Private Client Director

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is seeking an Associate Director for Asset Management Transformation. The successful candidate will lead significant client projects, tackle complex asset-centric issues, and enhance business development efforts. Ideal applicants will have a track record in asset management or consulting, exceptional communication skills, and a degree in a relevant field. This role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for international travel.

Qualifications

• Track record of leading asset management or management consulting projects.
• Considered a thought leader in asset lifecycle phases.
• Experience in business development and bidding.

Responsibilities

• Lead client projects from sales to delivery.
• Diagnose and tackle asset-centric issues.
• Develop insight-based recommendations for clients.

Skills

Leadership of asset management projects

Thought leadership in asset lifecycle

Business development and sales

Exceptional communication skills

Team leadership and collaboration

Understanding business problems

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant discipline

Job description

Associate Director – Asset Management Transformation

Location: London, with international travel.

Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 plus benefits.

Responsibilities

• Lead significant and multiple client projects and accounts from sales/bidding to solution design and activity planning, successful delivery and knowledge capture, including managing multidisciplinary teams and achieving commercial outcomes for Arcadis.
• Diagnose and tackle complex asset‑centric issues across large‑scale consulting engagements, designing and implementing solutions that demonstrate benefits and value delivered.
• Lead teams that use insights and analysis of markets, trends, risks and opportunities to inform potential solutions, recommendations and outcomes to clients and stakeholders.
• Lead business development and sales for our value propositions, including leadership of relevant bids, to significantly contribute to the growth of our Asset Management Transformation capability.
• Manage the delivery of exceptional client experience from mobilisation through to handover, focusing on understanding client needs, building lasting relationships and delivering on our promises.
• Serve as subject matter expert and thought leader within one or more of our value propositions, taking ownership for the continuous development of our offerings.
• Act as an active member of the UK&I and global asset management community of practice, supporting continuous development of our solutions and delivery approach.
• Provide line management, coaching and mentoring to future talent within our consultant community to support their development.
• Support and own aspects of our team's strategy and capability building activities.
• Support the on‑project development of team members' skills to help them achieve career goals.

Qualifications & Key Skills

• Demonstrable track record of leading asset management or management consulting projects in a relevant sector (Infrastructure, Transportation, Water, Energy, Utilities, Defence, etc.).
• Considered a thought leader in one or more phases of the asset lifecycle (strategy and planning, design and build, operations and maintenance, decommissioning) and in particular to one or more of the following services: asset management operating model design & transformation programmes, ISO 55001 aligned asset management system development, regulatory business planning and adaptive planning, asset portfolio investment prioritisation & optimisation, benefit‑led prioritisation of asset management improvements, innovation and business change programmes, operational efficiency improvement, asset information and data maturity improvement.
• Significant experience in business development, bidding and securing sales in a consulting environment.
• Strong understanding of how management consulting projects are delivered – from project start and mobilisation through to delivering client requirements and expectations.
• Exceptional communication skills with experience of developing and maintaining client and stakeholder relationships up to senior levels, ideally including Board/Executive stakeholders.
• Excellent team leadership, collaboration and commercial management skills.
• Demonstrable ability to understand and assess business problems and build and communicate practical improvement recommendations.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. Relevant industry qualifications to Business Advisory or Asset Management are preferable, and/or a member of a relevant industry body, or a desire to work towards one (e.g., MCA, IAM).

About Arcadis

Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We employ over 36 000 people in more than 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life and delivering sustainable impact across a wide range of infrastructure and asset types.