At GBRX, we are at the forefront of transforming the railway industry, driving innovation, and delivering complex projects that push the boundaries of transportation.
We foster a values-driven culture, rooted in curiosity, pioneering spirit, and tenacity. By applying a first principles approach, we tackle the most complex challenges in railway modernisation, pushing the boundaries of what's possible and driving transformative change. Our mission is to reshape the future of the railway and improve customer experiences within the railway industry.
You'll work on groundbreaking projects that make a real-world impact. This hybrid role offers a balance of regular in-office collaboration with remote work, encouraging flexibility while enabling you to work closely with our diverse team of experts.
Lead the delivery of a GBRX innovation portfolio focused on addressing systemic challenges across infrastructure, operations, technology, and data. This role is accountable for translating strategic goals into coordinated delivery activity, shaping the delivery plan, and managing teams and partners to realise measurable value.
You will provide leadership across a range of complex workstreams, manage cross-sector relationships, and drive portfolio performance. This includes aligning resources, managing risk, overseeing delivery assurance, and representing GBRX in senior forums. The role is central to building credibility, momentum, and integrating varying innovation and technology outcomes across the portfolio.
This role will require you to
- Independently lead the delivery of a high-impact Network Operations innovation portfolio , taking full accountability for performance, alignment with GBRX strategy, operational relevance, and long-term value.
- Develop clear delivery plans that translate strategic Network Operations objectives into integrated workstreams from ambiguous developments - covering pilots, systems, data, operational transformation, control-room adoption and cross-industry dependencies.
- Develop and shape innovation and technology opportunities within the Network Operations portfolio, using external partnerships, industry insight and operational evidence to grow a coherent pipeline of priority interventions.
- Identify and resolve delivery challenges in a complex operational stakeholder environment, using judgement, evidence and influence to manage risks, unblock dependencies and adapt plans when needed.
- Lead senior stakeholder engagement across Network Operations, building trusted relationships with operators, control teams, System Operator, DDaT, routes, industry bodies, government and delivery partners to align priorities, secure support and promote the portfolio's wider impact.
