Base salary: £54878 pa to £64562 pa 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.
As the Programme Performance Manager you will report directly to the Head of Programme Performance (HoPP) to provide performance insights that enable Best for Programme Recommendations (considering time, cost and quality). Through analysis of performance data, the Programme Performance Manager will be responsible for data specification and interpretation, identifying potential optimisation initiatives that mitigate risks and enhance outcomes.
About the role:
- To be responsible for the assurance and integration of programme wide performance insights
- To be responsible for manging and coordinating ‘mission level’ risks and provide analysis and insights to enable decisions on drawdown of ‘phase level’ contingency
- Responsible for the development of intelligence that supports both performance management and integration
- To be responsible for managing the periodic correlation of performance against baselines, providing analysis and insights that enable challenge, mitigation and optimisation of programme delivery
- Lead assurance, prioritisation and profiling in establishment of the annual Performance Measurement Plan
- Responsible for analysis to identify risks and opportunities to mitigate and optimise the Delivery into Service [DiS] dates to enable the PPD to recommend changes
- Define and manage inputs from delivery teams, PMO, matrixed controls resources as required to understand programme performance
- To be responsible for horizon scanning and right-to-left planning for early identification of strategic risks and opportunities, to optimise the delivery plan to make best for programme decisions
- Raise recommendations on active risk management
- Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI
About you:
Skills:
- Clear Direction – Ability to give clear direction, defining prioritizing objectives, analysing inputs, assessing and challenging data, defining strategies and supporting rationales
- Stakeholder management - Ability to manage stakeholders; building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders as appropriate
- Communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and work with teams from different departments
- Facilitation Ability to manage workshops to solve critical problems and provide clear direction to team members on the actions needed to manage and mitigate critical issues
- A technical understanding of controls disciplines with the ability to interpret performance data
- Problem Solving – Ability to identify multifaceted problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
- Ability to implementation of processes, procedures and guidance improving programme outcomes
- Data Analysis and Presentation – Ability to analyse and interpret data and produce accurate timely and informative reports in multiple formats targeted to the needs of the audience
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of the core Project Controls disciplines, including; Schedule Management, Cost Management, Change Management and Risk Management
- Knowledge of baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a major programme
- Knowledge of the Project and Commercial Management principles including under standing of cost delivery, schedule targets
- Understanding of NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communications between contractor and client
Type of experience:
- Experience in senior project management or controls roles within an infrastructure delivery environment
- Experience of leading teams or initiatives and ready to take on greater responsibility and exposure
- Experience working in or with project controls functions
- Experience of supporting change events within a project environment
- Experienced in the use of Microsoft applications (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) or equivalent
- Experience of participating within governance meetings with senior stakeholders
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.
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Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
About UsSkills Required
- Experience in senior project management or project controls roles within an infrastructure delivery environment
- Experience leading teams or initiatives and readiness to take on greater responsibility
- Experience working in or with project controls functions
- Experience supporting change events within a project environment
- Experience participating in governance meetings with senior stakeholders
- Knowledge of core project controls disciplines, including schedule, cost, change, and risk management
- Knowledge of developing and maintaining baselines on a major programme
- Understanding of project and commercial management principles, including cost delivery and schedule targets
- Understanding of NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices, and contractor-client communication workflows
- Technical understanding of controls disciplines and ability to interpret performance data
- Data analysis and presentation skills, including producing accurate reports in multiple formats
- Stakeholder management, communication, influencing, facilitation, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to develop and implement processes, procedures, and guidance
- Experience using Microsoft applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, or equivalent
What We Do
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited is responsible for developing and promoting the UK's new high-speed rail network. HS2 is Britain's new high-speed railway, designed to provide fast, reliable journeys between major cities while freeing capacity on the existing network for regional and freight services. The project also aims to widen access to jobs, drive investment, and support regional growth through an economic corridor.
