Benefits and Metrics Lead - Remote

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Benefits and Metrics Lead to work for our client within the defence sector. This is initially a 9-month contract with the potential to extend and will be mostly remote with some occasional travel to London or Corsham.

Our client is seeking a Benefits and Metrics Lead with at least 10 years of experience in the development and implementation of management information processes and products related to benefits realisation. As part of a 5 year data strategy, the programme's aim is to implement an effective data fabric at an enterprise level while also improving a data culture across the organisation. The programme is now at a stage where it needs to effectively manage and track benefits to ensure the programme is delivering on some of its key goals and targets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support a benefits realisation framework for the programme, ensuring it is fit for purpose
• Developing the programme benefit map against funding, programme delivery, interdependencies and realisation plans
• Provide cost and benefit analysis data to support benefit realisation
• Support business change development linking to benefit management and value for money
• Monitor the ongoing benefits realisation framework and associated plans and review schedules.
• Ensures benefit owners are in place and benefits are profiled, communicated and understood and managed within programme and when transferring to BAU
• Working with senior colleagues within the Data Programme to develop one view of identified benefits across all work streams and monitor progress, providing an early alert to senior colleagues, Head of Delivery and the Chief Data Officer to any areas of benefit variation or deviation
• Ensures benefit reviews are held to provide assurance to the Strategic Improvement Board on benefit realisation
• Reports to associated governance boards on benefit realisation plans
• Monitors benefit relation activity after project/programme completion
• Identify, record, manage and report on the risks which may prevent improvement programmes for achieving their anticipated benefits and identify mitigating actions

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in benefits identification, monitoring, management and realisation across a large portfolio of workstreams within a complex organisation
• Demonstrable and extensive experience in effective use of benefits management techniques, processes and tools within large-scale, organisation-wide programmes
• Extensive application of benefits mapping, network diagrams, benefits profiling in relation to large-scale, multi-faceted programmes
• Experience of leading and facilitating collaborative working across functional areas
• A proven track record in a service improvement / transformation environment operating at a senior level
• Experience of the development and implementation of management information processes and products related to benefits realisation
• Significant professional and/or management experience of a strategic operation/service
• A demonstrable record of delivering high quality outcomes against challenging objectives and resources
• Experience of leading, inspiring and motivating teams to drive services forward, achieving high quality delivery within reducing resources

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave, work-place pension and BAYE share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.