Senior Programme Development Manager

Job Title: Senior Programme Development Manager

Contract Term: 6 Months

Contracting Authority: A major rail company

Location: Hybrid - 2 days a week in either York or Kings Cross / Remote Working

Lead the development and implementation of major renewal and enhancement project portfolios, funded by government, customer, stakeholder, or multiple funders, where the client assumes a sponsorship role. Manage the benefit realisation of the project portfolio to agreed scope, time and cost.

As a Senior Programme Development Manager your main responsibilities will be

• Build effective relationships, (internally & externally) to balance the requirements of the funder, and the industry as a whole. Champion the interests of funder, customers and stakeholders acting as the focal point for escalation within the client
• Review and interrogate remits to confirm their viability. Work with internal and external stakeholders to establish a scope which optimises funder requirements, value for money, network availability and capacity for future development and whole life cost.
• Be responsible for the conversion of the remit into an agreed specification. Be accountable for development of the initial project plan and budget; working with the project manager to specify how the project portfolio is going to be delivered, expected milestones and associated timescales, resource requirements, risks & issues and funding needs/sources.
• Progress cost efficiencies and process improvements across the project portfolio to meet control period targets.
• Own and manage business cases and investment papers for a portfolio of projects.
• Devise solutions which maintain the 'business as usual' accessibility for our customers, take consideration of the 7 day railway principles and therefore minimise disruption to end rail users. Take a national/route wide view across portfolios to generate additional benefits, identify and resolve conflicting work and drive efficiencies.
• Lead the process of quantifying risk associated with the project portfolio. Devise mitigating actions and periodically review recovery progress.
• Interrogate and challenge plans to assess the deliverability of agreed scope within stated timescales and cost parameters, presenting any required scope changes to the client for approval.
• Hold the delivery partner accountable for delivery to cost, time and scope parameters. Hold periodic reviews to understand and challenge delivery progress against the output specification and agreed contract terms. Communicate progress status against defined milestones and expectations to stakeholders.
• Lead negotiations with customers and stakeholders on the project portfolio's commercial and contractual terms in accordance with relevant corporate policy and strategy. Act as the focal point for negotiations and resolution of external scheme interface requirements, including any Parliamentary or Statutory processes, external consents issues to optimise the value of the scheme to the client and funder(s).
• Comply with the requirements of investment regulations, and other corporate and project governance frameworks. Adhere to corporate processes, including those related to safety, finance, legal and corporate affairs
• Facilitate the discharge of the duties assigned by the Client to the CDM Co-ordinator as detailed within the Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2007 for the programme of projects allocated to you.

Essential Skills

• Experience of dealing with client portfolios and liaising with people at all levels
• Experience as a Programme manager within the Rail Industry / sector
• Ability to articulate complex business problems into manageable work packages and produce synthesised logical solutions
• Proven ability to write coherently; conveying report / investment information in a concise manner
• Commercially astute, persuasive, and customer focused
• Proven influencing and negotiating skills
• Strong self starter

Desirable Skills

• Experience in significant management roles in a commercial environment
• Experience of negotiating contracts to finalisation and able to demonstrate significant commercial success

Qualifications

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent
• MBA or other related postgraduate qualification

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In applying for this role you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.