Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Strategic Transformation Lead
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Salary: £60,340 - £65,483 Closing date: 26/07/2026 Hours Per Week: 36.25 Term: 24 month Fixed Term Contract
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Strategic Transformation Lead – Capital Programmes
Residing within Greater Manchester, and being able to regularly travel across GM sites, would be beneficial.
Grade 11 | Greater Manchester | Closing date: 26 July 2026
Transform Greater Manchester’s Fire Estate
This is a unique opportunity to lead a high-profile transformation programme that will reshape the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) estate.
As Strategic Transformation Lead – Capital Programmes, you will take overall responsibility for delivering a major capital investment programme spanning new build fire stations, refurbishment schemes and decarbonisation initiatives. This role sits at the centre of GMCA’s ambitions to modernise infrastructure, improve operational capability and deliver long-term sustainability outcomes.
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You will combine strategic leadership with hands-on programme delivery—ensuring projects of varying scale and complexity are aligned, governed effectively and delivered to time, cost and quality expectations.
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This is not a traditional programme role. You will:
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- Lead a complex, multi-million-pound capital programme across a live operational blue light emergency service estate
- Hold portfolio-level accountability for both minor works programmes and major capital schemes
- Shape and embed governance, assurance and delivery standards across the programme
- Drive both strategic planning and hands-on delivery, from early design through to construction
- Operate at the intersections of strategy, construction, operations and public service delivery
Your work will have a direct and visible impact on frontline services and the communities they support.
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