Strategic Project Manager - Construction & Delivery

Accenture UK & Ireland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking a Construction Consultancy professional to provide strategic advisory from project conception through to completion. The role emphasizes establishing success criteria, governance, and cross-functional leadership across teams.

Candidates should have Chartered status or be on a path to it, with strong knowledge of project lifecycles, PM concepts, and delivery within residential, office fit-outs or health & education sectors.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified in construction, project management, engineering, or architecture.
• Chartered status or on path to achieving this.
• A thorough understanding of the total project life cycle, from conception through to completion and post-project review.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of all the main project management concepts, tools, and techniques.
• Design, management, or construction experience within the general construction environment (residential, office fit-outs, health & education).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise at the strategic level at project conception, including approaches to meet client objectives.
• Lead establishment of overall success criteria (time, cost, technical and performance).
• Plan for and manage quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establish effective project governance, processes and systems to be used throughout project.
• Project planning, including ensuring the production of the detailed project plan.
• Coordinate cross-functional project team and interface with the client.
• Monitor performance using KPIs and manage the change control process.
• Oversee procurement of resources and flow of project information.
• Produce formal project progress and other reports.
• Take a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants at all stages.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management knowledge

Education

Chartered status path

Tools

PM tools and techniques

Job description

Accenture UK & Ireland is seeking a Construction Consultancy professional to provide strategic advisory from project conception through to completion. The role emphasizes establishing success criteria, governance, and cross-functional leadership across teams.

Candidates should have Chartered status or be on a path to it, with strong knowledge of project lifecycles, PM concepts, and delivery within residential, office fit-outs or health & education sectors.