Rail Digital Transformation Project Manager (69302)

Description

Customers from banks to theme parks use the company's resilient data infrastructure to act on their data.

The company is growing its next phase of business and is looking for people who want to make a real-world impact with data.

The team is global and diverse, and values merit, respect, shared knowledge, autonomy and ownership.

This role sits in rail digitalization, covering asset management, smart operations, condition monitoring, IoT and connected railway solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own rail digitalization projects from start to finish, including asset management, maintenance optimization, smart operations, fleet management, condition monitoring, enterprise platforms, cloud, data, AI, IoT and connected railway solutions.
• Manage complex projects with many stakeholders, such as railway operators, infrastructure managers, rolling stock organizations, engineering teams and technology providers.
• Act as the main customer contact for project governance, executive reporting, steering committees, planning workshops and stakeholder relationships.
• Lead cross-functional teams in business consulting, engineering, software development, systems integration, testing, commissioning and operational support.
• Run planning, budgets, forecasts, risk, issues, change control and dependencies across the full project lifecycle.
• Support transformation work across railway operations, maintenance, fleet, depot, signaling, asset performance and enterprise change.
• Work with business and technical stakeholders to shape roadmaps, business cases, operational improvements and technology adoption plans.
• Make sure cloud, data, analytics, AI, IoT, enterprise application and industrial digital projects in railway settings are delivered successfully.
• Help with commercial discussions, proposals, Statements of Work, contract execution and customer growth opportunities.
• Set up governance frameworks, KPIs, reporting and delivery controls that keep work transparent, high quality and predictable.
• Ensure compliance with railway standards, customer requirements, quality expectations, cybersecurity principles and internal delivery processes.
• Show leadership, communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills in complex, multinational delivery environments.

Requirements

• 10+ years of project and program management in the railway industry, with a strong focus on digital transformation, operational excellence and technology-enabled business change.
• Experience with railway industry domain knowledge.
• Experience running digital transformation programs.
• Skill in project and program management.
• Experience with asset management and maintenance transformation.
• Experience with data, AI and analytics solutions.
• Experience with IoT and connected systems.
• Skill in customer and stakeholder management.
• Experience with enterprise transformation.
• Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall delivery models.
• Experience with budget, financial and risk management.
• Experience with SOW, commercial and governance management.
• Experience with cloud and data platforms.

Conditions

Flexible working arrangements are available, depending on the role and location.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants regardless of race, religion, sex, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.

Benefits

• Industry-leading benefits, support and services focused on your overall health and wellbeing.
• Support for work-life balance.