Gated Business Lifecycle Manager

About the role

We’re looking for a Gated Business Lifecycle Manager to play a central role in shaping how Balfour Beatty governs and delivers its work across the UK. This is a unique opportunity to sit at the heart of decision‑making, driving the effective use of our Gated Business Lifecycle framework to support better outcomes from early sales through to project delivery.

Working in close partnership with senior leaders and business units, you’ll ensure the framework is consistently applied, practical to use and fully embedded across the organisation. By combining governance oversight with data‑driven insight, you will help improve performance, reduce risk and unlock greater value across the lifecycle.

The location for this role is UK flexible, with a mix of office-based and home working in line with our flexible working policies.

What you'll be doing

Drive adoption and consistent application of the Gated Business Lifecycle framework across the business

Analyse performance, compliance and trends to provide clear, data‑driven insights that inform decision‑making

Lead governance and assurance activity, overseeing stage gate adherence and facilitating robust review forums

Shape and deliver continuous improvement of the framework, ensuring it remains practical and value‑adding

Oversee the development and enhancement of the GBL digital system, improving usability and reporting capability

Partner with business leaders and communities of practice to embed a positive and effective governance culture

Provide regular reporting on framework performance, utilisation and compliance across the UK business

Influence stakeholders at all levels to drive engagement, accountability and improved outcomes

Lead cross‑functional working groups to evolve processes and share best practice

Line manage and develop direct reports, building capability within the team

Who we're looking for

Proven experience working with governance, lifecycle or stage‑gate frameworks in a complex organisation

Demonstrable track record of driving adoption and consistency across multiple teams or business units

Strong analytical skills, with experience in performance reporting, trend analysis and insight generation

Experience of process improvement and continuous improvement methodologies

Confident stakeholder manager, able to influence and challenge at senior levels without direct authority

Ability to balance governance rigour with operational practicality

Experience within bid, project or programme environments

Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate data into meaningful business insight

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave

Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com

Job Reference: BBUK19857