IT & Digital Procurement and Contract Manager - FTC

Salary scale: £55,000 - £65,000 per annum

Closing date: 11 March 2026

We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused IT & Digital
Procurement and Contract Manager to lead the delivery of mid-value, IT & Digital procurement and contract management activities and support senior procurement colleagues across a broad range of categories primarily focussed on IT & Digital. This is a key role to ensuring RDG achieves value for money, compliance with public sector regulations, and strong supplier performance across all contracts.

As an IT & Digital Procurement and Contract Manager, you will play a pivotal role in supporting RDG's work with the Department for Transport (DfT) and the wider rail industry during the transition to Great British Railways. Part of the role will be to lead on mid-value procurements and the management of complex, industry-wide contracts that underpin critical shared services such as ticketing, settlement systems, data platforms, and customer information.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of the Rail sector that will enable G  to deliver a more integrated, efficient, and customer-focused railway.

The role will involve leading full end-to-end mid-value IT & Digital procurement processes ensuring compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act), where required, and taking ownership of post-award contract and supplier relationship management. A substantial part of the role will include managing and delivering a variety of procurement and contract related activities such as variations, contract change notes, extensions, statement of works, NDAs for example, ensuring a critical thinking mentality is deployed.

You will be expected to work closely with internal stakeholders to encourage a proactive culture towards procurement to drive best practice in sourcing, contract governance, risk management, and supplier performance monitoring.

You will play a key role in fostering long-term, collaborative supplier relationships that deliver commercial, operational, and social value benefits in line with the government's procurement and sustainability goals.

The role will formally report to the Head of Procurement.

Whilst not an exhaustive list below provides some of the activities for the role

• Supporting Senior Procurement Colleagues:
  Support the Senior Procurement Managers within the team, primarily within the IT & Digital category, ensuring that they have all the tools to successfully deliver the high-value, complex procurements. This will include supporting on the publishing of Public Contracts Notices via RDGs e‑Sourcing tool - Jaggaer and/or Find a Tender Service (FTS), conducting Conflict of Interest Assessments, arranging site visits and demonstrations, supporting the collation of all procurement documentation from all RDG stakeholders etc in addition to any other suitable requests.
  
  On occasion, the projects you will be required to support will require extensive engagement with stakeholders outside of the procurement team such as the Legal team, where you will be expected to also support any suitable requirements.
• Lead the End‑to‑End Procurement Process for Mid‑Value Procurements:
  Plan, manage, and execute procurement activities for contracts with a value beneath the Utilities threshold (£415k approx.). Ensure full compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 where required, associated statutory guidance, and internal governance frameworks.
• Contract Lifecycle Management:
  Oversee and deliver a wide range of contract and procurement support functions, including (but not limited to) contract extensions, variations, Statements of Work (SoWs), contract change control, and confidentiality agreements (NDAs). Ensure all contractual documents are aligned with organisational policy and legal requirements with attention to detail being of the upmost importance.
• Promote a Proactive Procurement Culture:
  Act as a champion for procurement best practice across the organisation. Influence internal stakeholders to adopt a forward‑thinking, value‑driven approach to procurement and contract management that supports corporate…