Cluster Management Lead
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 11 Ebrill 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Birmingham |
| Cwmni: | Reed Talent Solutions |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | RPO03748-360019 |
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Ready for Your Next Big Career Move?
We’re looking for an experienced and visionary Cluster Management Lead to join the West Midlands Growth Company and help shape the future of high‑growth sector leadership across the region. If you’re strategic, collaborative, and passionate about driving long‑term economic impact, this could be your perfect next step.
Who are we?
The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) is the region’s economic development delivery organisation.
From April 2026, we will lead the delivery of regionally commissioned economic development activity aligned to the West Midlands Growth Plan, working in partnership with the West Midlands Combined Authority and local authorities.
We are building a sharper, business-focused organisation that attracts investment, supports high-growth companies and drives measurable economic impact.
If you want your work to shape how growth is delivered across one of the UK’s most important regions, this is your opportunity.
The role
As our new Cluster Management Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in strengthening and enabling the West Midlands’ high-growth sector ecosystem. You’ll lead a talented team, build strategic regional partnerships, and drive a joined‑up, cluster-led approach to economic growth that directly supports productivity, innovation and long‑term prosperity.
This is a high‑impact leadership role with the opportunity to influence senior stakeholders, enhance regional structures, and shape how Cluster Bodies operate across the economic development landscape.
Key accountabilities
What You’ll Be Doing
- Managing a team of Cluster Managers and a Cluster Support Manager, providing coaching, guidance, and direction.
- Leading WMGC’s relationships with market‑facing Cluster Bodies representing high‑growth sectors across the region.
- Overseeing the commissioning of Cluster Bodies in partnership with WMCA, ensuring they have:
- strong leadership and governance
- a clear strategic vision
- annual action plans
- measurable impact and outcomes
- Enabling Cluster Bodies to collaborate effectively with WMGC functions including Business Support/SAM, Inward Investment, Capital Attraction, Future Workforce & Talent, Business Growth Capital, Visitor Economy and Regional Promotion.
- Ensuring Cluster Bodies build strong relationships across the wider ecosystem, including universities, Catapults, investors, local authorities, and national organisations.
- Supporting Cluster Bodies to provide business insight and policy input that shapes regional economic and innovation priorities.
- Facilitating collaboration between Cluster Bodies, sharing learning and enhancing collective impact.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for Cluster Bodies within WMGC, streamlining reporting and coordination processes.
- Driving organisational development and growth within Cluster Bodies, identifying opportunities for improved sustainability, shared services, or new income streams.
- Reporting performance of Cluster Management to WMGC’s Leadership Team.
- Ensuring alignment with the WM Growthplan and WMCA strategy, working closely with the WMCA Economic Policy team.
- Leading the creation and development of new Cluster Bodies where required.
- Producing high‑quality written and verbal briefings for senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Representing WMGC at external meetings, events and strategic forums.
Skills & experience
What You’ll Bring
Essential:
- Proven leadership experience in economic development, innovation, or business growth environments.
- Ability to build, motivate and retain high‑performing teams.
- Strong strategic partnership management skills.
- Experience managing or overseeing sector bodies, partnerships, or cluster‑based organisations.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills across public, private, academic and third‑sector environments.
- Contract management, commissioning, and performance oversight experience.
- Strong governance, organisational development, and institutional capacity‑building capability.
- Ability to influence and engage senior leaders with credibility and professionalism.
- Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders to deliver shared outcomes.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including high‑quality reporting.
- Ability to work across complex delivery landscapes with a systems‑thinking mindset.
- Delivery focus with the ability to manage pressure, competing priorities and a broad project portfolio.
- Collaborative, collegiate working style, building positive relationships at all levels.
Desirable:
- Understanding of high‑growth clusters/sectors within the WM Growth plan.
- Experience supporting the formation or scaling of membership‑based or market‑facing organisations.
- Commercial skills, including income diversification and financial resilience.
- Experience contributing business insight to policy development.
- Knowledge of cross‑cluster collaboration, change management or organisational transformation.
Why you'll love working here
- 26 days holiday
- Company pension scheme including life assurance
- Hybrid working – 2 days in the office
- Cycle to work
- Simple Health employee membership scheme
Why you'll love working here
- 26 days holiday
- Company pension scheme including life assurance
- Hybrid working – 2 days in the office
- Cycle to work
- Simple Health employee membership scheme