Associate Director - Programme Management

at  Mace

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.
Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential of every project.

CLIENT FOCUS - DELIVER ON OUR PROMISE:

• You will ensure the successful delivery of key assignments and defined business areas, providing strategic direction and monitoring delivery aligned with overall vision and objectives.
• You will be responsible for implementing appropriate programme delivery environments, including people, organisation, process, information and technology
• You will promote and influence quality and service excellence in all conversations and programme interactions.
• Support in establishing effective project controls, governance, and processes to manage the project, leading a team,
• Driving data integrity, account profitability and high performance,
• Assist in developing the client’s brief, delivery strategy and leading the design management, procurement, and execution of the scheme,
• Experience in developing master schedule of works and management of interdependencies. Knowledge of MS project, Asta power project or similar application,
• Working with the client and key stakeholders to drive the master project schedule, holding the team to account on key deliverables, reporting upon risk and early warnings to advise the client of key decisions or items of escalation,
• Developing scope of services for professional team appointments, experience of managing tender processes, conduct min-tender interview and recommendation write ups,
• Experience with managing design development and coordination between design disciplines, as well alignment with the client brief,
• Preparation of funding requirements / supporting business case development for client approval prior to execution of the works,
• Preparing draft appointment / contracts; understanding of lease language / tenant obligations to manage project risk and client obligations effectively,
• Developing and managing effective communication and liaison with all relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure that requirements are identified, assessed, and appropriately integrated into the project,
• Working with a team that strives for quality, safety, cost and schedule improvements at every opportunity with all delivery partners, challenging and seeking to improve the project deliverables,
• Coordinating, planning and managing internal and external meetings in relation to the project, facilitating information exchange and clarifications,
• Preparing various project health reports, ability to communicate both up and downstream presenting within project team, and client organisation,
• Driving the procurement of services and works required to deliver the project, advising the client on most appropriate procurement strategy for the intended scope of works,
• Understanding of budgets, estimates and ability to review and challenge general contractors’ proposals,
• Experience of construction monitoring of high end fit out on-site progress reporting during the construction phase and challenging construction sequencing and durations driving potential on site delays
• Effective change management, to manage scope and costs creep, reporting of early warning, and overall financial performance of a project for both Mace and the client,
• Providing input into client systems including health, safety & wellbeing, project risk assessment and management process to mitigate risk for safe working regimes,
• Monitoring key performance management techniques to drive value to the client, capturing knowledge, lessons learned and sharing within the Mace organisation,
• You are open to line management of key individuals within a team providing mentoring and support for career progression, upskilling,
• You are able to identify new opportunities to develop new business with new / existing clients sharing intel with your line manager,
• You can actively participate in work winning activities developing service proposal to present to new prospective clients to secure new work.

Please refer the Job description for details