Capital Projects Director, EMEA

Macquarie Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave day

25 days annual leave

Parental leave

Fertility leave

Volunteer leave

Salary sacrificing options

Employee assistance program

Learning & development

Dependent care support

Recognition awards

Hybrid working

Job summary

Macquarie Group is seeking a senior leader to drive multi-year real estate and construction programs across the EMEA region, including a major in-situ office refurbishment project. You will set long-term strategy, manage budgets, and oversee cross-functional teams of designers, engineers, and service providers.

Leading with a people-first mindset, you will translate complex briefs into clear updates for senior stakeholders and ensure projects meet safety and quality standards while fostering

Qualifications

• In-house or consultancy capital projects leadership experience from concept to completion.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior leadership and external partners.
• Translate complex multi-disciplinary projects into clear, actionable updates.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiyear, complex real estate and construction programs across EMEA.
• Oversee governance, approvals, budgeting, and cost management of projects.
• Partner with Communications, Change Management, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction teams.
• Ensure quality, safety and risk standards while enabling innovation across the portfolio.

Skills

Capital projects

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Budgeting & cost control

Team leadership

Sustainable design

Construction management

Education

Real Estate / Construction

Job description

Play a leading role in shaping high performing workplace environments across the EMEA region, driving projects that directly enhance how our people collaborate, innovate, and thrive. This is a strategic opportunity within capital projects, partnering closely with senior stakeholders across a diverse and globally recognised organisation, driving projects that directly enhance how our people collaborate, innovate, and thrive. We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future.

What role will you play?

As part of the core Real Estate Leadership team, you will drive multiyear, complex real estate and construction programs, including the delivery of an upcoming in-situ office refurbishment project. Bringing a people-first mindset, placing value on the end-user experience, combining empathy and strong leadership with a willingness to remain hands-on and actively involved throughout the project lifecycle. Setting long term project strategy across EMEA, including phasing, budgeting, and delivery planning. You will oversee strategic project planning, governance, approvals and cost management, shaping cross functional collaboration and guiding multi-disciplinary teams of designers, architects, engineers, and service providers.

Partnering closely with Communications, Change Management, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction, acting as the primary interface between leadership, business units and outsourced project delivery teams. You will develop strong project briefs that clearly define scope, options, sourcing, schedule, and budget. Through your leadership, you will ensure that projects meet quality, safety and risk standards while enabling innovation and continuous improvement across the portfolio.

This role offers a unique opportunity to combine strategic thinking with practical delivery, shaping the future of our workplaces across EMEA while building a broader career within Corporate Real Estate.

What You Offer

• In-house or consultancy capital projects leadership experience with strong ownership from concept to completion, ensuring alignment with regional and organisational priorities.
• Ability to build trusted relationships across senior leadership teams, business functions and external partners to drive aligned project delivery
• Act as the primary interface between business units and project teams, translating complex, multi-disciplinary projects into clear, actionable updates.
• Lead and govern external partners and multi-disciplinary teams, including project managers, architects, designers and engineering consultants.
• Strong commercial judgement, ensuring accurate cost, schedule, scope and risk management while meeting compliance and safety standards.
• Experience in sustainable design and operations, alongside deep knowledge of construction practices, customer experience and managing competing priorities, is highly valuable.
• Education in field such as Real Estate, Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management is advantageous.

What We Offer

Benefits

At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:

• 1 wellbeing leave day per year and a minimum of 25 days of annual leave.
• 26 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers
• Paid fertility leave for those undergoing or supporting fertility treatment
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
• Access to a wide range of salary sacrificing options
• Benefits and initiatives to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including, comprehensive medical and life insurance cover
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
• Access to company funded emergency and backup dependent care services
• Recognition and service awards
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About Corporate Operations Group

In our Corporate Operations Group, you will work at the heart of Macquarie to deliver for our people, businesses, and their customers. We’re a global, collaborative team with deep expertise in technology, data, digital, market services, corporate real estate, business resilience, procurement and global security.

Inclusion at Macquarie

We are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all, where different experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected. Macquarie provides access to opportunities for all individuals regardless of their identity, including age, disability, neurodiversity, gender (including gender identity or expression), sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, parental status, race (including ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, or socio-economic background.

We provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and employment. If you require an adjustment, please let us know during the application process.