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Talent Staffing Ltd
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London, Greater London
Senior Business Manager
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Overview
The Senior Business Manager acts as the key interface between the project directorates, including external consultants and contractors. This role works alongside the functional leaders to ensure the smooth running of the project and the provision of effective functional support to the delivery of the project. The Senior Business Manager will collaborate closely with leaders across the organisation, manage a team and provide advice to the directorates. 2. Principal Accountabilities Lead on the integration of the Chief Programme Officer, creating connectivity and alignment within the group. Maintain regular touchpoints with the CPO to ensure progress on key deliverables. Lead on the creation and implementation of the CPO directorate’s business plan, delivering clarity of purpose and priorities. Overseeing resource requirements and deployment in service of priorities and reporting against delivery of them. Maintain an overview of overall programme performance and emerging issues which the CPO and the Executives may need to be aware of and acting to support. Anticipate and manage the submission of Programme level papers to project Executive meetings, Boards and Board committees. Manage a team to support delivery of CPO directorate’s priorities and provide high quality advisory support to the CPO. Work closely with the Chief of Staff to ensure Executive and Sponsor priorities are implemented across the programme. Support the integration of the organisational design and operational model of the project, providing clear linkages and lines of sight across the directorates. The role is predominantly a Chief of Staff for the Chief Programme Officer and will run his office. Person Specification Experience of working in a major project environment and ideally from a programme. Ability to understand a very broad range of strategic management issues across the entire organisation and to respond to issues very quickly and effectively. Experience of governance arrangements. Excellent interpersonal skills, including tact and influence, the ability to be assertive without causing unnecessary conflict, and to interact and communicate effectively with people at all levels. Strong project management skills, able to multitask and manage conflicting priorities, used to working under pressure and to deadlines. Highly driven individual with strong organisation skills and the ability to achieve results through strong influencing skills. Highly developed commercial and political sensitivities.