Strategy, governance & alignment
- Contribute to the definition and deployment of the Group strategy for signalling and telecoms.
- Ensure regional signalling and telecoms strategies are aligned with Group objectives.
- Promote harmonised governance, delivery standards, and technical excellence across Egis entities.
- Support Executive Management in strategic decisions related to signalling and telecoms activities.
- Identify and deliver key strategic initiatives to enter and grow in new markets.
- Build signalling capability in new regions (seed capability supported by global resources).
- Define growth pathways (organic growth vs. partnerships vs. acquisitions).
Operational oversight & performance
- Oversee the performance of global signalling and telecoms operations, including major ongoing and upcoming projects.
- Support regions on complex projects, including:
- Project mobilisation: ensure mobilisation is aligned with contractual commitments, resources, and governance.
- Technical risks & opportunities: support Project and Technical Directors in identifying, managing, and tracking risks and opportunities.
- Technical audits: organise and contribute to technical audits when required.
- Task forces: set up and lead task forces to recover projects in difficulty (e.g., schedule slippage, technical roadblocks, degraded client relationships, or sensitive contractual matters).
- Promote best practices, standardisation, and continuous improvement across rail operations.
- Contribute to the global rail delivery/production strategy to improve efficiency, quality, risk control, and alignment with regional capabilities.
- Coordinate global resourcing by mobilising expertise across regions to support major projects and bids, and optimise the use of design centres (e.g., Thailand / Australia / France).
Business development & market positioning
- Lead and/or support major signalling pursuits globally, including flagship programmes (ERTMS, FRMCS).
- Strengthen Egis’ positioning with key clients, partners, and public authorities.
- Participate in go/no-go and bid/no-bid decisions for strategic bids and investment opportunities.
- Develop partnerships, joint ventures, and alliances with key industry players.
- Anticipate market trends and position Egis on emerging rail opportunities.
- Drive coordination and synergies between regions on major pursuits.
- Support bid teams to develop the best offer: define the bid delivery/production strategy (with the Technical Director), coordinate with engineering and commercial teams to develop the proposal and methodology, articulate differentiators, and identify references and CVs.
- Resourcing: liaise with the HR Director to identify and mobilise key resources.
- Maintain strong technical credibility and understanding of systems, products, and suppliers (e.g., Alstom, Siemens, Hitachi, Frauscher)
People & talent management
- Promote a strong culture of collaboration, ethics, safety, and diversity across signalling and telecoms activities.
- Identify and promote global SMEs (e.g., ETCS, conventional signalling, telecoms).
- In coordination with regions, support the identification and selection of key staff for major rail projects.
Risk, compliance & ethics
- Ensure compliance with Egis policies, ethical standards, and applicable regulations.
- Oversee risk management related to contracts, delivery, and conflicts of interest.
- Support the resolution of sensitive governance or compliance matters when required.
Coordination & interfaces
- Work closely with Regional Managing Directors, Country CEOs, and Business Line leaders.
- Ensure effective coordination between regions and other Egis business lines and service lines.
- Represent Global Signalling & Telecoms in internal executive forums when required.