Strategy Programme Manager in Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Strategy Programme Manager
Location: Birmingham, B3
Salary: Competitive, plus benefits
Hours of Work: 37 hour per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term
About the Company:
This is a fantastic time to join West Midlands Trains as we embark on your new franchise to improve our passenger’s journeys. As part of the wider Abellio Group, West Midlands Trains Ltd, operates as a joint venture - West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway, delivering over 1,300 safe and reliable services per day for more than a 60 million passengers per year. Since the start of our franchise in 2017 we have been committed to improving our services, investing a whopping £1 billion into the region’s network, £18million in the development of all our workforce.
We are looking to recruit a Strategy Programme Manager to lead, manage and set the strategic direction for the successful delivery of all workstream and projects within the programme to time, cost and quality in accordance with the West Midlands Train governance and project lifecycle.
With excellent written and verbal communication skills you will be able to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines. You will have the ability to influence effectively with peers and the wider business teams and to establish a course of action and deliver win-win outcomes and complete objectives. You will bring a strong customer focus and excellent data interpretation skills.
Strategy Programme Manager Responsibilities:
- To programme manage and set the strategic direction for the successful delivery to time, cost and quality of the allocated Infrastructure Programme ensuring that the programme benefits are achieved and align with WMT business strategy, committed obligations and franchise agreements
- Lead and manage all project teams within the programme ensuring integration of all projects and workstreams
- Ensure adherence to all required standards (WMT/Abellio/Railway).
- Complete, review and sign-off of all mandatory project governance and ensure that all WMT/Abellio investment processes are adhered to including the production of Project Mandates and Business Cases.
- Develop and produce strategy papers for approval and sign-off at both Exec and Board level.
- Produce regular updates on the programme of works for both Exec and Board level meetings.
- To develop robust programme management tools including programme level plans and RAID logs to support and ensure the robust integration of all projects/workstreams within the programme.
- Own and manage all programme level reporting and tracking including where necessary programme level mandates, business cases and reporting.
Strategy Programme Manager Requirements:
- Experience of managing Programmes and setting the direction / strategy
- Experience of complex programmes/projects involving multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of managing and maintaining depot facilities
- Strong Appreciation of importance of stakeholder engagement, and requisite inter-personal skills to engage with stakeholders
- Strong appreciation of importance of customer experience
- Strong ability to produce clear and concise report
- Successful track record of development and design in a Transportation (Rail orientated) environment within the context of a professional services provider
- Qualified in programme management e.g. MSP
- Qualified in either: PRINCE2, APMP or PMIBOK (desirable)
- Good general knowledge of the Railway or similar transport industry
Strategy Programme Manager Benefits:
- Free first-class travel on West Midlands Trains and other Abellio group trains for you, your partner and dependent children
- 75% discount on all other train travel over most of the UK rail network
- Development opportunities to help you further your career with West Midlands Trains
- Competitive pension scheme
If you think that you are suitable for this Strategy Programme Manager role, please apply now!
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