Senior Manager - Large Infrastructure Projects Advisory / "Fixer"

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading advisory firm in the UK seeks an exceptional Senior Manager with broad experience in capital infrastructure projects. The role involves engaging with senior stakeholders, developing strategic frameworks, and supporting high-profile projects. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strategic thinking, leadership-facing experience, and exceptional communication skills. The firm offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful projects in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Must have vast and recent experience in large infrastructure projects.
• Experience in consulting, delivery advisory, or internal strategy roles.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead relationships with senior client stakeholders.
• Develop frameworks around vague briefs for successful project execution.
• Drive strategic conversations and influence outcomes.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Broad infrastructure exposure

Leadership-facing experience

Exceptional communication

Collaborative mindset

Entrepreneurial spirit

Job description

Overview

*Please do not apply to this role if you do not have vast and recent experience working in and around large infrastructure projects relating to energy, transportation or utilities (gas, electricity, water or nuclear). You're application will not be considered if you do not have this experience. Thank you.

Our client is a leading advisory firm that works with industry-leading organisations, helping to solve some of the biggest challenges in infrastructure. They focus on providing clarity to Boards, Executives and Senior Responsible Owner at major public and private sector organisations, on the delivery of their projects and programmes. They work on some of the UK’s most strategically important programmes, and across all infrastructure sectors including transport, natural resources, energy, power and utilities, corporates, oil & gas, defence, health, housing & education.

Their team comprises specialists with deep construction industry experience, from working for project owners, contractors, engineering consultants and others in the UK and overseas. On the back of continuing growth, they are once again investing in their team and boosting their numbers, which means you will be joining one of the fastest growing areas of the firm at a time of real significance.

What’s the job?

If you have watched Pulp Fiction you will understand Harvey Keitel's role as The Wolf - a "fixer" in the film. The director of this team has described his team as fixers for clients that have problems with their capital programmes. An important part of this senior manager role would be to speak with the senior client stakeholders, assess and understand a vague brief and help to build a framework around it, assembling the right team to get their project back on track. Relationship development and over-delivering is key to this role in terms of leading in to more business from the client. Our client is looking for a capital infrastructure broad generalist, as opposed to a specialist.

Our client is seeking an exceptional Senior Manager to help expand their strategic partner capability across major projects, programmes and portfolio. This role is ideal for someone with broad exposure across complex programme environments - particularly those who have supported senior leadership in Chief of Staff, Business Manager, or Programme Strategy roles.

You’ll work across the whole of Infrastructure Projects Advisory and the broader Firm environment to co-develop our offer, build relationships and both support and lead some of our highest profile work.

There’s no on size for this role, but you will likely bring many of the following qualities and experiences:

• Strategic thinker with strong judgement: Able to synthesise information quickly, cut through complexity, and provide clear, reasoned recommendations. You bring a hypothesis-led mindset and can hold a strategic conversation at a senior level.
• Broad infrastructure exposure: You’ve worked across complex project or programme environments, often close to leadership, in consulting, delivery advisory, or internal strategy roles (e.g. PMO, Chief of Staff, Transformation Lead, Business Manager).
• Leadership-facing experience: Comfortable operating as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, shaping agendas, supporting decision-making, and influencing outcomes without always being the most senior person in the room.
• Highly adaptable and delivery-focused: Thrive in ambiguity and fast-paced environments. You’re comfortable working across topics, adjusting to different client cultures, and moving from framing to execution as needed.
• Exceptional communicator: Able to distil complex ideas into compelling narratives, whether written, verbal or visual. You’re confident crafting strategic documents, facilitation materials, or briefings that land with impact.
• Collaborative and low-ego: Strong team contributor with the humility to listen and the confidence to lead when needed. You’re motivated by shared success and can bring energy and clarity to a team.
• Entrepreneurial spirit: You bring initiative, curiosity, and a desire to build - whether that’s refining our offer, growing client relationships, or mentoring colleagues.

What Is Our Client Looking For

• Broad experience across major, complex infrastructure or capital project environments, ideally in consulting, client advisory, or Chief of Staff-style roles.
• Strategic, analytical thinker with strong communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to operate comfortably in complex, fast-moving, and ambiguous settings.
• Proven experience engaging with senior stakeholders and shaping key decisions.
• Genuine interest in major projects, leadership, and organisational performance.
• Must have some industry experience.

Desirable

• Experience in regulated sectors (e.g. energy, transport, water).
• Exposure to portfolio, programme, or transformation governance.
• Familiarity with project, programme and/ or portfolio frameworks

We have had a full briefing from our client so can speak with successful applicants in more detail around the job and requirements.

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