Leading retail programmes within the retail programme portfolio to deliver the retail strategy and exceed customer and staff expectations.

Key Success Criteria (Expected Outcomes)

• Create project initiation documentation and business case
• Convene regular meetings in accordance with company and project governance structure

• Maintain regular reports providing insight into progress and highlighting risk
• Keep track of and report against budget

• Deliver programmes, projects to time, scope and budget

Key Results Area (How those expected outcomes will be achieved)

• Deliver the retail strategy via programme and business change seamlessly with key stakeholders to transform retailing and improve the customer (user) experience.

• Work across GTR, Group, Suppliers and third parties to ensure stakeholders are informed and involved

• Ensure a thorough understanding of GTR's retail strategy, retail products must make a clear and tangible contribution to customer experience and business strategy
• Raise risks quickly and be proactive in working with others to find solutions
• Challenge the norm and always consider the customer impact

Dimensions

• Working closely with the Commercial team, Pricing Team, Retail Operations Manager, Head of Marketing and Head of Customer experience to deliver business objectives and improve the customer ticketing experience

• Working with GTR, Go Ahead Group, RDG and DfT to define and deliver projects

• Influence key stakeholders including Executive level

Knowledge

• Possess a professional qualification

• Understanding of Franchise Agreement, Fares Regulation and industry pricing arrangements.
• Knowledge of the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement
• Knowledge of the National Conditions of Travel
• Familiar with the distribution chain - in particular digital ticketing solutions
• Professional Programme Management Qualification

Skills

• Strong interpersonal and communications skills are essential

• Ability to build strong relationships
• Excellent programme and project management, organisational skills and attention to detail
• Able to work to multiple deadlines, multi - task and prioritise
• Self-motivated, flexible approach and mentor team members

• Flexible and willing to travel across the GTR network to install, test and sign off new infrastructure.

Experience

• A solid background in retail system management

• Significant experience of working at a senior level with industry stakeholders

• Programme and Project management experience

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