities: Lead and manage BIM delivery across infrastructure projects from concept design through to construction, handover, and asset information delivery. Oversee the production, coordination, and quality...

Head of Service – Adult Social Care (Older Adults and Physical Disabilities) Location: London Salary: Competitive Senior Leadership Package Contract: Full-Time, Permanent Directorate: Adult Social Care and Health About the Role We are seeking an exceptional and experienced leader to join our Adult Social Care leadership team as Head of Service – Older Adults and Physical Disabilities. This is a significant leadership opportunity for an ambitious professional who is passionate about delivering outstanding services, driving innovation, and improving outcomes for residents. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across a range of adult social care services, ensuring high-quality, person-centred support for older adults and people with physical disabilities. Working closely with senior leaders, partners, providers, and communities, you will lead transformational change, manage complex service delivery, and ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities while...

Adecco is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. Are you an experienced Programme Director with a passion for driving transformation in the media landscape? Our client is looking for a dynamic individual to lead a multi-workstream retail media transformation programme. If you thrive on strategic oversight, stakeholder leadership, and delivering governance excellence, we want to hear from you! Role: Programme Director Duration: 16 Weeks (20-25 days engagement starting July 1st) Location: London (on site) Rate: £1000 - £1400 per day (Outside ir35) Role Overview: This is not a full-time role, 20 to 25 days engagement over a...

Role: Programme Lead - BEMU Location: Marylebone Station, London Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum Role Purpose Chiltern Railways is playing a key role in a pioneering multi operator Battery Electric Train (BEMU) programme that will help decarbonise rail services, modernise fleet operations, and improve the passenger experience across the network. We are seeking a Programme Lead to represent Chiltern’s interests, coordinate our internal readiness, and ensure seamless integration with the wider cross industry programme. This is a high-profile, strategically important role that sits at the intersection of fleet engineering, operations, commercial strategy, and industry collaboration. You will act as Chiltern’s senior interface to partner operators, Network Rail, rolling stock manufacturers, and government bodies, ensuring our requirements are understood, our risks are managed, and our ambitions are realised. Key Accountabilities...

Assistant Director – Building Standards Location: Greater London Rate: £540 per day (PAYE) - £700 per day (Umbrella) Contract: Temp Hours per week: 37 (Monday–Friday) We are currently recruiting for an experienced Assistant Director – Building Standards to join a London Local Authority on an interim basis. This is a critical leadership position responsible for ensuring the Council fulfils its statutory obligations under the Building Regulations, Building Safety Act, Building Act and London Building Acts. As the most senior professional lead within Building Standards, you will provide strategic leadership across Building Control, Building Safety, Structural Safety and Fire Safety functions. You will play a key role in supporting major development projects, maintaining public safety, driving service performance and ensuring compliance with an evolving regulatory landscape. This role is required pending permanent recruitment and will be instrumental in supporting several...

We are seeking an experienced senior housing leader to take responsibility for a significant and complex housing and property portfolio, leading landlord services, asset management, investment, compliance, repairs, resident services and associated operational delivery. This is a high-profile leadership role requiring someone who understands the realities of running housing services at scale: keeping residents safe, improving service performance, managing major contracts, protecting asset value, delivering investment programmes and ensuring housing services are financially sustainable and genuinely resident focused. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across a broad housing portfolio, with accountability for the performance, improvement and integration of services delivered directly and through commissioned providers. The role As Corporate Director – Housing and Property Services, you will lead the Council’s approach to housing management, residential and...

Assistant Chief Executive Location: Croydon Salary: £151,848 - £157,898 Contract: Fixed Term Contract until December 2026 (with potential extension) About the Role We are seeking an exceptional and highly experienced leader to join our client as our Assistant Chief Executive. This is a critical, high-profile role at the heart of the organisation, responsible for driving transformation, supporting the council's Renewal Improvement Plan, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, financially sustainable services. As a key member of the Corporate Management Team, you will work closely with the Chief Executive, Corporate Directors and elected Members to shape the future of the borough, embedding a "One Council" approach and leading significant organisational and cultural change. Key Responsibilities Reporting to the Chief Executive, the Assistant Chief Executive will: Provide strategic leadership across a broad portfolio including: Public Health (in partnership with the...

The starting salary for this position is £63,823 per annum based on 36 hours per week. This is a fixed-term opportunity until 30th March 2029. Surrey County Council are excited to be recruiting a Surrey and Sussex WorkWell Strategic Programme Manager. This is a great opportunity to lead the strategic oversight and coordination of a high-profile, multi-year programme operating across Surrey and Sussex. The position is based within Surrey County Council's Economy & Growth service, but will operate across the whole of Surrey and Sussex ICB area. The role is hybrid, with at least one day a week at Woodhatch Place in Reigate (usually Tuesdays), alongside regular travel across Surrey and Sussex to attend meetings, workshops and events. Our Offer to You 26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave A generous local government salary related pension Up to 5 days of carer's leave...

