About the Company
This organisation is the leading independent firm of Development, Built Asset & Engineering and Sustainability consultants. They place the wellbeing of people and the performance of buildings at the heart of everything they do.
They’re proud of their reputation for integrity and delivering work of the highest quality, blended with commercial pragmatism. They offer a strong track record across all commercial property sectors, advising investors, developers, occupiers and owners on maximising best property asset values. Diversity and strength in depth is important to them. Whether it be a technical thought leader with a career’s experience
– or a recently qualified rising star – in today’s risk averse world you need people on your side with a reputation for diligence, transparency, intellect and commercial insight. Clients see this organisation as large enough to provide the expertise and resources to get the best from their portfolios, and small enough for it to matter personally.
They have over 200 employees operating from a network of offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Guildford, Manchester, Southampton, Leeds, London, Belfast and Dublin.
They’re passionate about people development and will provide you with excellent and progressive career opportunities and sponsored learning.
Key Accountabilities:
Manage and drive the company’s project management service line within the Manchester and Leeds offices bringing a profile of technical strength and commercial excellent, to complement the existing team, and that established by the organisation across the UK.
As well as being a hands-on delivery role, you will help develop and deliver against a business plan for project management across the business.
Support the management and development of the technical team, to deliver quality project management services to existing and new clients.
End to end project management delivery.
Achieving performance targets (fee delivery and business development).
Liaise with the Service Hub Leaders across Built Asset, Development and Engineering & Sustainability to align services with strategic goals and performance standards.
Demonstrate leadership: lead and engage the wider service line group to develop the organisations offer. Coach and mentor junior team members to develop their knowledge and confidence.
Network effectively with existing commercial clients and agreed targets.
Job Description
We have an excellent opportunity for a new role as Regional Head of Project Management for the North on behalf of a national multi-disciplinary consultancy. This will involve leading and growing the Project Management service line within their Manchester and Leeds offices.
Day to day, you will report into the Senior Director in charge of the Manchester Office, but you will also work closely with the Head of Project Management for UK and Ireland on service line specific issues.
Working directly with other Senior Directors, the primary focus of the role is to grow the project management service line in the North, by securing work from new and existing clients.
As well as working to develop and grow the service line across Manchester and Leeds, you will be working with existing clients such as Railpen, Aviva Investors, Legal & General, Grainger, Knight Frank Investment Management, GIC, abrdn, and M&G delivering on a range of high-profile projects across several sectors, including industrial, office, purpose-built student accommodation and build to rent. They’ll leverage these relationships to support the service line growth however the candidate must have their own existing client base to generate new working relationships in the longer term.
As a commercially focused consultant, you will maintain and further develop client relationships, as well as progressing your own career. You will be expected to help lead the service line and support the below actions:
Coordinate business development, marketing, resourcing, and knowledge sharing.
Champion excellence in service delivery internally; driving improvements to working practices including templates and quality control.
Advocate and oversee operational and process improvement, promoting innovation and new ways of working.
Drive and manage consistency and adherence to best practice.
Promote the business for new and existing clients, supporting marketing as required.
Identify service line priorities and link back to the service line business plan, update annually.
Set SMART actions for the team and support delivery, updating progress quarterly.
Celebrate successes internally and externally.
Ensure marketing materials are up to date.
Support the project management community of practice across the business.
Support the success of each team member and continue to grow and develop all.
Requirements
Performance Criteria:
Relevant degree equivalent qualification and MRICS.
Personable and confident with industry contacts.
Hands-on high-quality delivery of technical services, demonstrating expertise in project management.
Gain client trust with regard to commercial confidentiality be a direct contact for instructions.
Demonstrable ability to influence, lead and respond constructively to challenges.
Existing project management client base with potential to generate new work and introductions.
Attain financial targets (2.75 base salary for directors), and support and manage the performance of others.
Engage with the team to win work and deliver profitability.
Skills and Behaviour:
Inspire others to achieve, and help in their development, through mentoring, coaching and achieving engaging appraisal discussions.
Demonstrate excellent team skills, embracing the support and expertise of the wider business.
Demonstrate a detailed understanding of the market trends, client base and competitor dynamics within the Manchester and Leeds region.
Prioritise work effectively to enable quality of work and wellbeing for self and team.
Client facing and comfortable in business development.
Able to handle multiple jobs and manage your own workload.
Risk-manage through best practice aligned with the organisations Risk Management Guidance protocol.
Confident and concise communicator both verbally and in writing.
Technology oriented to share information centrally.
Team leadership and management, including dealing with performance concerns.
Knowledge:
Be aware of the latest commercial property challenges technically and commercially.
Be aware of market trends to inform business direction.
Identify areas of personal development to enhance performance.
Be aware of the latest legislation and statutory requirements of the Building Safety Act.