We're TransPennine Express and we're going places. Whether that's helping customers reach their destination, or ensuring our colleagues feel fulfilled and supported in their careers. We're looking for people with drive and enthusiasm to join our amazing team and help transform the capability within our region's rail industry. The North is a vibrant place to live and work and here at TransPennine Express our services are helping to keep the region moving. If you want to be involved in something truly transformative, that will have a lasting impact on how we travel, then please join our mission of creating a better-connected network in the North and Scotland, for good. About the Role Reporting to the Major Projects and TransPennine Route Upgrade Director, you will be working collaboratively across the Senior Leadership and Executive teams of both TPE and TransPennine Route Upgrade to meet critical, high value organisational objectives. We are looking for are a highly motivated and engaging Head of Programme Delivery to join our Senior Leadership team at TransPennine Express Trains. We are looking for an exceptional candidate who can successfully lead the delivery of a complex portfolio of transformational change projects, including our work on TransPennine Route Upgrade and TPE's property investment projects. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in delivering complex- multi agency projects ideally in the Rail industry. We are looking for someone who will be TPE's lead representative for the major rail infrastructure projects; capable of operating and influencing at an executive and Board level internally and externally. The preferred candidate is expected to deputise for the Major Projects Director. You will deliver change through inspirational leadership of a team of Senior Project Managers with technical expertise, through collaborative cross-functional working internally, and with all industry partners including TransPennine Route Upgrade. You will be a strong strategic collaborator with a robust understanding of project management disciplines with rail operations and/or engineering/ construction experience. You will have strong commercial and financial acumen with the ability and agility to work with partners to resolve risks and issues to deliver on enterprise goals. We are looking for an individual with dynamic transformational leadership and a track record of excellence, ensuring compliance with governance processes, statutory obligations, business risk management, and corporate social responsibility, whilst promoting inclusivity and the highest health & safety standards. You will display a very high level of commercial awareness and evidenced ability to liaise closely with business functions across a large organisation or multi-party alliance/ enterprise. Working closely with finance and legal functions, the role holder will ensure business decisions are made in a timely, accurate and robust manner with financial assessments, analysis, and information to support strategic decisions and day-to-day operations relating to TRU and the roles project portfolio. The role holder requires strong political awareness plus an appreciation of the demands of conflicting business, client and customer interests. If this sounds like the right fit for you, we'd love to hear from you, please click apply and complete an application form. What we offer Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis. Generous annual leave entitlement including flexible bank holidays. Free First Class TransPennine Express rail travel for you, your spouse and your dependents. Private Medical Insurance for you, your spouse and dependents Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, international rail travel after 1 years' service for you, your spouse and your dependents. Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there's someone on-hand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home. Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions. Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits. High street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme. Salary sacrifice electric car scheme. Terms and conditions apply Goings places has never felt better At TransPennine Express, it's our goal to help people reach their full potential. We offer the opportunity to not just join the transformation of the rail industry, but to lead it. Our values are designed with every team member in mind; whether it's ensuring you feel free to be yourself at work, or encouraging everyone to pull together and support each other. We promise to value our people for the individuals they are. Whichever department becomes your destination, from the tip of the train, to the tail, our only focus is heading at full speed into the future. So, if making people crack a smile helps you feel at home, and raising standards is second nature to you, we'd love to have you onboard. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register.