Quality Systems PMO Program Manager Location: Basingstoke (Remote with 1x month on-site meeting attendance required) Pay Rate: £27.00 per hour Contract Duration: 9 months initially (40 hours per week) Start Date: ASAP Position Overview Are you a strategic PMO leader looking to spearhead large-scale compliance and operational excellence initiatives? We are seeking a high-performing Quality Systems PMO Program Manager to lead the management and execution of enterprise-wide Quality Management System (QMS) transformation and harmonisation projects. In this role, you will operate as a strategic leader across a global network of divisions, manufacturing sites, distribution centres, and supplier quality teams. Your mission will be to implement scalable business solutions that strengthen QMS governance, standardise quality processes, ensure inspection readiness, and deliver sustainable compliance across global operations. Key Responsibilities Program Leadership & Governance:...

Job Advertisement: Strategy & Business Case Lead (Retail Media Transformation) Are you ready to lead a game-changing transformation in the retail media landscape? Our client, a prominent player in the retail sector, is on the lookout for a passionate and experienced Strategy & Business Case Lead to spearhead their retail media transformation program. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and have a knack for turning strategic visions into actionable roadmaps, we want to hear from you! Engagement Details: Duration: Approximately 16 weeks Engagement Type: Daily rate plus a delivery bonus linked to successful completion of project deliverables (15-25 days around weeks 11 to 13) Location: Hybrid / London IR35 Status: OutsideRole Overview: In this pivotal role, you will be at the forefront of developing a comprehensive transformation roadmap for our client's retail media initiatives. You will collaborate with key stakeholders across finance, operations, technology, and...

We are now seeking an experienced and strategic HR/Organisational Development professional to join our globally renowned London-based client. Please note, this is a fixed term contract role until July 2027 offered on a hybrid working basis with a minimum of 2-days onsite at the central London offices. Working at the centre of a significant transformation programme, you will play a key role in supporting organisational change, strengthening leadership capability and ensuring a consistent, high-quality people approach across multiple business areas and stakeholder groups. You will act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, partnering with HR colleagues, programme teams and organisational development specialists to deliver complex people and change initiatives. Alongside providing expert guidance on organisational design, workforce change and engagement, you will lead the development of learning and capability products and interventions that support leaders and managers...

Senior Delivery Lead (Cognitive Automation Ecosystem) 6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - market rate Heathrow based - hybrid working - up to 3 days a week onsite About the Role The Cognitive Automation Ecosystem team turns agentic automation and AI from isolated initiatives into a safe, scalable, enterprise capability. It provides the platform, guardrails, and shared services that agentic delivery and run teams rely upon to scale safely and effectively across the business. This is a hands-on delivery role for someone who genuinely enjoys bringing order to complexity. You'll lead delivery across multiple technology programmes, where competing priorities, shared resources, and fast-moving timelines are the norm, not the exception. You'll work through influence rather than authority, earning trust quickly, pushing back when needed, and keeping the squad moving without creating bureaucratic drag. There is no dedicated product lead, so you'll work closely with the Technical Lead to...

Senior Building Surveyor - Client Side We're seeking an experienced and commercially minded Senior Building Surveyor to join a growing client-side property team. This is an excellent opportunity for an MRICS-qualified surveyor who enjoys managing a varied commercial portfolio and delivering professional and project-led surveying services across high-value assets. The Role As Senior Building Surveyor, you will play a key role in managing a diverse commercial property portfolio, providing expert advice across project management, dilapidations, licences to alter, and wider building consultancy matters. Working closely with internal stakeholders, consultants, landlords, and occupiers, you will help drive asset performance, compliance, and value enhancement initiatives. Key Responsibilities Lead and manage a range of building surveying projects across commercial assets Deliver project management services from inception through to completion Manage and negotiate dilapidations...

Test Programme Director** (Contract) Duration: 6 Months (Possibility for extension) Location: London/Hybrid (3 days per week on site) Rate: A highly competitive Umbrella Day Rate is available for suitable candidates Role Profile As a Test Transformation and Execution Lead within this function, you will play a pivotal role in transforming the way that change is delivered safely, reliably and to a consistently high standard. You will be responsible for leading a review and subsequent transformation of the end to end payments testing model - starting with our core payment and ancillary vendors, through to our existing development, QA, regression, end to end and UAT processes (including automation). You will identify gaps, understand duplication and assess our current state based on your knowledge of best practice in the industry. You will provide recommendations, options and detailed proposals for both tactical and strategic improvement of our payments related testing which...

