Technical Change Manager

HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits 20%

Job summary

HS2 Ltd is seeking a Technical Change Manager to lead governance of technical changes across the Rail Development Directorate. You will coordinate changes, oversee verification and validation, manage TCCs, and engage stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely delivery.

The role emphasises collaboration with requirements teams, contract governance, and continuous improvement while embedding Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across activities.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills to interpret complex information and produce clear reports.
• Effective stakeholder engagement with SMEs and senior teams to align objectives.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to plan, organise and deliver changes across multiple contracts.
• Experience coordinating technical change within infrastructure programmes.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate technical change across RDD contracts, ensuring governance compliance.
• Communicate technical change through dashboards and regular stakeholder engagement.
• Liaise with Requirements team to manage changes to requirements and baselines.
• Review V&V matrices and coordinate evidence across contracts.
• Coordinate Technical Change Communications (TCCs) and ensure adoption across contracts.
• Maintain TCC registers and support business impact assessments and reporting.
• Draft and issue TCCs ahead of baseline updates.
• Identify improvements to technical change processes under guidance.
• Support delivery of Technical Services Lead and governance forums.
• Promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in line with policies.

Skills

Analytical ability

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Planning

Coordination

Tools

DOORS

Contract governance tools

Job description

Job Description

Base salary: £54,878pa to £64,562pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

Technical Change Manager Job Purpose

As Technical Change Manager within the Rail Development Directorate (RDD), you will be responsible for the management and coordination of technical change across RDD contracts, supporting the application of governance for changes to technical requirements and baselines across the programme. You will ensure that change is effectively defined, assessed, authorised, implemented and tracked, maintaining the integrity and configuration of technical baselines throughout the lifecycle.

You will coordinate the assurance and governance of technical change, ensuring that changes are verified and validated in line with organisational standards and procedures. By applying the technical change procedures effectively, you will ensure consistency, manage risks to cost, schedule and scope, and support programme-level decision-making.

About The Role

• Manage and coordinate the application of approved technical change and configuration management procedures across RDD contracts, ensuring consistency and compliance with RDD governance procedures.
• Coordinate the communication of technical change, including maintaining dashboards and facilitating regular engagement with stakeholders to track instructed, in-progress and forthcoming changes.
• Liaise with the Requirements team to manage and coordinate changes to technical requirements and baselines, ensuring timely instruction and implementation across contracts.
• Review Verification and Validation (V&V) matrices submitted by contracts, working collaboratively with stakeholders and third parties to agree configuration states, success criteria and levels of evidence.
• Review and coordinate the implementation of technical changes agreed through the Technical & Change Forum (TCF) and issued as Technical Change Communications (TCCs), ensuring applicability and appropriate adoption across contracts.
• Manage and maintain TCC registers, coordinating inputs required for business impact assessments, supply chain engagement and programme reporting.
• Draft and coordinate the issuance of TCCs, liaising with document control and delivery teams to ensure timely instruction ahead of baseline updates.
• Identify and support continuous improvement initiatives relating to technical change and TCC processes, in line with direction from the Technical Services Lead.
• Work in accordance with RDD technical assurance and governance procedures, supporting their effective implementation across the programme.
• Support assurance activities, including coordination of LoD1 documentation from PSCs and production of LoD2 assurance reports.
• Manage and review interface management activities, including Interface Control Documents (ICDs), interface matrices and reporting dashboards, engaging with relevant stakeholders across phases.
• Provide support and deputise for the Technical Services Lead at Technical & Change Forum (TCF), HS2 Technical Authority Panels (TAuP) and other governance forums as required.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), complying with organisational policies and initiatives.
• Undertake additional responsibilities as required, in line with the evolving needs of the programme.

About You

• Ability to manage, coordinate and deliver technical change activities across multiple contracts, aligning with programme objectives and governance requirements.
• Strong analytical skills, able to interpret complex technical information and produce clear reports and insights to support decision-making.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and communication, working with SMEs, delivery teams and senior stakeholders to resolve issues and achieve alignment.
• Ability to apply requirements, configuration and assurance principles within a complex programme environment.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, managing priorities and ensuring timely delivery across technical change activities.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of requirements management tools (e.g. DOORS) and their application within complex infrastructure programmes.
• Understanding of technical change and configuration management principles, including governance and control processes.
• Knowledge of verification and validation (V&V) methods and their application within assurance frameworks.
• Understanding of relevant regulatory and legislative frameworks, including CDM Regulations 2015 and Common Safety Methods (CSM).
• Working knowledge of NEC contracts within a multi-contractor environment.
• Knowledge of RDD governance and technical assurance processes.

Type Of Experience

• Experience of managing and coordinating technical change, requirements and/or configuration management within complex infrastructure programmes.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary, multi-contractor environments, engaging effectively with contractors, designers and stakeholders.
• Experience supporting assurance activities, including verification and validation (V&V) and evidence-based reporting.
• Experience facilitating meetings and governance forums, ensuring clear outcomes and follow-through of actions.
• Experience escalating issues and influencing stakeholders to enable timely resolution and decision-making.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.