Senior System Assurance Lead - Programme & Enterprise

Charlton Recruitment; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Pension 12%

25 days holiday

Job summary

High Speed Two Ltd is seeking a Lead Technical Assurance Manager to oversee system assurance across the entire HS2 Programme, ensuring evidence-based confidence at the programme and enterprise level.

This senior role requires shaping governance, analysing integration across contracts and disciplines, and guiding assurance activities to deliver a safe, reliable and operationally-ready railway.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in system-level assurance across complex programmes.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle.
• Ability to bring together evidence from multiple projects/contracts.
• Credible to influence senior engineering and delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead system assurance activities at programme/enterprise level.
• Ensure consistent application of assurance processes across multiple workstreams.
• Review assurance information from projects and provide programme-level insight.
• Identify gaps and risks and escalate where needed.
• Develop and improve governance and reporting for programme-level assurance.

Skills

System Assurance

Stakeholder management

Systems Engineering

Programme management

Job description

High Speed Two Ltd is seeking a Lead Technical Assurance Manager to oversee system assurance across the entire HS2 Programme, ensuring evidence-based confidence at the programme and enterprise level.

This senior role requires shaping governance, analysing integration across contracts and disciplines, and guiding assurance activities to deliver a safe, reliable and operationally-ready railway.