Associate Director of Project Management

AtkinsRéalis; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking an Associate Director-level Project Manager to take a senior leadership role on a major flagship central London development valued at approximately £500 million. The role focuses on early design and mobilisation as the programme moves toward delivery.

You will lead a project management team, drive governance, procurement, risk management and stakeholder engagement, and report to senior client stakeholders throughout a complex, high-profile programme.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering major developments with strong governance and procurement.
• Proven track record managing multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and reporting to senior client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership on a £500m flagship central London development.
• Lead a PM team of about five Project Managers and oversee delivery.
• Establish robust governance, reporting and decision-making processes.
• Oversee risk, procurement, commercial performance and stakeholder management.
• Act as senior client contact and challenge consultants to protect programme.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Project governance

Procurement

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Client-facing

Commercial awareness

Job description

• A leading global project and programme management consultancy is seeking an experienced Associate Director-level Project Manager to take a senior leadership role on a major flagship central London development valued at approximately £500 million
• The successful candidate will join during the early design and mobilisation stage, providing strategic leadership as the design and consultant teams are appointed and the programme moves towards delivery
• Working alongside the Client Director, you will lead a project management team of approximately five Project Managers and take responsibility for the successful planning and delivery of the programme
• Providing strategic project leadership across a complex, large-scale development
• Leading, managing and developing the project management team
• Supporting the appointment and mobilisation of the design and consultant teams
• Establishing robust project governance, reporting and decision-making processes
• Overseeing programme, risk, procurement, commercial performance and stakeholder management
• Acting as a senior point of contact for the client and wider project team
• Challenging consultants and contractors to protect the programme and achieve the required outcomes
• Maintaining clear and transparent reporting throughout the project
• Ensuring procurement decisions and expenditure meet the standards required by a highly accountable procurement process
• Identifying and resolving strategic risks before they affect delivery
• Supporting the transition from design development through procurement and construction
• Supporting the Project Director and peers to work collaboratively when reporting to board level within the client organisation
• This is an opportunity to take a leading role on one of London’s most significant forthcoming developments
• The position offers involvement from the early design and procurement stages, leadership of an established project management team and direct engagement with senior client stakeholders throughout a complex and high-profile programme

This position requires an experienced project leader who has delivered major developments mixed use office, retail premium hotel cut and calve valued at more than £200 million, ideally with a developer, client-side or project management backgroundExcellent understanding of project governance, procurement, programme management and riskExperience working within a transparent and highly scrutinised procurement environmentStrong commercial experience and the confidence to advise senior client stakeholdersExperience working for, or closely alongside, a major developer, investor, development manager or client-side organisationA strong track record of leading projects valued at more than £150 millionStrong experience across all RIBA stages, particularly pre-construction, on projects of the values outlined above. This should be clearly evidenced against individual projects within the CVSignificant experience at Project Director, Associate Director or equivalent levelExcellent communication, stakeholder management and reporting skillsExperience leading multidisciplinary consultant and design teams through the early stages of a projectStrong knowledge of major commercial, mixed-use or complex central London developmentsThe ability to lead and motivate an established team of Project Managers whilst maintaining a ‘one team’ ethos