Senior Business Manager in Birmingham

Base salary: £61,622 pa to c. £77,028 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of the base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.

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

• Leading on the business management controls required for the effective management of the CCO Directorate.
• Managing directorate finances, developing, negotiating with other directorates to agree deliverables and funding, and ongoing management of the business plan.
• Driving performance improvement in the directorate.
• Being the primary point of contact for procurement and Human Resources, overseeing the procurement pipeline, technical contract management and workforce plan for the directorate.
• Engaging with key internal staff from across all HS2 directorates and 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.
• 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.
• Oversee recruitment approval and contract extension processes across the CCO Directorate.
• Deliver specific projects and change initiatives as required by the Chief Commercial Officer.
• Establish effective working relationships with HS2 suppliers, supply chain and other stakeholders.
• Effectively manage the CCO office to ensure that all administration is enacted effectively.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work.

About You:

• Ability to manage and influence senior stakeholders effectively.
• Ability to present complex information clearly in written materials.
• Ability to gather and synthesise information, identifying options and applying sound judgement.
• Ability to lead a project independently.
• Ability to promote collaboration across organisational boundaries.

• Understanding 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 for effective monitoring.
• Understanding of business processes across organisational functions.
• Understanding of effective governance and control frameworks.

• 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.
• 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.

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.

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.

HS2 Ltd will be the UK’s new high speed rail network, improving capacity, shortening journey times, boosting the economy and creating thousands of jobs. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff.