Associate Director - Project Management

slihrms; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working culture

Flexible holiday allowances

Training & development

Employee rewards program

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in London is seeking an experienced Associate Director level Project Manager to lead a flagship central London development valued at around £500 million. You will guide design and procurement, align consultant teams and drive delivery during early mobilisation.

The role requires a proven track record delivering projects over £150 million, strong governance, stakeholder management, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams through pre-construction and early design stages.

Qualifications

• Significant experience at Project Director, Associate Director or equivalent level.
• Strong track record delivering projects valued at £150m+.
• Experience across all RIBA stages, esp. pre-construction.
• Experience with major developers/ client-side organisations.
• Strong understanding of governance, procurement, programme management and risk.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic project leadership across a large-scale development.
• Lead, manage and develop the project management team.
• Support appointment and mobilisation of design and consultant teams.
• Establish robust governance, reporting and decision-making processes.
• Oversee programme, risk, procurement, commercial performance and stakeholder management.
• Act as senior client contact and coordinate with project team.
• Challenge consultants and contractors to protect the programme and outcomes.
• Maintain clear reporting and ensure procurement expenditure meets standards.
• Identify and resolve strategic risks before delivery impact.
• Support transition from design through procurement and construction.
• Assist Project Director and peers in board-level reporting within the client organisation.

Skills

Project leadership

Team leadership

Governance

Procurement

Risk management

Client-facing

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is one of the UK's leading engineering, design, project management, and consultancy organisations, supporting clients across the entire property lifecycle from planning and development through construction, operation, and asset management. The business combines technical excellence, sustainability expertise, and digital innovation to deliver complex property projects across the UK.

The Opportunity

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. 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 background.

Your role

• 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.

About you

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Significant experience at Project Director, Associate Director or equivalent level.
• A strong track record of leading projects valued at more than £150 million.
• Strong 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 CV.
• Experience working for, or closely alongside, a major developer, investor, development manager or client-side organisation.
• Strong knowledge of major commercial, mixed-use or complex central London developments.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary consultant and design teams through the early stages of a project.
• Excellent understanding of project governance, procurement, programme management and risk.
• The ability to lead and motivate an established team of Project Managers whilst maintaining a 'one team' ethos.
• Strong commercial experience and the confidence to advise senior client stakeholders.
• Experience working within a transparent and highly scrutinised procurement environment.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and reporting skills.

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.

Rewards & benefits

• Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career.
• Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices.
• Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.
• And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.