Commercial Scheme Sponsor

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Alexander Mann Solutions for Public Sector Resourcing Full time

**JOB TITLE - Commercial Scheme Sponsor (Inside IR35)**

**Contract Term**: **6 Month**

**Contracting Authority: Network Rail**

**Location: Hybrid, Puddle Dock London**

**As a Commercial Scheme Sponsor your main key responsibilities would be to**:

- Lead the projects in your portfolio, providing clear remits, setting of requirements and implementation of robust project governance.
- Work in collaboration with project delivery teams, clients and stakeholders so that projects work to the right scope, funding and schedule.
- Lead and maintain relationships with nominated customers and stakeholders, and be the focal point, to monitor whether Network Rail is fully responsive for the development of schemes. Champion the interests of the customers and stakeholders within Network Rail.
- Where appropriate, develop proposal for customers and stakeholders for the signalling and/or track portfolio within Southern. Establishing nature and scope of scheme in line with business criteria, including consideration of their viability within the route planning process, timetable, implications, operational arrangements and railway Estates interfaces.
- Where appropriate, - develop proposals from customers and stakeholders for enhancements, to establish the nature and scope of their schemes in line with the business planning criteria, including consideration of their viability within the route planning process, timetable, implications, operational arrangements and railway Estates interfaces.
- Where appropriate, lead negotiations with customers for the commercial and contractual terms on which schemes will be implemented, or the terms on which Network Rail will provide asset protection if the customer leads the scheme’s development and delivery.
- Where required, Sponsor the delivery or facilitation (through asset protection arrangements) by Infrastructure Investment of externally funded schemes to track, monitoring whether customer and stakeholder requirements are fully met on scope, price, quality and programme of works
- Comply with the requirements of corporate investment regulations, other corporate governance, and Project Acceleration in Controlled Environment (PACE).
- Monitor progress on projects against agreed budgets, delivery plans and work programmes, challenge and intervene as required with delivery agents to achieve correction of adverse trends.
- Undertake post implementation reviews to close schemes, check the customer is fully billed and pays for the works, whether the works deliver the intended outputs and new works are fully incorporated into maintenance and renewal plans.
- Contribute to the development of the Route’s strategy for renewals and/or enhancements through supporting the Region’s Business Planning processes, with particular focus on the new CP7 operating model.
- Work with customers and stakeholders to identify new opportunities for them to lead investment in the network.

**Essential**:

- Qualified to degree level
- Commercially astute, persuasive, and customer focused with strong analytical skills
- Negotiating skills
- Knowledge / understanding of the railway industry
- Experience of dealing with industrial client portfolios and negotiating contracts to finalisation and able to demonstrate commercial success
- Knowledge of project management techniques, in particular governance, risk management, change and financial management.
- Business Cases

**Desirable**
- Some experience in management roles in an industrial commercial environment
- MBA or other related postgraduate qualification
- Knowledge of railway industry
- Knowledge of SPEED principles and the PACE project lifecycle
- Project management qualification (e.g., AM project fundamentals)
- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._

**Job Types**: Fixed term contract, Full-time

**Benefits**:

- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- LONDON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- management: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in LONDON



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