Transport for London

Performance Manager

Transport for London  •  £56k - £62k/yr  •  Hybrid  •  2 days ago
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Job Description

Job title: Performance Manager

Salary: £56,000 - £62,000
Grade: Pay Band 3

Contract type: TfL Reference: 4482

Team: PFI

Contract details: Permanent Location: Southwark, London

Application closing date: 30/06/2026 at 23:59

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

*Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirement.

of project/role

This role sits at the heart of a high-profile infrastructure programme, supporting the management of the Silvertown Tunnel private finance initiative contract. Acting as a key link between TfL and the private operator, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery, performance, and ongoing development of this strategically important asset.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team with varied responsibilities, providing oversight of contract performance, building strong relationships with delivery partners, and helping to ensure that operational, commercial, and strategic objectives are met. A key aspect of the role is acting as an interface between stakeholders—translating complex information into clear insight, supporting decision-making, and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

With significant development taking place in the surrounding area, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to a dynamic and evolving environment, where collaboration, adaptability, and proactive problem-solving are essential.

Key Accountabilities

  • Manage and oversee contract performance, ensuring accurate data is used to support decision-making, value for money, and continuous improvement.
  • Provide insight and recommendations to senior stakeholders on performance trends, KPIs, SLAs, and contract effectiveness.
  • Work with suppliers and internal teams to review and improve processes, ensuring they remain fit for purpose.
  • Lead the development of performance reporting, metrics, and benchmarking to drive consistency, transparency, and best practice.
  • Chair performance review meetings with suppliers, addressing issues and driving resolution.
  • Identify risks and performance issues, leading the development and delivery of improvement plans.
  • Ensure high-quality, timely reporting to senior leadership and external stakeholders, improving data collection processes where needed.

Key interfaces

  • PFI external contractor teams to monitor performance and reporting
  • Suppliers to manage performance and improvement plans
  • Commercial and Asset Investment teams on contract and system matters
  • Business Improvement teams to support continuous improvement initiatives

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Knowledge

  • Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
  • Strong understanding of contract management (e.g. NEC3)
  • Knowledge of construction, transport, or public sector environments
  • Understanding of data analysis and performance management

Skills

  • Stakeholder management and negotiation
  • Supplier relationship and contract performance management
  • Data analysis, reporting, and insight generation
  • Continuous improvement and process optimisation

Experience

  • Using performance data to drive improvements
  • Building strong stakeholder and supplier relationships
  • Influencing decision-making at management level
  • Delivering performance or audit processes across contracts

Application Process

  • Please apply using your CV

  • Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV

  • PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:

Final salary pension scheme 
Free travel for you on the TfL network 
Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays 
TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
Private healthcare discounted scheme
Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
Retail, health, leisure and travel offers 
Discounted Eurostar travel



We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.

Vetting Process

At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter ( https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/our-vetting-process) explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.

Transport for London

About Transport for London

Every day, we help millions of people to make journeys across London: By Tube, bus, tram, car, bike – and more. People don’t associate us with journeys by river, on foot or via the air, but we help with that, too. Getting people to where they need to go has been our business for over 100 years, and it shows. We’re leaders in our field, and no other city’s transport system is quite as recognisable: Red buses, black taxis, Tube trains and roundels have become icons in their own right.

Our main job is to keep the city moving, working and growing but to do that, we have to listen. Constant improvements across the network are fuelled by feedback and comments from customers, as well as work within communities, representative groups, businesses and other London transport stakeholders.

But our progress also depends on technology and data. With the future at our fingertips, we’ve already used it to revolutionise travel payments (think Oyster and contactless payment cards), and improved travel information. Tech and data is essential, not just to our future, but to others’: third parties use our data to power apps and services vital to customer journeys.

So what’s next? As well as continuing to deliver Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s strategy and commitments on transport, our programme of capital investments is still one of the largest. We launched the Elizabeth line, we’re modernising services and stations and making travel safer for all.

Industry
Nonprofit & NGOs
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
London , GB
Year Founded
2000
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