O&M Bid & Partnerships Senior Manager (location flexible within Europe)

Req ID:440503 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time O&M Partnerships Senior Manager in a location flexible within Europe we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your comprehensive and strategic expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside innovative, dedicated, and outcome-focused teammates.

You'll lead all aspects of an O&M bid, including in Joint Ventures, Consortiums, or other Partnership models. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (like regional teams, technical experts, and financial analysts), ensuring the O&M strategy is comprehensive, adequately costed, and commercially and contractually sound, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of representing the O&M Proponent/Contractor both technically and commercially, but also engage in stakeholder management to develop solutions, tools, and processes for bids and projects.

We’ll look to you for:

• Defining bid strategy and supporting multi-disciplinary topics in O&M bids
• Supporting the development of Service/O&M Contractor Agreements and Interface Agreements
• Identifying optimization and innovation opportunities, preparing business cases and implementation plans
• Engaging stakeholders to develop solutions, tools, and processes for bids and projects
• Early involvement in O&M opportunities to support growth objectives
• Guidance and leadership to bid management teams and multidisciplinary teams

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• Master's degree in a technical and/or business field
• Broad knowledge of railway systems, maintenance, and operating requirements
• Experience bidding O&M opportunities with various contract types
• Proven ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience working with design-builders to achieve optimal whole life cost
• Experience delivering maintenance and/or operation on an operating railway
• Strong analytical, financial, and technical capabilities
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Leadership skills with the ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams
• Conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Curiosity and decision-making skills

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
• Work with new security standards for rail signalling
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilize our flexible working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
• Progress towards senior management and leadership roles
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.