Country Manager
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Location: Remote/ Cardiff with regional travel
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
We are recruiting for an extremely exciting and purpose-driven organisation delivering a major national infrastructure programme. As the organisation enters an important phase of growth and mobilisation, they are looking for an experienced Country Manager to lead delivery across Wales.
This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for operational mobilisation, stakeholder management and team leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
You'll take ownership of regional operational delivery, ensuring plans are translated into effective day-to-day execution.
- Leading the mobilisation and delivery of a complex regional operation.
- Acting as the senior regional point of contact for key stakeholders.
- Building strong relationships with government, regulatory, industry and operational partners.
- Working closely with wider Operations and Programme teams to deliver strategic objectives.
- Leading, developing and managing the regional operations team.
- Establishing clear performance measures and driving accountability.
- Identifying and resolving operational challenges quickly and pragmatically.
- Reporting on delivery, performance, risks and key outcomes to senior leadership.
- Helping shape operating models and processes within a rapidly developing organisation.
About You
We're looking for a Country Manager with a strong track record of delivering complex programmes, services or operations.
You'll ideally have experience in environments such as logistics, infrastructure, transport, defence, public sector or other highly regulated/complex sectors .
You'll be confident operating at senior level, influencing a wide range of stakeholders and representing an organisation externally. Just as importantly, you'll be comfortable being hands-on when required , particularly within an organisation where processes and structures are still being developed.
- A credible and confident senior leader.
- Experienced in mobilising or establishing complex operations.
- Strong at stakeholder management and influencing.
- Commercially and operationally minded.
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and driving structure.
- Calm and pragmatic under pressure.
- Experienced in leading and developing teams.
- Highly delivery-focused, with a strong bias towards action and problem solving.
What's on Offer?
This is an opportunity to join an organisation at a pivotal stage of its development, with genuine scope to shape how a major regional operation is established and delivered.
You'll have significant senior stakeholder exposure, autonomy and the opportunity to contribute to a programme with long-term national impact. xwwtmva
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