Job description

You will be at the centre of a project which seeks to create and embed an agile, innovative and bespoke strategic marketing and change management model to support business growth and diversification within Mercury3 – a programme management consultancy, primarily specialising in the rail sector.
Mercury3 was established in 2017, and offers core services in project management, railway operations, engineering and asset management. This includes specialist programme management solutions for large scale, complex rail infrastructure projects. Mercury3 is an ambitious, successful business enjoying a highly respected, credible and proficient reputation in their sector. The project will facilitate them to scale by strengthening their USP to develop strategic marketing opportunities in different sectors, products and services. This will be underpinned by cultivating a supportive, agile organisational culture to support this growth.

This exciting role is supported by academic experts from Leed Beckett University’s Leeds Business School who will hep you develop and embed a new business model, which will include strategic marketing, succession planning and organisational change management. You will be based full-time at the company premises and you will feel, to all intents and purposes, part of the Mercury3 team.
The Mercury3 team enjoy a collaborative, committed and people-oriented culture where people are
encouraged to work with integrity and ownership. You will be confident to bring new ideas, challenge at all levels of the business, be passionate and enthusiastic to drive the project forward with the ability to influence by building strong relationships across the Mercury3 team. Mercury3 is a fun, dynamic place to work, offering a workplace with high integrity and trust.

We encourage applications from a self-starter with strong communication and project management skills, and credible experience in strategic marketing and an understanding of organisational culture and people development. Mercury3 offer highly sought after capabilities in a niche sector, the successful candidate will need to bring a structured, analytical approach embedding new skills in-house while evaluating and derisking opportunities so that core expertise and business is protected.

Project description

This is a government funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership project that provides you with an invaluable opportunity to fast-track your career development and establish your position as an industry leader of tomorrow.

You will benefit from a management training programme and a substantial personal development budget of £4000 to help you develop your skills. There is also the opportunity to study for a higher degree (PhD or MRes) with fee waiver.

You will work alongside an engaged and forward-thinking leadership team at Mercury3 and a team of academics from Leeds Beckett University, gaining wide-ranging and senior-level experience.

The successful candidate will work with a highly engaged and motivated senior leadership team, with stakeholders across the business and have the support of an experienced multi-disciplinary academic team from Leeds Beckett University to:

1. Develop scalable value propositions for the market (new products and services) to enable Mercury 3 to penetrate additional infrastructure markets beyond rail.
2. Improve strategic capabilities to facilitate Mercury3 to penetrate the supply chain as a Tier 1 /2 supplier.
3. Improve market intelligence and embed decision-making frameworks to enable a more proactive and strategic approach to new contracts and tenders.
4. Facilitate and optimise the existing infrastructure and team to support diversification, a pro-active sales culture and optimising client services and engagement.
5. Evaluate organisational culture, levels of employee engagement, retention, development and
succession, ensuring that the business is positioned to develop and maintain sustainable competitive advantage as it develops new products, services and markets.
6. Embed new strategic marketing and decision-making capabilities, shifting the business towards a more proactive, market-driven culture that will grow turnover and profitability.

About the business

Mercury3 was established by three industry experts in 2017 who remain the company directors today. They are a project management consultancy, specialising in the rail sector, and hold an extensive portfolio of expert associates to deliver contracted services as required. Mercury3 deliver programme management solutions for large public and private sector clients and currently operate mainly as a Tier 3 contractor. Having driven impressive growth to date, Mercury3 is now poised to elevate and secure their long-term future growth via market diversification and a supporting cultural shift. Mercury3 employ 35 people with offices throughout the UK.

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