Senior Strategy Manager; Places

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Location: Victoria Station House, TTL Properties Ltd

Company: TfL, GLA or OPDC

Job title: Senior Strategy Manager (Places)

Salary: £80K - £85K + TFL Benefits Package Grade: Band 4

Contract type: TfL Reference: 5704

Team: Places Strategy, Investment and Performance

Directorate: Chief Customer and Strategy Officer

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

* Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period.

Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

Overview of project/role

Places for London is TfL’s property company, responsible for shaping how one of the capital’s largest and most high-profile development portfolios is understood, experienced and trusted. Operating in a complex public and political environment, the business brings together regeneration, housing and commercial development with a strong emphasis on brand, narrative and engagement. Its communications and marketing activity plays a critical role in building visibility, credibility and support for long-term placemaking ambitions, ensuring that what Places delivers on the ground is matched by clear, confident and consistent storytelling across London’s communities, partners and a wide range of political and community stakeholders and residents.

As Senior Strategy Manager you’ll play a central role in shaping and delivering the long-term strategic direction of Places for London
. Working directly with senior leaders, you'll help steer the organisation through its next phase of growth, ensuring strategy translates into tangible outcomes that deliver lasting value for London. You’ll have direct responsibility for developing and maintaining the organisation's strategy and performance framework, and oversight to ensure delivery plans are aligned with business objectives, corporate priorities, and wider business outcomes.

Working across Places for London, TfL, and with key external stakeholders, you will drive strategic thinking, business planning, and continuous improvement initiatives that support sustainable growth, organisational effectiveness, and the delivery of long-term value. The role has significant influence over operational and business planning decisions, contributing to the growth of the property portfolio and supporting the ambition to increase asset value to £4bn over the next ten years
.

Successful candidates will be appointed into one of two areas of focus:

• Business Strategy - Leads the development and delivery of the business strategy and business plan, ensuring alignment with TfL and broader stakeholder priorities. Builds strong relationships across TfL and external partners to influence decision-making, resolve strategic challenges, and drive organisational objectives.
• Business Improvement - Leads the continuous improvement agenda, driving organisational change, policy development, process optimisation, and organisational development initiatives. Ensures the business has the skills, structures, systems, and culture required to deliver its strategic ambitions effectively.

This role includes people management and oversee key budgets and contracts.

If you're a strategic thinker who enjoys solving complex problems, influencing senior stakeholders and turning ambitious goals into practical action, this role offers the chance to make a visible impact on a business at the heart of London's future growth.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead development and continuous…