Benefits Manager | Ref: PSR0040014

Network Rail is at the heart of revitalising Britain's railway. From Crossrail - Europe's largest civil engineering project - to investment in world-class stations and major programmes of electrification, we're involved in some of the most ambitious and diverse ventures that this country has ever seen. We at Network Rail are dedicated to becoming one of Britain's best employers and believe this starts with placing the candidate at the heart of everything we do!
Job Purpose:
Industry Partnership for Digital Railway (IPDR) is a national and cross-industry enterprise led by Eastern Region with the mission of creating the next generation railway, through the deployment of European Train Control System (ETCS) digital train control technology. This represents a migration to a safer, higher performing, more resilient, more efficient, better skilled, more productive, and greener railway, delivering passenger benefits in the areas of safety, punctuality and resilience, and taxpayer benefits through reduction in capital and whole life costs.
IPDR is leading the East Coast Digital Programme (ECDP), which will see ETCS put into use across the south of the East Coast Main Line and tens of industry organisations migrated to using it. ECDP is the foundation for the network digital strategy and over two-thirds of its investment will enable and support the deployment of ETCS on other parts of the network.
Within IPDR we are establishing the Digital Signalling portfolio to oversee the wider rollout of ETCS across Great Britain and make it easier for Regions and schemes to deploy ETCS. Through the portfolio we will co-ordinate and deliver fleet fitment activities, work to develop robust, repeatable approaches to technical delivery and business change, increase supply chain capability and capacity, and deliver initiatives to build the industry's capability to efficiently plan, design, deliver, operate and maintain an ETCS railway.
As a Benefits Manager your main responsibilities will be to:
+ Identify, plan, and track the business benefits and outcomes required of the business change programme.
+ Provide programme assurance and overview of the benefits realisation plan.
+ Confirm that projects will contribute to the realisation of benefits, making sure no overlap exists between individually owned profiles.
+ Establish and maintain business ownership of benefits profiles and the benefits realisation plan.
+ Assess and manage risks to benefits realisation and stakeholder engagement and address potential issues and concerns.
+ Create and implement stakeholder management strategies and persuade internal and external stakeholders of the agenda for change, setting realistic expectations on both the benefits and drawbacks of specific changes.
+ Create and implement communications strategies and plans.
+ Prepare affected business area for transition to business as usual, developing strategies to protect the investment and transition by engaging relevant stakeholders.

+ Senior project manager with an excellent track record of delivering large scale business change within a complex blue-chip business or government function.
+ Extensive experience in defining, tracking and delivering business benefit in change management initiatives.
+ Results orientation, with a passion for delivery
+ Effective interpersonal skills and an ability to use influence to gain buy in to enable change to happen.
+ Commercial awareness
+ An ability to work well under pressure in a rapidly evolving environment.
Desirable:
+ Experience of working across business functions to deliver £multi-million business benefits.
+ Experience of managing people in a change resistant and complex business environment
+ Budget management., Network Rail is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. They welcome applications from everyone.
Disability confident
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