Job Description
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
Closing Date
Friday 16th October 2026
About The Role
We are looking to appoint a Regional Director for our Liveable Places Northern England & Scotland region. The role can be based from either our Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle offices - with flexible working allowing for a mix of home and in-office working.
The Liveable Places Discipline forms part of WSP's Local Government business, sitting alongside the Local Government Core Contracts who have a total of fifteen core clients. The Core Contracts concentrate on providing locally based teams to deliver alongside reaching back into the wider WSP business for additional support as required. The Liveable Places Discipline is the consultancy arm of WSP's Local Government business and provides place-based design to predominantly local authority clients across the country, including the Core Contracts.
The Regional Director has overall accountability for the performance of the Liveable Places business within their region. They are responsible for leadership of client engagement, people management, and project and business performance in their region. They report to the Head of Liveable Places.
The role of a Regional Director is to embed a strong client and people culture around delivering technically excellent solutions to our clients, balanced with the need to satisfy our commercial expectations. The successful delivery of our growth plans relies on collaboration across the Local Government business and wider WSP, and the Regional Director is expected to build positive local relationships to enable this collaboration.
Role Expectations
Build a culture within the region, aligned to our WSP values, through effective cross-business working with transparent and open communication
Enhance the Team’s sense of belonging and facilitate ongoing improvement in WSP Listens scores
Visible and exemplary Health, Safety and Wellbeing leadership, including the completion of at least one formal health and safety focused leadership engagement activity per month
Manage and oversee all aspects associated with Quality / Health & Safety / Environment within region
Undertake Key Client Lead or Sponsor role as appropriate, alongside leading your Regional Growth Plans, supported by the Liveable Places Growth Director - North
Fulfil the Project Director / Manager role for projects within the Liveable Places Discipline
Ensure best practice relating to project leadership (technical and commercial), including project reviews
Support the Liveable Places Senior Operations Lead - National on operational matters, notably in relation to meeting or exceeding budget targets
Increase use of our teams in India through the wider integration of the team and sponsoring initiatives to enhance right-first-time delivery
Support the Liveable Places Senior Operations Lead - National to ensure an effective organisational structure in the region, including succession planning
Support the Liveable Places Senior Operations Lead - National with recruitment needs to meet client, project, and budget targets / demands
Support the Liveable Places Team Leader – National with the effective implementation of commercial risk management controls, governance, reviews (bid, contract, project, business, etc.), guidance and direction
Fulfil the Bid Director / Bid Manager role for opportunities within the Liveable Places Discipline
Provide support to the Strategic Pursuits Team when bidding for contracts within region
Support the Liveable Places Growth Director - North with effective go / no-go decisions and improving the quality of our tender submissions with the aim of achieving a success rate of at least 65%
Build positive relationships across the Local Government Business and wider WSP to ensure successful multi-disciplinary collaboration
Provide co-ordination across the Local Government Business to ensure sharing of best practice and innovation
Lead and support Office Leads for extraordinary performance issues
Interface with HR on all general related staff matters
We’d Love To Hear From If You Have
Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and management skills
Experience of working in a matrix-managed organisation
Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
Broad project experience in the Local Government sector
Proven experience of managing significant client accounts with public and local authority clients
Significant knowledge and experience of delivering multi-disciplinary schemes across the project lifecycle with the proven ability to act as Project Director
Excellent communication and knowledge-sharing abilities
Strong critical thinking skills and logical reasoning
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 80,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
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Regional Director - Liveable Places (Northern England & Scotland Region) in London employer: WSP in the UK & Ireland
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