Senior Project Manager

National Treasury Management Agency; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Wellbeing programme

Career development

Diversity initiatives

Membership fee reimbursement

Pension scheme

Job summary

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead procurement, delivery and operation of major government infrastructure projects. The role requires senior professional leadership, strong contract experience and the ability to engage with government departments and agencies across sectors.

The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent project management, technical and contractual expertise, with the capacity to build teams, manage budgets and drive

Qualifications

• Third level degree (or equivalent) in construction, engineering, quantity surveying, project management, architecture or building services related discipline.
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body is desirable.
• Project management qualification is desirable.
• Knowledge of climate change/sustainability, environmental, social and governance factors on large scale building projects.
• Knowledge of lifecycle stages, governance and approvals for public infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a project management team delivering services to client Government Departments and Agencies.
• Creating and maintaining stakeholder relationships with internal and external stakeholders and maintaining good project governance structures including chairing project team meetings and representing the NDFA at key project meetings.
• Developing strong relationships with counterparties and ensuring the integrity and reputation of the NTMA/NDFA.
• Project management through the design, planning, procurement and construction phases of large-scale public capital projects.
• Implementation of robust climate action/sustainability strategies and oversight of scheme design and planning processes to ensure high sustainable development standards.
• Preparing high quality reports, recommendations, board papers and presentations.
• Monitoring and reporting of project risks and control measures including costs, change control, programme, health and safety and quality.
• Procurement and management of external advisors.
• Providing support and advice to Government Departments and Agencies in delivering on their wider capital investment priorities.

Skills

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Communication

Driving licence

Education

Third level degree in construction/engineering/project management

Chartered membership desirable

Project management qualification desirable

Climate/sustainability knowledge

Public infrastructure lifecycle knowledge

Job description

Role Profile

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Division/Function: NDFA

Reports to (job title): Sector Head

Job Family: Project Management

Career Stream: Professional

Contract type: Permanent

*** Closing Date for applications: 21/09/2026 ***

Summary Of The Business

The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) provides asset and liability management services to the Irish Government. It has evolved from a single function agency managing the National Debt to a manager of a complex portfolio of public assets and liabilities. Businesses managed by the NTMA include borrowing for the Exchequer and the management of the National Debt, the State Claims Agency (SCA) the New Economy and Recovery Authority (“NewERA”), the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) and the NTMA Future Ireland Funds (FIF) business unit with responsibility for the management of the Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund (ICNF).The NTMA also assigns staff to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) and Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI). See

The NDFA provides financial advice to State authorities on infrastructure projects with a capital value over €75 million and is also responsible for the delivery of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects for State authorities (with certain exceptions such as Transport Infrastructure Ireland). In addition, the NDFA provides asset management services in respect of the operation and maintenance of PPP facilities. It also delivers Exchequer Funded capital projects on behalf of certain State authorities, including the Department of Education and Youth and certain local authorities. Following the publication of the Government’s Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan the NDFA also provides support and assistance to Government Departments and Agencies on major capital infrastructure projects.

Role Summary

The NDFA is seeking to recruit a Senior Project Manager to support the procurement, delivery and operation of large-scale Government infrastructure projects including the provision of support and advice to Government Departments and Agencies across various sectors. This is a senior professional role with leadership and management responsibilities. The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate excellent project management, technical and contractual experience in the field of infrastructure procurement and delivery. The ability to engage with stakeholders and counterparties and to lead and develop our team are also key aspects of the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a project management team delivering services to client Government Departments and Agencies.
• Creating and maintaining stakeholder relationships with various parties including internal and external stakeholders and maintaining good project corporate governance structures including chairing project team meetings and representing the NDFA at key project meetings.
• Developing strong relationships with counterparties and ensuring that the integrity and reputation of the NTMA/NDFA is held in high regard in all dealings.
• Project management through the design, planning, procurement and construction phases of large-scale public capital projects.
• Implementation of robust climate action/sustainability strategies and oversight of scheme design and planning processes to ensure the high sustainable development standards.
• Preparing high quality reports, recommendations, board papers and presentations.
• Monitoring and reporting of project risks and control measures including in relation to costs and change control, programme, health and safety and construction quality.
• Procurement and management of external advisors.
• Providing support and advice to Government Departments and Agencies in delivering on their wider capital investment priorities.

Qualifications/Knowledge

• Third level degree (or equivalent) or higher in construction, engineering, quantity surveying, project management, architecture or building services related discipline.
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body is desirable.
• Project management qualification is desirable.
• Knowledge of key issues and management strategies associated with climate change/sustainability, environmental, social and governance factors on large scale building projects.
• Knowledge of the stages, governance and approvals relating to the lifecycle of public infrastructure projects.

Experience

• A minimum of 10 years relevant project management experience relating to the procurement, delivery and operation of major building or infrastructure projects.
• Management of project budgets; design, capex, opex including change control, value engineering and risk management processes.
• Recent experience working with major forms of public sector contracts (e.g., Government Construction Contracts Committee forms of contract) and/or of working in privately financed (Public Private Partnership (PPP) or Project Finance Initiative) projects.
• Commercial negotiations and/or dispute resolution.

Skills

• Excellent team leadership and project management skills.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly innovative with strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Excellent communications (written, oral and presentation) skills.
• Possess a high level of accuracy and attention to detail while simultaneously seeing the bigger picture enabling them to make informed recommendations.
• Full clean driving license.

Working at the NTMA offers excellent benefits including:

• Flexible work options including hybrid working and variable work hours.
• An extensive wellbeing programme.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities that allow for full career development within the organisation.
• A diverse range of initiatives: LGBT+, Gender Matters, Disability Advocacy, Sports & Social, Volunteering and lots more.
• Reimbursement of annual professional membership fees.
• Career Average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.

The NTMA is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workplace informs better decision making, creative thinking, innovation and drives business performance. We are strongly committed to ensuring that our workforce is representative of our society.

Pension Abatement:

If an appointee has previously been employed in the Civil or Public Service and that appointee is entitled to or in receipt of a pension from the Civil or Public Service or where a Civil/Public Service pension comes into payment during the appointee’s re-employment that pension will be subject to abatement in accordance with Section 52 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and other Provisions) Act 2012.

Please note:

In applying for this position, you are acknowledging that you understand that the abatement provisions, where relevant, will apply. It is not envisaged that the employing Department/Office/Body will support an application for an abatement waiver in respect of appointments to this position.

Applicants will be required to complete a pre-employment declaration to confirm whether they have previously availed of a Public sector pension scheme