Business Case Lead

Most business cases get written. Fewer get approved. This role is measured on the second.You will own the interlinked business cases underpinning a major outsourcing and transformation programme in central government, turning dispersed input from commercial, finance, service design and operations into a single investment story that holds together under scrutiny at departmental and Treasury decision points.What you will actually doSecure approval at each decision gate, first time wherever the evidence allowsHold one coherent investment narrative across multiple interdependent cases, so that scrutiny finds consistency rather than contradictionLand an options appraisal decision-makers trust: a defensible route from longlist to shortlist, honest treatment of uncertainty, and a preferred option that survives challengeProduce benefits, affordability and value-for-money analysis that finance and commercial colleagues will put their names toTurn conflicting expert input into settled evidence, resolving disagreements over assumptions rather than passing them upwardMap the approvals path: who signs, what they need, by when, and what would make them refuseTell the SRO early when the case is weak, while there is still time to fix itLeave behind templates and assurance standards the department can run without further external supportWhere the role sitsReporting to the engagement lead, with a working line into the client''s Programme Director and access to the SRO. You will sit at the ..... full job details .....