Senior Business Manager

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Job Description

Base salary: £61,622pa to c.£77,028pa 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.

The Senior Business Manager is responsible for providing the Chief Commercial Officer with additional capacity to focus on strategic, operational and stakeholder issues. To lead on the business management controls required for the effective management of the CCO Directorate. The Senior Business Manager has responsibility for the internal management and co-ordination of the directorate, such as managing directorate finances, developing, negotiating with other directorates to agree deliverables and funding for, and the ongoing management of the business plan, ensuring that robust business processes are developed and integrated with the rest of the organisation. The role is key in driving performance improvement in the directorate. The Senior Business Manager will be the primary point of contact for procurement and Human Resources, overseeing the procurement pipeline, technical contract management and workforce plan for the directorate. The role provides a cross-functional overview and liaises and engages with key internal staff from across all HS2 directorates. The Senior Business Manager will also engage with key external stakeholders, suppliers and partners.

About the Role:

• Enable the delivery of the Chief Commercial Officer's priorities by working effectively across HS2, the supply chain and other stakeholders influencing and driving senior colleagues and suppliers to deliver successful outcomes for the CCO and wider Directorate.
• Provide scripts, briefings, advice and reports for the Chief Commercial Officer to support meeting preparations and follow up on agreed actions.
• Oversee the development and collation of the CCO Directorate's annual Business Plan and quarterly financial forecasts, monthly management information, and monitor and manage performance against plans.
• Oversee and coordinate development and maintenance of the Commercial directorate strategy, including vision, purpose and principles.
• Oversee recruitment approval and contract extension processes across the CCO Directorate, on behalf of the Chief Commercial Officer.
• Provide regular reporting on workforce numbers and financial spend to key stakeholders, and manage and mitigate financial risks to the directorate as necessary.
• Deliver specific projects and change initiatives as required by the Chief Commercial Officer.
• Provide the main point of contact for the Chief Commercial Officer with HS2 Ltd corporate support functions (e.g. HR, Finance, Facilities, Comms, etc.), and for key business improvement initiatives.
• Establish effective working relationships with HS2 suppliers, supply chain and other stakeholders to support and enable the CCO to efficiently manage those relationships strategically.
• Effectively manage the CCO office to ensure that all administration is enacted effectively and personnel are managed appropriately.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You:
Skills:

• Ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders effectively, working to challenging deadlines and managing competing priorities.
• Ability to take multiple pieces of potentially complex information, rapidly grasp the context and present this clearly in written materials.
• Ability to gather and synthesise information, identifying options and applying sound judgement based on logic and reason, making use of a variety of analytical approaches to provide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders and decision makers using key facts and data.
• Ability to lead a project, working independently to manage risks and escalate issues appropriately.
• Ability to promote collaboration across organisational boundaries, to achieve successful outcomes.

Knowledge:

• Understanding of a variety of project and programme management tools and techniques.
• Understanding of commercial contracting and supply chain management
• Understanding of HR and Finance data, processes and reporting.
• Understanding of reporting techniques, to enable effective monitoring and reporting on business performance.
• Understanding of business processes and how to effectively operate across organisational functions.
• Understanding the application of effective governance and control frameworks.

Type of experience:

• Project and programme management experience.
• Experience of supplier and stakeholder management
• Experience of developing and managing budgets and resource requirements.
• Experience of monitoring business performance and developing reports.
• Experience of line management and wider matrix management of team members.
• Experience of operating in a controlled environment and following defined governance frameworks.

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. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

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.