Senior Sponsor - 12 Month Secondment

About the role

We're looking for a commercially minded leader to take ownership of a portfolio of rail investment projects, acting as the vital link between clients, stakeholders and project delivery teams. This is an exciting opportunity to influence major investment decisions, drive value for money and ensure projects deliver real benefits for passengers, customers and communities.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders, translating their requirements into clear project specifications, business cases and delivery plans.
• Challenge and influence project teams to ensure schemes are delivered safely, efficiently and within agreed scope, cost and timescales.
• Lead negotiations, manage portfolio risks and drive continuous improvement across your projects.

Requirements

• Essential Degree qualified (or equivalent experience).
• Experience managing client portfolios and building relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to translate complex business challenges into practical, deliverable solutions.
• Strong report-writing and business case development skills, presenting information clearly and concisely.
• Commercially astute, customer focused and outcome driven.
• Excellent influencing, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven experience leading and developing successful teams.

Qualifications

Essential Degree qualified (or equivalent experience).

Skills

• Commercially astute and influential leader.
• Experience managing complex client portfolios and building strong stakeholder relationships at all levels.
• Can translate complex challenges into practical solutions.
• Develop compelling business cases.
• Confidently negotiate to deliver value, efficiency and successful project outcomes.
• Proven team leadership experience.
• Thrives in a customer-focused environment where collaboration, strategic thinking and delivery excellence are key.

Benefits

• 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days.
• Choice of pension schemes.
• 75% discount of leisure travel for you and your family.
• Private Healthcare.
• Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel.
• Gym Pass - access to gyms across UK.
• My Benefits platform - giving national and local retail discount.

Pay

Details of pay will be provided during the application process.

Schedule

Details of schedule will be provided during the application process.

Skills

• Commercially astute and influential leader.
• Experience managing complex client portfolios and building strong stakeholder relationships at all levels.
• Can translate complex challenges into practical solutions.
• Develop compelling business cases.
• Confidently negotiate to deliver value, efficiency and successful project outcomes.
• Proven team leadership experience.
• Thrives in a customer-focused environment where collaboration, strategic thinking and delivery excellence are key.

Benefits

• 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days.
• Choice of pension schemes.
• 75% discount of leisure travel for you and your family.
• Private Healthcare.
• Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel.
• Gym Pass - access to gyms across UK.
• My Benefits platform - giving national and local retail discount.