Implementing and optimising portfolio, programme and project management offices to bring certainty to delivery.
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Rise to the challenge. