Strategic Director - Operations, Governance, Planning & Performance

This advert is internal to City Building, Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group only.

City Building is seeking a dynamic and experienced Strategic Director of Operations, Governance, Planning and Performance to join our Executive Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Group Director / Executive Director.

This role will provide strategic direction and effective leadership in the development of policy and strategy for the business. You will play a key role in the identification of new business opportunities in existing and emerging markets, whilst ensuring high performance of each business as measured by external bodies.

The Strategic Director will support and deputise for the Group Director / Executive Director providing strategic leadership including vision, governance, financial and service delivery performance, sustainability and future planning. You will be a custodian of corporate culture in a dynamic, agile and customer focused environment and will ensure the services provided to Glasgow City Council and Wheatley Housing Group meet their need and those of their customers in an effective and efficient way.

A critical requirement of the post is compliance with all relevant legislation and provision of direction in the development of policies, procedures and monitoring arrangements in support of this to ensure that City Building continues to lead by example to our partners and supply chain. You will ensure that both businesses are performing as effectively as possible and that all areas of the business are providing demonstrable continuous improvement in service delivery.

You will provide professional advice, guidance and direction to your management team, employees, trade union colleagues, board members, elected members and other key stakeholders. You will also champion joint working for the effective planning, delivery and progress reporting of work programmes and value for money. This will include the transparent sharing of information on performance, productivity, costs and recharges to support benchmarking.

Please refer to the role profile for further details, however if you would like to discuss the role in confidence, please contact Tracy Keenan, Divisional Director HR, OD and Training at: Tracy.Keenan@citybuildingglasgow.co.uk or 07345 733617

Join us and help shape the future of City Building as we deliver outstanding services to our clients and communities.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience for this role then please forward a CV and completed supporting statement to Tracy.Keenan@citybuildingglasgow.co.uk by 6pm on Sunday 25th January 2026.

Eden Scott will manage the first stage of our process which will be an assessment centre. The final stage will include an onsite competency-based panel interview which is expected to take place week commencing 9th February 2026.