Deputy Director, Industrial Strategy

Overview

The Industrial Strategy Unit leads the whole of Government effort to implement our Modern Industrial Strategy. The Strategy, published in June 2025 as a White Paper and eight sector plans, sets out our 10-year plan to significantly increase business investment in the UK economy. It sits at the heart of this Government's growth mission and Plan for Change, to enable more people into good jobs, raise living standards, and achieve productivity growth in every part of the United Kingdom.

As well as taking significant steps to make it easier and simpler to do business in the UK, the Strategy has made positive choices: backing eight sectors (IS-8) with the highest growth potential, and the frontier industries at their leading edge - and targeting the places and clusters across the UK that support those sectors. A distinguishing feature of our work partnership.

The Unit collaborates with sector- and policy-owning departments across central government, with local and devolved government, international counterparts, trade unions and, crucially, business, both to deliver the commitments set out in the Strategy, and respond to emerging risks and opportunities. A crucial component of this is our work with the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council whose members provide independent expert advice on the delivery of the Industrial Strategy through engagement with stakeholders and the development of a strong evidence base.

The Industrial Strategy Unit sits within the same directorate as the Industrial Energy Unit, charged with delivering the Industrial Strategy's flagship British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme (BICS), which will reduce electricity prices for thousands of businesses.

Candidate Information The hiring manager for this position, Kalada Bruce-Jaja, will be hosting a virtual call for any interested applicants to discuss the role and answer any questions. Please note this is not part of the formal assessment process. This will be held via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 3rd March at 11am (UK time). Meeting link:

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced policy leader to make a tangible difference to people s lives throughout the UK, enabling our economy to navigate changing geopolitics and seize the technological opportunities of the decade to come.

Disability Confident About Disability Confident: A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

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