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Connected Places Catapult

Head of Regional Innovation Partnerships (Glasgow)

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Connected Places Catapult
The UK innovation accelerator for transport, built environment, cities and local growth.
Lead regional partnerships to drive innovation and business growth in Glasgow.
8d ago
£80,000 - £89,000
Expert & Leadership (13+ years)
Full Time
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hybrid
Company Size
308 Employees
Service Specialisms
Consulting
Engineering
Infrastructure
Maintenance
Supply Chain
Sector Specialisms
Transport
Infrastructure
Buildings
Urban Development
Sustainable Energy
Government
Smart Technologies
Role
What you would be doing
program management
data analysis
budget oversight
contract management
crm management
quality assurance
  • Maintain own professional development.
  • Support the team to meet revenue targets
  • Coach and mentor junior colleagues.
  • Support the development of others in your professional community's skills to ensure consistency of service delivery and expertise.
  • Use management information to understand trends, gaps, challenges and opportunities and make commercial decisions.
  • Act as Senior Responsible Officer on delivery programmes and projects.
  • Use emotional intelligence to create an environment where team members feel safe to experiment, challenge and try new things.
  • Ensure dissemination and feedback on Connected Places Catapult standard internal communications.
  • Provide coaching and feedback that drives development, innovation, creativity, and delivery in team using key metrics and data points, offers challenge and support as required to maintain high performance.
  • Shape, lead and deliver value through guiding innovative delivery projects/ engagements.
  • Drive high attendance at internal professional community activities and events.
  • Provide clarity of expectations and takes ownership of wider team performance.
  • Work with account leads and teams to support opportunity identification, qualification and contracting.
  • Assure the quality of client delivery.
  • Lead CPC's relationship with the Glasgow City Region, the Scottish Cities Alliance, Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Government, Innovate UK in Scotland and stakeholders across the region. You will help regional stakeholders to reach into CPC's breadth of experience running programmes across transport, the built environment and cities.
  • Actively build an inclusive and sustainability focused team culture that celebrates the value of diverse experiences and perspectives, ensures team compliance with policies, and apply equalities impact assessments on all aspects of work at CPC.
  • Lead the development of collateral to support ‘go to market' propositions and service offerings.
  • Manage the contracting with Legal and Commercial team.
  • Led by the GCR Innovation Action Plan, build partnerships across the Glasgow City Region (GCR) which drive business growth and speed up the journey of local innovation businesses from discovery to commercialisation. This could mean anything from driving new investment, bidding for R&D grants or providing opportunities for tech transfer.
  • You may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties to support the Catapult in achieving its strategic outcomes and ensure effective business operations.
  • Manage performance through effective goal setting based on business and role objectives and development needs or desires. Complete regular one on one discussions and performance reviews that ensure clarity over performance levels and development areas.
  • Oversee programme budgets.
  • Build motivation and engagement in the team through understanding of the person, their aspirations and development needs.
  • Ensure an ethos of equity, inclusivity and diversity underpin your work activity, contribute to inclusive innovation across all Catapult activities.
  • Lead stakeholder management and relationship building at senior levels to ensure buy in to innovation delivery.
  • Organise the work and team around multiple simultaneous initiatives, with reference to key policies, practices and procedures, effectively prioritises tasks and delegates effectively.
  • Managing change, navigating the team through the 'transition fog', mitigating resistance, and ensuring everyone's on board with the new direction.
  • Oversee and ensure compliant use of CRM process and system.
  • Seek, encourage and create the conditions for continuous improvements in processes, systems, behaviours and ways of working.
What you bring
thought leadership
pipeline management
business development
  • Recognised thought leadership.
  • Ownership of pipeline management for accounts and business development.
Benefits
  • Two paid days of volunteering leave per year (pro-rata for part-time employees) to support charitable activities
  • 9 day fortnight for everyone, we have a full company shutdown every other Friday
  • Mortgage Advice benefit, delivered in partnership with Charles Cameron & Associates - provides employees with free, expert mortgage advice and end-to-end mortgage support from the application process through to completion
  • Competitive pension, up to 10% company contribution to help you save for your future
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing 24/7 confidential work/life support services to you and your immediate family members
  • Cycle to Work Scheme encouraging a healthy and sustainable commute
  • Cash Health Plan, offering reimbursement for a wide range of essential and everyday healthcare expenses, promoting your well-being
  • Payroll Giving scheme, allowing regular charitable contributions from pre-tax income, maximizing the impact of your donations
  • 23.5 holiday entitlement for everyone, with pro-rata calculations for part-time employees, along with a Christmas shutdown period for additional days off
  • Discounts and offers from a wide variety of retailers, enhancing your purchasing power and providing savings opportunities
Training + Development
Information not given or found
Company
Overview
£51 Million
Annual Turnover
Reflects the company's annual revenue as of March 2024.
  • Born in 2019 from the merger of Future Cities Catapult and Transport Systems Catapult, blending urban innovation with transport tech.
  • Operates across London, Milton Keynes and Birmingham, bridging public bodies, academia and industry to accelerate real-world solutions.
  • Typical projects include smart transport systems, digital twins for infrastructure, accessibility improvements and zero-emission vehicle deployments.
  • Specialises in transport decarbonisation, inclusive urban design, planning tech, data-driven digital places and local innovation ecosystems.
  • Fetches attention through flagship events like the Connected Places Summit and a global-reach podcast interviewing transport and city leaders.
Culture + Values
6 cities
IoT Deployments
The company has successfully deployed IoT solutions in 6 cities, demonstrating its commitment to cutting-edge technology and urban innovation.
90% efficiency
Smart Transport Systems
Smart transport systems developed by the company have achieved 90% efficiency, reducing urban congestion and improving public mobility.
  • “Innovative” – emphasised through leading-edge projects like digital-twin infrastructure and smart-city solutions.
  • “Collaborative” – partners with local authorities, academia, and international cities (e.g., Sharing Cities, SynchroniCity projects).
  • “Data-driven” – builds tools and prototypes (EV bulk‑charging planner, Community Retrofit Service) rooted in open data and measurable impact.
  • “User‑centric” – engages end‑users and practitioners directly in co‑design and prototyping, ensuring services answer real-world needs.
Environment + Sustainability
Net Zero 2050
Climate Commitment Target
Aligned with the UK national target for achieving net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050.
  • Place-based decarbonisation relies on integrated planning across transport, energy and built environment sectors
  • Delivered EV bulk-charging planning tool to optimise low-carbon fleet infrastructure roll-out
  • Developed Community Retrofit Service, enabling homeowners to assess and track carbon impact of retrofit options
  • Collaborated on Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) with utilities to digital-twin critical infrastructure for climate adaptation
  • Identified by UK government as producing “Net Zero Data Baseline Bundle” that councils can use to measure and track Net Zero progress
Inclusion & Diversity
3.2/5 Rating
Diversity & Inclusion Score
The company holds a 3.2/5 rating for Diversity & Inclusion on Glassdoor, reflecting its standing in the management & consulting sector.
  • Employee feedback highlights ‘huge diversity in topics and projects’ and ‘great colleagues from different backgrounds and expertise’
  • Ongoing development of career‑progression framework to ensure merit‑ and skill‑based advancement
  • Leadership frequently responds to staff feedback via HR, Chief People & Operating Officers, and Head of Talent
  • No publicly available gender breakdown or specific gender‑target metrics disclosed
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