Job Description: A significant senior leader, this is a critical role with accountability for the delivery of a portfolio of large, complex and often externally funded, infrastructure build projects across a defined region - circa £30m p.a. The individual leads a sizeable team of Professional Project Management Staff (15-30 direct FTE, plus up to 150+ indirect build agents), and is key to the implementation of Openreach’s business critical Fibre First Strategy. Job Responsibilities: Wholly accountable for monitoring and driving key metrics e.g. Cost to Complete, Cost per Premise and total capex budget in year. With plans put in place to rectify if required. (OR exposure on BDUK bids can be multi millions if mismanaged). End to end delivery of structures & outcomes for the defined portfolio assuring high-quality outcomes, delivered on time, to quality and within the agreed cost envelope. Portfolio can contain up to 1200 structures p.a. Develop and manage the team (10 – 30 Direct FTE, up to 150 3rd Party), building a winning unit with a culture that is passionate about delivering in a quality way, avoiding wastage and failure and taking ownership of issues. Full accountability for project, contractual and financial governance within project. Including ensuring effective Departure from Estimate management and full compliance with OR Financial governance, e.g. implementation of Sarbanes Oxley Maintain an in-depth and up to date understanding of all subcontract arrangements with 3rd party suppliers. Working closely with Partner Management ensure that all 3rd Party Suppliers are complying with these arrangements whilst working on the portfolio Lead a portfolio of complex infrastructure projects (up to £30m p.a), taking responsibility for prioritisation of projects and resource management to ensure outputs are in line with business targets. Job Requirements: Renowned for creating sustainable performance through their personal leadership and ability to build brilliant teams Experience of translating strategic plan into an understandable list of tangible actions Proven track record and demonstrable experience of working as a Senior Project/ Programme Manager in a portfolio role as well as managing multi stream projects or programmes from initiation through to full project acceptance Experience of actively managing a P&L to successful outcome Proven experience managing successful project teams and ability to manage operational risk Team player, adept at holding others to account through a challenging and supportive leadership style, whilst consistently delivering on their own commitments Job Details: Company: Openreach Vacancy Type: Full Time Job Location: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Application Deadline: N/A Apply Here careers-trivia.net
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