ERP Implementation Lead

Salary: £50,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements

• We need someone with a track record of delivering several ERP implementations successfully.
• We need strong understanding of ERP methodologies and best practice.
• We need strong knowledge of Finance, Procurement, HR and Payroll processes.
• We need exceptional programme leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• We need the ability to challenge, influence and drive decision-making.
• We need strong commercial, supplier and contract management capability.
• We need excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Desirable: MSP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ.
• Desirable: Agile Project Management certification.
• Desirable: Change Management qualification such as Prosci, APMG or equivalent.
• Desirable: Relevant ERP vendor certifications.

Responsibilities

• We will ask you to lead end-to-end delivery of our enterprise-wide ERP implementation.
• We will ask you to manage programme planning, scheduling, budgeting and resource management.
• We will ask you to provide governance, reporting and assurance to senior leadership and boards.
• We will ask you to lead organisation-wide process redesign and standardisation.
• We will ask you to manage stakeholder engagement across executive, operational and delivery teams.
• We will ask you to oversee data migration, systems integration and testing.
• We will ask you to lead cutover, go-live and post-implementation stabilisation.
• We will ask you to track benefits realisation and performance.

Technologies

• ERP
• Helm
• Support

More

We are East West Rail, a nationally significant railway project delivering much-needed transport connections between Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge. We are driving a major enterprise transformation to migrate to a modern, integrated ERP solution linking Finance, Procurement, HR and Payroll, as well as the wider construction programme. This is a high-impact permanent hybrid role within our Corporate Services department. You will initially report to the Director of Finance, moving to a new Head of Transformation once appointed, and while the role starts without direct reports, we expect the team to grow as the programme scales.

• We offer a competitive salary
• up to 12% employer pension contribution
• 36 days annual leave including bank holidays plus the option to buy up to 2 extra days
• 2 volunteering days
• enhanced family-friendly policies
• life assurance at 4x annual salary
• an Employee Assistance Programme
• Perkbox discounts and wellbeing benefits
• a recognition programme
• advanced learning and development opportunities

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from all backgrounds and experiences.

last updated 36 week of 2026