Hybrid Design Strategy Manager

at Information Commissioner's Office

• Job title: Design Strategy Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: £73,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Peterborough, United Kingdom

About the role

• Design Strategy Manager at Anglian Water overseeing the New Reservoirs Programme. Leading design strategy development and technical assurance for major water infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Design Strategy for the Programme
• Ensure the Design Strategy is developed to reflect the required Design and Engineering workstreams across the programme including DCO, Reference, ECI, Early Works and Enabling Works supporting design development, detailed design, and commissioning
• Ensure appropriate design liability ownership, appropriate risk ownership, clarity of CDM responsibilities, and effective hand-off between supply partners
• Design and maintain the Technical Assurance Strategy: providing First Line of Defence Technical Assurance throughout the supply chain
• Oversee integration of work packages, review assurance plans, and prepare technical scopes for procurement
• Manage a Technical Assurance Manager responsible for day-to-day system and process management
• Define, develop, and maintain Client Requirements: ensuring alignment with programme outcomes and efficient delivery
• Provide direction and oversight to solution development, manage requests to change or develop requirements, and supervise a Requirements Manager
• Coordinate independent Technical Assurance activities: Oversee technical scoping, progress monitoring, and liaise with engineering, programme management, and commercial teams
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring compliance with company policies and maintaining a zero-accident culture

Requirements

• Significant design/technical experience in senior roles of large design and build contractor procurements and management
• Strong project management skills
• Design leadership at both detailed engineering and system level
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders internally and externally
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management

Benefits

• Car allowance
• Private health care
• Double-matched pension
• Virtual GP service for you and your household
• Life assurance at 8 times salary
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave
• Opportunity for shared parental pay
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle