Business Case Manager, Investment

Can you turn complex ideas into compelling business cases that drive investment decisions?

Do you have the skills to balance governance, financial insight, and stakeholder engagement?

Would you like to shape the digital investments that support the future of the Department for Transport?

If so, wed love to hear from you!

This is an exciting time to join the Digital, Information and Security Directorate within the Department for Transport as we restructure our directorate to ensure we are ready for future challenges, building a more sustainable, skilled and in-house capability.

Build the case for change. Shape investment decisions. Deliver lasting impact. Join us and help drive the digital investments that will transform how the Department for Transport delivers for its customers and stakeholders

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here

• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the Kings birthday

• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Read more in the Benefits section below!

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As a Business Case Manager, Investment, you'll play a key role in supporting investment planning, prioritisation and financial management across a diverse portfolio of digital initiatives. Working within the Portfolio Management Hub, you'll help ensure investment decisions are aligned to strategic objectives and deliver measurable benefits.

You'll coordinate the development of business cases, providing guidance to project teams and ensuring proposals meet organisational and HM Treasury standards. Working closely with stakeholders across the department, you'll support governance processes, monitor investment performance, track benefits realisation and provide clear financial reporting to inform decision-making.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in project delivery, PMO, or portfolio support who wants to broaden their expertise in investment management. You'll contribute to high-profile digital programmes, influence funding decisions, and help ensure public money is invested effectively to deliver lasting value across the Department for Transport.

Your responsibilities will include, but arent limited to:

• Supporting the coordination of investment planning activities, helping to maintain a consolidated investment plan aligned with DIS goals and priorities.
• Assisting in facilitating governance processes, contributing to portfolio prioritisation decisions based on value, impact, and readiness.
• Monitoring investment approval processes and maintain records of funding decisions, ensuring alignment with organisational controls.
• Tracking investment performance against planned benefits and ROI targets, escalating variances.
• Supporting financial modelling, data collection, and analysis activities to inform strategic portfolio decisions.

For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

Essential qualifications:

We expect at least three of the below to be held, or a willingness to work towards:

1. Agile Project Management Practitioner
2. APM Project Fundamentals Qualification
3. APM Project Management Qualification
4. PMI Project Management Professional
5. Government Contract Management Foundation qualification
6. APMG Better Business Cases Foundation or working towards practitioner
7. GOST Practitioner held, or working towards
8. Managing Successful Programmes foundation and working towards Practitioner
9. Management of Portfolios foundation and working towards Practitione

You will be required to provide evidence that you hold any essential qualifications at some point during the recruitment process. If you cannot provide evidence, your application will be withdrawn.

Required experience:

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Supporting the drafting and management of business cases through investment governance and procedures.

• Budget management & financial modelling for a portfolio/programme of work, or projects.

• Monitoring digital investment performance, managing and tracking portfolio/project benefits to realisation with business owners.

Working hours, office attendance and travel requirements

Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.

Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.

Occasional travel to other offices will be required, which may involve overnight stays. 

This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.

The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location/visiting stakeholders. Your designated workplace will be your contractual place of work. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.

If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role (see below for contact details).

Visa Sponsorship

DfTc does not offer Visa Sponsorship for this role