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About the Role

This role leads the Zero-Emission Bus Development team to ensure the successful decarbonisation of London's bus fleet, aligning with the Mayor and TfL's air quality commitments. It involves strategy setting, financial planning, project management, and stakeholder engagement to achieve zero-emission targets by 2034.

Responsibilities

• Developing and leading implementation of key strategic and financial activities to support bus fleet decarbonisation across multiple workstreams.
• Leading strategic and commercial engagement with London bus operating companies and industry suppliers on zero-emission vehicle technologies and infrastructure.
• Acting as Client/Senior Responsible Owner for high-profile zero-emission bus projects, trials, and programmes.
• Leading business planning activity for the team, setting budgets and forecasts for zero-emission workstreams.
• Maximising income across Buses and TfL by working with stakeholders to obtain best value for money and increasing new zero-emission business opportunities.
• Representing the Bus Operations directorate and managing relationships with external stakeholders and the zero-emission supply chain.
• Leading and directing the work of the Zero-Emission Bus Development team and staff across TfL on a matrix basis.
• Developing staff capabilities and engagement to meet directorate needs.
• Accountable for the safety and wellbeing of staff within the span of control.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent.
• Track record of delivering complex contractual issues and commercial change programmes with multiple stakeholders.
• Significant experience of managing complex stakeholder relationships in a fast-moving political landscape, challenging, negotiating and influencing at all levels.
• Extensive experience of achieving results through others, including influencing staff to take a proactive approach.
• Extensive experience of producing good quality reports, briefings, and data to influence senior stakeholders.
• Comprehensive experience of public transport operating practices, familiar with the bus operating environment.
• Good understanding of large complex operational transport operations services, with demanding customer and stakeholder groups.
• Good understanding of TfL’s strategic goals, Operations, the bus network and wider political landscape.
• Broad knowledge of external commercial developments and emerging best practice in procurement, commercial contract management, and supplier relationship management.
• A comprehensive understanding of European and UK Procurement Law.
• Good supplier sourcing and contract development and/or strong general commercial background.
• Knowledge of managing high profile multi-disciplinary work streams to tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of Project/Programme Management methodology.

Skills

• Demonstrable ability to influence at all levels.
• Proven ability to coordinate large-scale portfolios of projects in a matrix environment.
• Strong track record of engaging and motivating people at all levels.
• Proven ability to analyse complex information to produce recommendations for Board level or equivalent.
• Excellent organisational and programme management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, report writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing circumstances.

Location

• Palestra (Southwark - London)
• Hybrid

Work Type

• Hybrid working
• Permanent

Experience Level

• Senior manager
• Pay Band 4

Education Level

• Degree level, or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• Circa £89,000 per annum depending on skills, knowledge, and experience

Benefits

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel

About the Company

• London Buses carry the lion’s share of passengers across the capital, offering one of the most affordable and accessible means of travel for over five million journeys a day, across more than 650 routes.
• Our bus network is well connected, and served by around 9,000 vehicles, with our bus contracts worth over £2 billion a year.
• We are delivering a complex programme of improvements across the network as set out in our Bus Action Plan and TfL Business Plan.
• We are in the public eye and engage with a variety of influential stakeholders and promote our activities to internal and external audiences.
• We blend strategy with delivery and are looking for an individual that can adapt quickly and work flexibly and collaboratively to meet changing business priorities.

Equal Opportunity

• We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve.
• We believe that a diverse workforce enables us to deliver better services and outcomes.
• Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible.
• As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled people.
• As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we aim to offer an assessment or interview to candidates who apply via the scheme where the minimum essential criteria for skills, knowledge and experience has been met.
• In some circumstances, it may not be practical to offer an interview or assessment to every candidate who applies through the scheme and meet the minimum essential criteria; in these situations, we select candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than interviewing all who meet them.
• Across all recruitment activity, we recognise that selection methods may vary depending on the nature and scale of the campaign and will be applied fairly, consistently and proportionately in line with our Disability Confident commitments.