Senior PMO Manager Start: ASAP Pay: £600-£650 per day PAYE Duration: Three months, with possible extension Hours: Monday-Friday 36 hours per week Hybrid: One day a week in the office Location: Canary Wharf Clearance: DBS required for the successful candidateAre you ready to take your career to the next level? Our client is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Senior PMO Manager to lead their Programme Management Office (PMO) and drive excellence in governance, assurance, and delivery support across a diverse portfolio of projects. About the Role: In this pivotal position, you will: Design, embed, and continuously enhance PMO standards and frameworks. Collaborate closely with senior leaders to prioritise portfolios and optimise resources. Provide strategic support and insight to ensure successful project delivery.Key Responsibilities: Lead the development and improvement of the Directorate PMO. Oversee governance, ensuring robust controls and reporting mechanisms. Manage...

Principal / Lead Engineer Python / Cloud / Terraform / IAM / DevOps / infrastructure-as-a-code IaC Rate: Circa £600 - £700 PD (Outside IR35), 6 Months Location: London / Hybrid x2 days We are seeking an experienced Principal / Lead Engineer to join a highly ambitious organisation building a large-scale, mission-critical data and technology platform. This is a unique opportunity to join at the earliest stages of a major programme and play a key role in shaping its technical foundations. Working closely with the CTO and a small team of senior engineers, you will lead the design and implementation of core infrastructure, establish engineering standards and practices, and make architectural decisions that will have long-term strategic impact. If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges, influencing technology strategy, and creating robust engineering foundations, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to make a lasting impact. Role & Responsibilities Technical...

Product Design Lead Central Government (Payments Infrastructure Programme) London or Leeds | 2 days onsite per week £650 per day | Inside IR35 Active SC clearance required Overview A senior Product Design Lead is required to support a major national payments infrastructure transformation within a central government environment. This role sits at the front end of a high profile programme focused on shaping the next generation of RTGS capability. You will operate at strategic level, leading discovery and early stage design work that will directly influence policy, technical direction, and long term delivery roadmaps. This is not a delivery role. It is about defining what should be built, why it should exist, and how it should be shaped before it enters build. The environment is complex, heavily stakeholder driven, and sits at the intersection of policy, financial systems, and large scale technology change. Key Responsibilities Lead discovery and high level design for a new...

HR Assistant 📍 London (Hybrid Working) 📅 12-month fixed-term contract 📆 Start date: July 2026 Salary: £28-30k Well-established and respected membership organisation. The organisation plays a key role in supporting its members, protecting consumers, and driving positive change through advocacy, regulation, and industry insight. With a strong focus on people, collaboration, and continuous improvement, the organisation is committed to creating an inclusive, engaging, and supportive workplace where employees can thrive and contribute to a shared purpose. The Role This is an exciting opportunity for an organised and proactive HR Assistant to join a collaborative HR team. Reporting to the HR & People Development Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the people strategy, enhancing employer brand, and ensuring smooth day-to-day HR operations. This is a varied, hands-on role covering HR administration, recruitment support, learning & development,...

We are currently seeking an experienced BIM Manager to join a leading M&E Engineering company supporting works on the HS2 project in Birmingham. Based out of our London office, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the BIM strategy, governance, and delivery across major infrastructure and rail projects, ensuring compliance with client requirements, industry standards, and project objectives. This is an excellent opportunity to play a pivotal role on one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, driving digital construction excellence and supporting multidisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Lead the implementation, management, and continuous improvement of BIM processes across multiple projects and workstreams. Develop, maintain, and manage project BIM Execution Plans (BEPs), BIM protocols, and information management procedures. Oversee BIM delivery teams, including BIM Coordinators and BIM Technicians,...

Summary You will take a leading role on one of the UK’s most significant rail infrastructure programmes, managing commercial delivery for major tunnel and civils packages. This is a chance to move beyond standard cost reporting and drive high-value commercial strategy on a high-profile scheme in London. What you will need Valid right to work in the UK. Relevant degree in Quantity Surveying or four years of equivalent industry experience. Essential experience in NEC contract management. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for commercial reporting. Major project experience is essential for those applying at Senior level.Your package Competitive salary based on experience and seniority. Travel support including commuting or travel card provisions.The work Lead the commercial management of complex sub-contracts from initial tender through to final account. Produce accurate monthly cost reports, forecasts, and contract budget documentation for major civil works. Identify and...