Advisory UK & Europe Sector Lead (Transportation)

ENGINEERINGUK; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an ambitious leader to drive advisory services in the transportation sector. This role offers the chance to work on transformative projects, collaborating with diverse teams to secure and deliver high-impact consultancy work. You will leverage your strategic advisory expertise to influence clients from the outset, ensuring successful project outcomes while fostering strong stakeholder relationships. Join this dynamic environment where your contributions will shape the future of transportation infrastructure across the UK and Europe, and be part of a team committed to making a real difference in the built environment.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of sector-specific challenges and client-centric solutions.
• Experience in managing stakeholders and delivering projects in built environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop opportunities for advisory services with clients and internal teams.
• Lead multiple commission teams and ensure performance across projects.
• Create thought leadership and marketing collateral to attract clients.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Business Development

Strategic Advisory

Project Management

Client Relationship Management

Education

Relevant Chartership or Industry Membership

Job description

Advisory UK & Europe Sector Lead (Transportation)

Position status: This opportunity is for a bid, so it is not yet a secured role. If you would like to be considered as we progress with this position, please click to apply.

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

The project:

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious leader with a background in advisory services in the transportation sector to join our expanding UK and Europe hub team within Mace consult. Part of our advisory services centre of excellence, our UK and Europe hub team will drive our function for work winning, commission delivery and liaising with clients and our internal sector teams to provide an end-to-end consultancy offer.

We are looking for specialists in advising on and delivering large transport focused infrastructure e.g., airports, rail, ports, highways. Working with our diverse service lines and subject matter experts you will be responsible for identifying, pursuing and securing opportunities for our expanding advisory services as well as delivering your own portfolio of work directly to clients.

For this role you will be visible, credible and highly experienced in the strategic advisory aspects of the transportation field with strong stakeholder relationships with a variety of potential transport infrastructure clients across UK and Europe.

You'll be responsible for:

• On a weekly basis you will:
• Work with clients and our internal sector teams to develop opportunities for advisory services for new and existing clients, demonstrating the value add of influencing clients from the beginning of the project and programme lifecycle.
• Undertake horizon scanning across industry and create thought leadership and collateral that positions Mace advisory positively in the market.
• Lead a small team to maximise opportunities across the sector.
• Influencing strategic development & executes strategy to achieve vision across function and/or teams.
• Setting priorities and providing input into execution plan in the achievement of departmental key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Leading multiple commission teams to achieve agreed outputs, taking a leadership role working across multiple organisations and sectors on a global footprint.
• Holding full accountability for the performance of portfolio of commissions and/or service lines.
• Accountable for business development and work winning, bringing together appropriate capabilities and resourcing to fulfil current and future client needs.
• Maintaining, cultivating and establishing a strong collaborative network, developing partnerships with key senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Leading the implementation of systematic performance improvement cycle to continually improve the quality of portfolio of commissions and/or service lines.
• Owning and driving the provision of technical expertise for more than one capability (e.g. financial modelling, business case, transformation, stakeholder management etc).
• Business ownership for client relationship management activities.
• Accountable for the recruitment, resourcing and retention delegated by the business unit director.
• Sponsoring the leading of corporate or value adding area/s e.g. regional liaison, EDI network liaison across Mace consult to proactively drive priorities set by the consult leadership team.
• Promoting the positive outcomes from advisory work to executive level internal and external stakeholders.
• Creating thought leadership and marketing collateral to advise potential clients of the value of engaging advisory services.
• Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You'll need to have:

• Industry related credentials including a deep understanding of the sector-specific challenges of key client stakeholders, development of client-centric solutions and the delivery of programmes and projects across the spectrum of the built environment, a strong external network of potential clients, and adept at managing stakeholders. It is likely that you will have a relevant chartership or industry membership as well as published thought leadership.
• A flexible, team player you will bring a wealth of other skills across consultancy and align with the Mace values and behaviours. We're looking for creative collaborators who generate good ideas as well as exceptional work. The nature of our work means you may be working on multiple commissions at the same time and have a fast turnover of short to medium term projects so you will feel comfortable adapting to different subject matter and environments.
• As part of our advisory services centre of excellence you will be passionate about sharing your knowledge, upskilling colleagues and supporting the development of more junior staff.

Mace is committed to inclusion and the position is available on a full and part time basis with agile working from home, client offices and our Manchester, Birmingham or Central London offices. Some travel and relevant security clearances will be required.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.