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Lead the Analysis, Portfolio and Investment (API) Practice within the Asset and Network Planning directorate for the M25 Strategic Road Network, translating asset condition, performance, risk, cost intelligence and whole-life carbon impacts into contract-compliant investment strategies, effective maintenance approaches and efficient renewal programmes. The role spans Asset Data Intelligence, Lifecycle Planning & Prioritisation, Decision Support and Asset Strategy. Accountable for the quality and defensibility of the data, models and recommendations that shape investment decisions to handback. A senior, hands-on role in a small, high-performing team, contributing directly to analysis and assurance, leading complex stakeholder engagement, and briefing senior leaders and the client with clear, evidence-based advice.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the Analysis, Portfolio and Investment (API) Practice within the Asset and Network Planning directorate for the M25 Strategic Road Network
Analytical ownership and assurance for a long-term investment portfolio of circa £500m
Circa 3 direct reports, circa 10 staff in the practice
Leadership and business unit management
Lifecycle planning and decision support
Asset investment strategy
Financial, commercial and stakeholder assurance
Asset data intelligence and governance
Requirements:
Senior experience in infrastructure asset management, investment planning or portfolio strategy in a regulated environment (transport, utilities or similar)
Strong stakeholder influence, able to brief and challenge senior leaders and client representatives, translating analysis for non-technical decision makers
Leadership of analytical teams, building capability, setting standards, and assuring outputs used for senior investment decisions
Experience developing or assuring lifecycle models and decision support tools (deterioration, treatments, optimisation and scenario analysis)
Commercial acumen and contractual awareness, able to quantify and challenge cost, risk and affordability, and work across Engineering, Delivery, Finance and Commercial to produce deliverable plans
Experience applying carbon accounting or whole-life carbon assessment to infrastructure maintenance, renewals or investment decisions, including using carbon data to inform option appraisal and prioritisation
Proven ability to build and develop a small, high-performing team, coaching and upskilling individuals while maintaining direct personal contribution to delivery and assurance
Nice to have:
Experience in long-term concession environments (DBFO, PPP, PFI or similar)
Familiarity with UK highways standards, condition-based performance regimes and handback requirements
Experience supporting standards change, deferral strategies, value engineering or risk transfer
Exposure to probabilistic methods, optimisation and scenario testing