Overview
Salary: “Base salary: £54,878pa to c.£64,562pa depending on skills and experience.”
In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits. Check them out in the Benefits section on our website.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
Role: Asset Information System Manager at HS2. You will be responsible for the strategic leadership and management of HS2’s Asset Information Management System (AIMS), a critical component of HS2’s Common Data Environment (CDE) and the depository for HS2’s Asset Register to deliver HS2 Digital Engineering and Asset Management objectives.
The role will manage the Asset Information team, engaging with various programme stakeholders, developing HS2 asset data dictionaries, and ensuring the specification and configuration of AIMS is in line with the HS2 Digital Engineering and Asset Management strategies to ensure an up-to-date and controlled Asset Register and related information is maintained, shared and managed throughout the HS2 programme.
About the role:
* Set the strategic direction and be the guiding mind for the Asset Information Management System (AIMS) in the context of Digital Engineering
* Subject Matter Expert for the AIMS programme of work, ensuring it feeds into the wider Digital Engineering programme and resources are managed effectively and projects delivered on time
* Lead the creation of HS2’s asset data dictionary, through engagement with Engineering, Environment and Asset Management disciplines, and collection of asset data requirements in-line with Digital Engineering’s Information Requirements Framework
* Define the AIMS data model, in-line with Digital Engineering’s Ontology Framework, and ensure wider alignment across the programme
* Establish and continually improve governance processes relating to asset data dictionary and AIMS configuration changes • Provide technical, commercial management and leadership skills to support end state and delivery functions across the programme
* Lead the continual improvement of AIMS functionality through specifications and requirement definition to meet evolving business requirements
* Identify and implement changes to workflows and quality processes to improve data quality and the efficiency and effectiveness of information exchange processes
* Promote Digital Engineering strategy and uptake of AIMS in all areas, provide training, and deliver presentations to both internal and external audiences
* Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI
About You:
Skills
* Provide specialist technical support on all discipline-specific principles across various stakeholders
* Alignment of strategic objectives with actions and plans
* Leadership – Ability to lead a team for the delivery of a business goal
* Interpersonal skills to motivate project team
* Stakeholder Management – Identification of stakeholders, analysis of their expectations and influences, development of appropriate strategies to work with stakeholders
* Communication - Ability to manage relations with both internal and external stakeholders. Good negotiation skills to manage expectations
Knowledge
* Educated in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field to at least degree level or equivalent and/or a track record demonstrating professional development
* Knowledge of data management practices is essential
* Knowledge of the requirements of ISO19650, ISO 55000 & ISO 8000-150
* Knowledge of information governance, integration and analysis
* Knowledge of data quality processes and the ability to analyse and articulate the impact of change
* Understanding of the influence that data quality has on the asset lifecycle
Experience
* Experience in Asset Information Management, preferably in the rail industry and linear assets
* Project planning and organisation to meet significant programme milestones, including cost delivery and schedule targets
* Experience of working in large complex organisations, managing multifaceted stakeholder landscape and influencing key stakeholders is essential
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.
Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.
We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
About Us
High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.
HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
Job Info
* Job Identification 260006
* Job Category Asset Information
* Posting Date 01/20/2026, 02:41 PM
* Apply Before 02/01/2026, 11:59 PM
* Job Schedule Full time
* Locations 2 Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6GA, GB
* Permanent or Fixed Term Contract Permanent
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