Senior Transport & Growth Programme Manager

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Company: TfL, GLA or OPDC

Job title:
Senior Transport & Growth Programme Manager
(known internally as Growth / Interchange Programme Manager)
Salary:
Circa £83,000
Grade:
Band 4 Contract type:
TfL Reference: 5150
Team:
Spatial Planning Directorate:
Chief Customer & Strategy Officer
Contract details:
Full-time

Location:

Stratford (E20) / Southwark (SE1) with hybrid working
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

Final date to receive applications: 03 August 2026 @ 2359
(Review of applications will take place after 17 August, due to annual leave)

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.

At TfL our vision is to be the strong, green heartbeat for London. Every transport investment influences how London grows. The decisions made today determine where new homes are built, how communities connect, how businesses thrive and how London responds to future challenges including housing, climate change and economic growth.

Our Growth and Master planning team and wider Spatial Planning directorate, sit at the centre of these decisions. We integrate land use and transport planning to shape London and embed Good Growth. Uniquely within TfL we work together with the GLA to support integrated place-based working as part of the City + Place Unit.

We’re looking for people who believe transport can be a force for creating a fairer, more sustainable and better-connected city. If you’re energised by building an inclusive team, solving complex challenges, influencing major decisions and leaving a positive legacy for future generations, this role offers a unique opportunity to do just that.

As Senior Transport & Growth Programme Manager you’ll shape TfL’s approach across many of London’s most strategically important growth locations, Opportunity Areas and transport interchanges.
Working with senior leaders across TfL, the GLA Group, London boroughs, and Government, you’ll influence investment priorities, develop innovative solutions and help ensure transport enables London’s long‑term growth.

This role sits on the Spatial Planning and City + Place Unit Leadership Teams and you’ll have significant autonomy to develop new ideas, build trusted partnerships and influence decisions across organisational boundaries. This is a rare opportunity to combine strategic thinking, programme leadership and public service at city‑wide scale.

In this role you will:

• Shape TfL’s strategic approach to growth areas and major interchanges, setting direction, establishing governance and bringing together expertise from across the organisation
• Develop place‑based strategies, masterplans and proposals for world‑class interchanges, representing TfL’s interests in the context of complex built environment sector in London
• Shape future investment by overseeing the development, assessment and feasibility of projects, building robust cases for preferred solutions
• Champion innovation and continuous improvement
  , helping TfL develop new approaches to planning for sustainable growth
• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across TfL, the City + Place Unit and the rest of the GLA Group, London boroughs, Government and the private sector, influencing decisions that shape London’s future
• Develop and support the next generation of planning and programme professionals by sharing knowledge, championing inclusive leadership and fostering collaboration across teams

• Able to think and lead strategically, making connections across TfL’s, GLA's and borough activities (Essential)
• Ability to lead and work in cross‑business teams and resolve conflict. Able to establish effective virtual teams (Essential)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and in particular…