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Infrastructure/Regeneration/ Transport Programe Director
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We are Hiring: Infrastructure/Regeneration/Transport Programme Director
Location: Dudley – Hybrid, 3 days on site
Contract: Interim, 9 months
Day Rate: Up to £900 per day
IR35: Outside IR35
Reporting to: Director of Growth & Place
Role Overview
Dudley Council is seeking an experienced Major Projects Programme Delivery Lead to provide senior leadership across a portfolio of major regeneration, infrastructure, transport, and place-making initiatives.
This is a high-profile interim assignment focused on maximising the regeneration and economic growth opportunities arising from Metro Phase 2 and the opening of Dudley Interchange, while establishing a coherent, investment-ready programme for Dudley. The successful candidate will bring pace, structure, and delivery focus to a complex portfolio and work closely with senior leaders, elected Members, regional partners, and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Major Programme Leadership
- Lead and integrate Dudley’s major regeneration, infrastructure, and place-based programmes.
- Establish clear programme governance, milestones, dashboards, risk management, and reporting.
- Identify dependencies, resolve barriers, and drive timely decision-making.
- Provide strategic advice and assurance to senior leadership and Members.
Metro Phase 2 & Dudley Interchange
- Lead the Council’s Operational Readiness Programme for Metro Phase 2 and Dudley Interchange.
- Coordinate readiness activity across Council services and external partners.
- Manage risks, dependencies, reporting, and executive/member briefings.
- Work closely with Transport for West Midlands and establish readiness arrangements for future Metro phases, including Phase 2B.
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Dudley Ecosystem Masterplan
- Act as the Council’s client lead for the Dudley Ecosystem Masterplan.
- Lead procurement, mobilisation, and management of the appointed consultancy.
- Coordinate internal, Member, community, and stakeholder engagement.
- Ensure the masterplan creates a coherent, ambitious, and investment-ready vision.
- Oversee the Emerging Findings Report targeted for January 2027.
Place & Regeneration
Bring together major initiatives including:
- Metro and Dudley Interchange
- Dudley Ecosystem Masterplan
- Portersfield
- Health Innovation Dudley
- Very Light Rail
- Eton Star Academy
- Ice Rink
- Town centre regeneration
- Public realm and investment programmes
Ensure projects are aligned, dependencies understood, and opportunities for investment and economic growth maximised.
Partnership & Stakeholder Management
Build effective relationships with:
- Transport for West Midlands
- West Midlands Combined Authority
- Black Country Transport
- West Midlands Growth Company
- West Midlands Growth Hub
- Developers, investors, and consultants
- Council services and strategic partners
Represent Dudley confidently within regional partnerships and ensure local priorities are effectively promoted.
Essential Experience
- Proven senior-level experience leading major programmes, regeneration, infrastructure, or place-based initiatives.
- Strong experience within local government, public sector, or similarly complex environments.
- Experience managing multi-disciplinary programmes with significant political, financial, and reputational considerations.
- Demonstrable experience working with senior executives, elected Members, and external stakeholders.
- Strong programme governance, risk, assurance, and reporting capability.
- Experience commissioning, procuring, and managing external consultants.
- Strong understanding of regeneration, infrastructure, economic development, and place-making.
- Ability to influence across organisational boundaries and deliver through complex partnerships.
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Key Attributes
The successful candidate will be:
- Delivery-focused with a strong bias for action.
- Strategic while remaining hands-on.
- Highly credible with senior stakeholders.
- Politically aware and commercially astute.
- Able to create clarity and momentum in complex environments.
- An excellent communicator and relationship builder.
- Comfortable operating with significant autonomy and accountability.
Key Outcomes
During the assignment, the Programme Delivery Lead will be expected to:
- Successfully deliver operational readiness for Metro Phase 2 and Dudley Interchange.
- Establish a robust framework for future Metro phases.
- Procure and mobilise the Dudley Ecosystem Masterplan.
- Deliver the January 2027 Emerging Findings Report.
- Establish an integrated Major Projects Programme with effective governance and reporting.
- Strengthen partnerships and accelerate Dudley’s regeneration and investment opportunities.
- Leave a strong programme framework ready to transition into the Council’s permanent place-based operating model.
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