Programme Manager - ITSO 18M FTC

August 20

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Rail Delivery Group

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Bringing together the companies that run Britain’s railway to deliver for customers and communities

201 - 500

Description

• Deliver various workstreams of the programme across the whole lifecycle within scope, time and budget. • Follow the RDG Project Delivery Framework and encourage others to also. • Manage risks, issues and change. Initiate corrective action against identified risks and issues to achieve programme objectives. • Establish, maintain and manage programme and project plans, tracking and monitoring progress and issues and taking necessary actions and decisions. • Set up the appropriate governance for the Programme in line with RDG’s existing governance structure.

Requirements

• Extensive experience of working as a programme manager or senior project manager, demonstrating a strong aptitude for the role and expert programme and project management knowledge. • Broad vocational experience ideally within Transport, Travel, Retail, Utilities, Professional Services • Experience working with both Agile and Prince 2 methodologies, qualified in programme management (e.g. Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) • Delivery of programmes/projects within the agreed constraints of time, budget and high-level scope. This includes demonstrated experience in prioritising activities (including where necessary supplier priorities) and ensuring appropriate actions are regarding managing issues and risks and approving changes. • Experience of delivering programmes or projects with multiple external stakeholders • Leading a programme with significant budget (£m) responsibility • Ability to make decisions relating to project priorities, change management (e.g. scope, time, contractual), financial and commercial changes. • Experienced in developing project plans for and assuring delivery of priority projects; • Identifying and documenting risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions and decisions and the associated management, with the appropriate action owner, to remediate. • Demonstrated leadership skills, leading and getting the best out of project teams and individuals • Excellent communication skills, liaising with all senior executives, stakeholders, Industry boards and project team members, through the provision of high-quality multi-media reports, presentations, demonstrations and focus groups to influence decisions, make recommendations and provide support on business management. • The ability to think strategically in your approach to delivery of the project aims.

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave • 75% reduction on UK rail travel (for work and leisure) • Reduced international rail travel • Interest free season ticket loan • Contributory defined benefit pension scheme • Give As You Earn scheme • Subsidised private medical care • Healthcare cash plan scheme • Employee Assistance Programme scheme • Flexible working • 30 weeks full pay for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (subject to eligibility) • Personal Development Days • Employees may sell up to a maximum of five days’ leave. Employees can buy up to a maximum of five days’ leave. These figures will be pro rata for part-time employees