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Director - Programme & Project Delivery | Infrastructure, UK

TSA Riley Infrastructure – UK, Ireland and Canada · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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About The Role:TSA Riley Infrastructure is looking for a senior leader to build client relationships, develop a targeted strategy for new routes to market and drive sustained growth through project and programme delivery. This role can be based in either London, Manchester or Birmingham.You'll work closely with clients to understand their problems and priorities, develop practical solutions and deliver positive outcomes. By shaping propositions, winning work and growing accounts with sector and business leaders, you'll contribute to UK business growth. You'll also provide executive oversight of complex commissions and act as professional lead for Infrastructure PM.About The Job:You'll work closely with clients to understand their problems and priorities, develop practical solutions and deliver positive outcomes. By shaping propositions, winning work and growing accounts with sector and business leaders, you'll contribute to UK business growth. You'll also provide executive oversight of complex commissions and act as professional lead for Infrastructure PM.Director - Programme & Project Delivery | Infrastructure, UKYou'll use your experience and connections to expand our infrastructure delivery into sectors including Energy, Defence, Water and wider Transport. Drawing on TSA Riley's APAC specialists and relevant project experience, you'll demonstrate our ability to deliver where the UK team needs additional expertise or sector experience, while working with colleagues in Canada and across our international business to pursue opportunities.About Your Responsibilities:Build senior client relationships, understand client problems and develop practical solutions. Bring contacts and sector networks to support pursuits, bids and negotiations, working with the Market Growth & Client Director, who retains overall accountability for new pursuits and the Infrastructure growth strategy.Develop and deliver a targeted, long-term PM growth strategy aligned with the wider Infrastructure growth strategy. Identify new routes to market and work with other Infrastructure capability leaders to cross-sell services, develop joined-up solutions and grow accounts, reviewing progress and refining the approach over time.Lead or provide executive oversight of major, complex infrastructure commissions, setting delivery strategy, mobilising teams and assuring quality, commercial performance and client outcomes.Work across client-side advisory and delivery/Tier 1 environments, shaping solutions with clients, mobilising the right teams and leading delivery to achieve agreed outcomes.Build relationships and credibility in new sectors, including Energy, Defence, Water and wider Transport. Draw on APAC specialists and relevant project experience to demonstrate our ability to deliver where UK experience is limited and build confidence with prospective clients.Grow the PM team by recruiting commercially minded project and programme managers who build client relationships, identify needs and generate business opportunities alongside delivering excellent client outcomes.Act as professional lead for Infrastructure PM, guiding the team's development through mentoring, practical learning and good practice. Strengthen TSA Riley's credibility in project management through engagement with the Association for Project Management (APM) and the wider profession.About You:Proven experience developing and implementing targeted growth strategies for PM services within a wider business strategy, with credible sector networks and success opening new markets, shaping and selling solutions, winning commissions and growing accounts over time.Commercially astute consulting leadership, with a track record of recruiting and developing PMs who generate business opportunities, and collaborating across capabilities to cross-sell services and deliver client outcomes.Experience across both client-side advisory and delivery/Tier 1 environments, with board-level credibility and a track record of understanding client problems, shaping and selling practical solutions, and delivering positive outcomes.Significant experience leading complex, multi-million-pound infrastructure programmes and projects, including executive oversight of major commissions and management of delivery risk. Experience in regulated environments would be valuable.NEC contract experience is essential, with a proven ability to apply it in infrastructure delivery. Strong commercial and contractual judgement, including experience of other major contract forms.Experience or credible transferable capability in sectors such as Energy, Defence, Water or Transport, with the ability to identify opportunities in adjacent markets. Willingness to travel. Relevant professional chartership is desirable.About Us:TSA Riley is a global multidisciplinary project consultancy with 135 years of independent thinking. We work across the full lifecycle of projects and asset portfolios - from planning to delivery and optimisation. What sets us apart is the ability to navigate the critical decisions that lead to successful projects. This has given us a reputation for delivering successful project outcomes, which includes working on some of the largest infrastructure projects across the UK, Canada and Australia.

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Competitive salary (Salary dependant on experience level)Pension scheme25 days holiday + option to buy 4 days.Additional 1 day holiday for your birthdayPrivate healthcare and employee assistance programmeGroup life insurance.Medi Cash health insurance providing cashback towards everyday healthcare bills.Enhanced family leave, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption.Cycle to work scheme.Financial and technical support for professional membershipsHybrid workingSummer and Winter staff celebration eventsCore Values:We pride ourselves on behaving and delivering to our core values:People - We encourage diversity whilst investing in, and developing, the very best talent.Integrity - Our reputation, passion, and commitment inspire trust and integrity.Community - We are a collaborative community, understanding challenges from every angle, exploring innovative solutions based on our expert knowledge.Innovation - We are driven to inspire others with fresh creative ideas based on continuously learning.