Project Manager

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Project Manager

About DFT Operator

Join Our Team at DFTO

DFTO is the governments public sector rail owning group. Its purpose is to bring all currently privately-owned train operators into public ownership in advance of the creation of Great British Railways in 2027 - and deliver improvements in the here and now by unifying and integrating train operations under common public ownership.

DFTO has over 23000 employees runs over 6000 services a day and delivers over 450 million customer journeys across its networks every year. This accounts for 26% of total UK passenger journeys and 30% of passenger miles.

Major improvements are being delivered by DFTO train operators (TOCs) that are already under public ownership - these are LNER Northern TransPennine Express (TPE) Southeastern South Western Railway (SWR) and c2c.

Primary Purpose of Job:

To lead the delivery of the change components of projects to achieve cost time and quality objectives within DFTO guidelines.

Key Responsibilities:

Drives successful project outcomes to drive optimum delivery of outputs including planning at the level appropriate to the complexity of the project structuring and sequencing appropriate sets of tasks/activities so that projects are delivered to time cost and quality.
Provide a professional first class consistent and effective project management service to DFTO clients including project monitoring and reporting systems in accordance with company standards and guidelines.
Facilitate and drive the cadence of meetings for the programme supporting leadership and monthly team meetings with the preparation of detailed packs and reports.
Manages risk working with the business and using effective stakeholder management to agree common understanding to mitigate and reduce risk.
Engages with the business and subject matter experts in collaboration with the Business Analysts to gather and develop a clear understanding of the detailed requirements in order to create analysis and support associated business cases.
Manages procurement processes required for projects and manage suppliers dependencies milestones and risks and issues in accordance with standards and guidelines.
Reports on and reviews the project delivery budget costs resourcing and drives governance arrangements to support appropriate reporting providing senior leadership with reports and briefings as required.
Maintains relationships with key customers and stakeholders making sure effective and robust communication plans are agreed and in place so stakeholders are updated apprised of progress and committed to the project.
Manage and maintain the overall programme baseline schedule in order to monitor and report and progress and to reveal the critical path.
Where relevant identify required business process and organisational changes necessary in order to improve efficiency effectiveness and quality of projects.

Knowledge Skills Experience & Technical Qualifications:

Experience of delivering business change on a large scale
Understanding of the railway or similar industry
Demonstrated credibility and impact with senior stakeholders
Effective interpersonal skills and an ability to use influence to gain buy in to enable change to happen through others.
A drive to deliver tangible outcomes which meet business requirements
An ability to work well under pressure in a rapidly evolving environment.
Educated to degree level or equivalent.

Vacancy Details:

Duration:2 year Fixed Term contract/secondment
Location:London Waterloo/Hybrid
Salary:up to 56000
Closing date: 6th February 2026

DFTO Benefits:

Annual Leave: Starting at 25 days and rising to an additional day per year of service completed within the first 5 completed years up to a maximum of 5 additional (30 days)

DC Pension Scheme: 10% Employer contribution 5% Employee contribution

Opportunities to learn and network across the wider industry

Additional Information

Disclaimer: Candidates applying for this position on a secondment basis must inform their line manager prior to submitting their application. This is to ensure transparency and facilitate any necessary discussions regarding workload and responsibilities.

About our people and the recruitment process - Were an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly as we know traditional working patterns dont always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly just let us know and well do our best to help and invest in your career with us whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

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Project Manager About DFT OperatorJoin Our Team at DFTODFTO is the governments public sector rail owning group. Its purpose is to bring all currently privately-owned train operators into public ownership in advance of the creation of Great British Railways in 2027 - and deliver improvements in the h...