Senior/Principal Consultant - Project Sponsor
Our Programme Advisory team specialises in the strategy, set-up and transformation of major programmes and asset owning enterprises within the transport, defence, utilities, and power sectors in the UK and internationally.
Since forming in 2018 our growing team of experts have brought innovative thinking to some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges - delivering tangible outcomes for clients by bringing the best of our technical excellence and transformational change capability.
We are an influential team who share a common passion for making change a reality, continually setting new standards. As a diverse and inclusive team of unique individuals, we inspire one another to do better every day. Our collaborative culture also ensures that everyone’s potential is maximised, constantly learning through experience and close team relationships.
Joining the Programme Advisory team will afford you exciting opportunities to directly support world renowned clients, enhance your consulting skills, shape your career, and directly contribute to the teams exciting growth trajectory.
The Opportunity
We are looking for enthusiastic, talented, and proactive individuals to join our team within Programme Advisory. Our growing Programme Set Up team needs people with hands on experience working as Project, Programme or Portfolio sponsors.
We work across the entire development lifecycle providing a range of services to our client and are looking for people with experience establishing strategic direction and accountability for the successful set up and development of major projects, programmes and portfolios. Acting as the critical link between organisational strategy and delivery, the Sponsor ensures initiatives are developed and implemented to achieve intended outcomes and benefits, and are governed in compliance with organisational strategy.
As part of the team your key responsibilities will include:
- Occupying client or service roles involving Sponsorship and/or Strategic Requirements
- Managing client relationships
- Identifying and realising business development opportunities
- Leading or contributing towards the preparation of bid proposals or managing key bids
- Leading internal initiatives within the Programme Advisory team, such as the development of programme integration products and methodologies.
Your skillset should include:
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Strategic Leadership: Define and champion the vision, objectives and success criteria for projects, programmes or portfolios, providing guidance and ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, strategic objectives and investment outcomes.
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Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across complex internal and external landscapes,
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Funding and Business Case Ownership: Support clients to secure project funding, develop and oversee business cases including navigating approvals, ensure investment decisions remain aligned to strategic objectives and agreed benefits are realised while maximising value for money.
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Scope and Requirements Definition: Translate strategic, client and business needs into clearly defined scope and requirements and hold delivery teams accountable for delivering agreed outputs within cost and schedule tolerances.
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Regulation and Compliance : Lead governance, assurance and compliance in adherence to relevant industry legislation, financial and commercial frameworks, company policies, standards and processes.
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Risk and Change Oversight: Provide direction on major risks, issues and change management, ensuring controlled and informed mitigations and corrective actions are implemented.
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Identify and Deliver Efficiencies: Provide innovative approaches and engagement techniques which challenge the status quo and enable teams to underpin affordability challenges and deliver cost and schedule efficiencies at project, programme and or organisational levels.