Digital Programme Manager

Balfour Beatty; Leatherhead; In loco; GBP 75.000 - 110.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days annual leave (pro rata)

Pension and share incentive plan

Family-friendly policies

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Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Digital Programme Manager to join our growing team. The role can be based from Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms, offering hybrid opportunities across the M25 area.

You will lead multi-project programmes, develop business cases, establish governance and reporting frameworks, and drive benefits realisation with close collaboration with the CPS commercial team and finance partners.

Competenze

• Experience managing programmes comprising multiple projects.
• Ability to identify, capture and track programme benefits.
• Strong experience in status reporting on programme delivery.
• Proven ability to engage and manage programme-level stakeholders.
• Experience working across programme and project lifecycles, including the development of key programme documentation.

Mansioni

• Development of a Programme Mobilisation Pack, including programme charter, roadmap, governance model, and initial controls framework.
• Production of an Asset Management Systems strategy, including options analysis and recommended target state.
• Definition of a delivery approach and integration considerations across systems and stakeholders.
• Development of an Outline Business Case, including costs, benefits, risks, and a benefits realisation approach.
• Preparation of executive briefing materials to support decision-making.
• Design of programme reporting and control frameworks (including financial and progress reporting templates).
• Facilitation of stakeholder engagement activities, including workshops and structured engagement to support alignment on programme direction leveraging inputs from individual projects.
• Adherence to the technology project delivery methodology, including development of key project artefacts.
• Management of all commercial processes in conjunction with the CPS commercial team.
• Regular updates on progress made and status reporting to the Head of Business Transformation and the Digital and Data Delivery Lead.
• Capture, measurement and tracking of key project benefits in conjunction with the Finance team.
• Reporting at key governance forums on progress made, such as the CPS Change Board.
• Identification, reporting and tracking of project risks, issues and dependencies.

Conoscenze

Programme management

Benefits tracking

Status reporting

Stakeholder management

Lifecycle delivery

Business case development

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About the role

Balfour Beatty (Connect Plus Services) has an exciting opportunity for a Digital Programme Manager to join our growing team.

This role can be based from ether Dartford, Leatherhead or South Mimms.

What you'll be doing

• Development of a Programme Mobilisation Pack, including programme charter, roadmap, governance model, and initial controls framework
• Production of an Asset Management Systems strategy, including options analysis and recommended target state
• Definition of a delivery approach and integration considerations across systems and stakeholders
• Development of an Outline Business Case, including costs, benefits, risks, and a benefits realisation approach
• Preparation of executive briefing materials to support decision-making
• Design of programme reporting and control frameworks (including financial and progress reporting templates)
• Facilitation of stakeholder engagement activities, including workshops and structured engagement to support alignment on programme direction leveraging inputs from individual projects.
• Adherence to the technology project delivery methodology, including development of key project artefacts
• Management of all commercial processes in conjunction with the CPS commercial team
• Regular updates on progress made and status reporting to the Head of Business Transformation and the Digital and Data Delivery Lead
• Capture, measurement and tracking of key project benefits in conjunction with the Finance team
• Reporting at key governance forums on progress made, such as the CPS Change Board
• Identification, reporting and tracking of project risks, issues and dependencies

Who we're looking for

Essential skills & experience

• Experience managing programmes comprising multiple tactical projects.
• Proven ability to identify, capture and track programme benefits.
• Strong experience in status reporting on programme delivery.
• Proven ability to engage and manage programme-level stakeholders.
• Experience working across programme and project lifecycles, including the development of key programme documentation.
• Deep end-to-end experience delivering digital programmes, including requirements capture, systems configuration, integration, testing and deployment.
• Experience in programme shaping and business case development.

Desirable skills & experience

• Understanding of the highways industry.
• Experience identifying and tracking interdependencies across programmes and projects.
• Experience applying AI within operational systems architecture

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole-life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.

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