Représentant maîtrise d’ouvrage des projets d’espaces voyageurs
€50k - €55k/yr+ 13-month pay + Variable compensation + Profit-sharing incentive
Senior
Bachelor's
Fontenay-sous-Bois, France
HybridTwo to three days of telework per week; otherwise based in Fontenay-sous-Bois.
Project & Program ManagementProgram Management
About the job
Requirements
- A minimum Bac +5 level of education and at least five years of experience in project management, preferably in urban transport and/or passenger spaces.
- Confirmed experience managing complex projects.
- Mastery of regulatory procedures concerning establishments open to the public, the environment, urban planning, and fire safety.
- Knowledge of the institutional ecosystem of public transport.
- Understanding of urban planning, corporate social responsibility, civil engineering, and architecture issues.
- Strong analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to quickly understand organizational and process complexity.
- Strong teaching and communication abilities, both written and oral.
- Ability to work in teams and in a transversal-management environment.
- Ability to manage complex situations and divergent interests, negotiate with senior stakeholders, and facilitate necessary arbitrations.
Responsibilities
- Lead and unite a network of stakeholders around each project throughout its lifecycle, including project-management assistance providers, design teams, future users, co-project owners, territorial partners, and financial partners.
- Lead upstream studies, including diagnostics, feasibility, integration, risk, and cost studies, and conduct multicriteria analyses of their alternatives under constrained deadlines.
- Lead the project’s financial structuring and, when necessary, contract with funders and external partners.
- Prepare investment decisions and project-owner arbitrations, then justify project launch or continuation to executive decision committees.
- Lead the internal and external administrative, environmental, and regulatory procedures required before implementation, including public inquiries, water-law procedures, building permits, and fire-safety reviews.
- Monitor the project during the operational phase and contribute to reporting for the MOP Directorate in close collaboration with the project manager.
- Represent the MOP Directorate in steering bodies, including with Île-de-France Mobilités for externally funded projects.
- Define and update short-, medium-, and long-term annual project expenditure trajectories and monitor them under the Île-de-France Mobilités contract.
- Process program-change requests, schedule negotiations, and refinancing negotiations with all decision-making stakeholders.
- Support the project manager in managing contingencies and difficulties related to cross-company issues and external interfaces.
- Ensure proper commissioning and project completion, including administrative opening procedures, resolution of outstanding items, and project reviews.
- During the upstream-study phase, ensure strategic and operational alignment among RATP stakeholders regarding functional needs, project objectives, implementation conditions, project structuring, and the decision to proceed.
- During the design and implementation phase, ensure reporting quality and decision transparency for executive management and external institutional funders.
- Ensure consistency between initial objectives and implementation, anticipate risks, and process required arbitrations when quality, cost, schedule, or project needs change.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in urban transport and/or passenger spaces.
About the company
RATP Group is a global public transport company that runs and maintains urban and suburban transit networks. It operates in 15 countries with 100 subsidiaries and 71,000 employees, serving about 12 million passengers daily. Its work spans design, project management, operation, and engineering of trains, metros, trams, and buses, along with ongoing maintenance to keep services running smoothly. The company uses its expertise to deliver reliable, safe, accessible, and well-informed travel experiences, and it pursues continuous service improvement and sustainability, aiming to expand internationally through major projects while meeting new passenger expectations.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1948
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- RATP Group plans 6,600 hires in 2026, including 3,500 in Île-de-France.
- Caen rail starts July 2027, adding nearly 20% of regional TER traffic.
- RATP's new security powers from March 2026 strengthen fare control and incident response.
What critics are saying
- Paris agents faced 1,303 assaults and 3,129 threats in 2025, worsening retention.
- Asheville riders reported 62% on-time performance, driving complaints, fines, and labor lawsuits.
- Competition is eroding moat: ComfortDelGro and others beat RATP Dev in international tenders.
What makes RATP unique
- RATP controls Paris mobility infrastructure, operations, and security across the Île-de-France network.
- RATP Dev wins long-duration tenders, including Caen rail in 2027 and Copenhagen Metro.
- RATP pilots autonomous buses on Paris line 393, gaining regulatory approval for France-wide testing.
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