Head of Regional Innovation Partnerships (Cardiff)

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Head of Regional Innovation Partnerships (Cardiff) Contract type/Duration: Permanent Working hours Full time Band: 4.3 Salary: £80,920 to £89,000 (depending on office location and proven ability) Reports to: Head of Regional and Local Growth Technical Location: Cardiff (minimum of two days a…

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Head of Regional Innovation Partnerships (Cardiff)

Contract type/Duration: Permanent

Working hours Full time

Band: 4.3

Salary: £80,920 to £89,000 (depending on office location and proven ability)

Reports to: Head of Regional and Local Growth Technical

Location: Cardiff (minimum of two days a week in the office. You can do more than two days if preferable)

Closing date: 10am 28th of May 2026

The Role

Connected Places Catapult (CPC) is partnering with Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) to look for a new Head of Regional Innovation Partnerships in the Regional & Local Growth Directorate. This postholder will have two core priorities:

Led by the Cardiff Capital Region Innovation priorities, build partnerships across the region which drive business growth and speed up the journey of local innovation businesses from discovery to commercialisation. This could mean anything from driving new investment, bidding for R&D grants or providing opportunities for tech transfer.
Lead CPC's relationship with Cardiff Capital Region, the Welsh Government, the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult, Innovate UK in Wales and stakeholders across the region. You will help regional stakeholders to reach into CPC's breadth of experience running programmes across transport, the built environment and cities.

Within CPC, the role is a leadership role and might be asked to oversee, support and line manage individuals embedded in other regional innovation economies across the UK.

You will be a member of the Regional & Local Growth Directorate's leadership team, working with other Heads across the business - especially the Head of Regional Delivery - to shape and deliver new programmes that unlock local business growth through innovation.

Find out more about Connected Places Catapult’s approach to local growth, listen to our Managing Director Alan Welby as he speaks to ‘Civil Service World Podcast’.

Find out more about Cardiff Capital Region’s growth ambition, read their 2026 Investment Prospectus.

This role will sit in Cardiff Capital Region and will involve some travel to CPC’s offices in London, Milton Keynes or Birmingham.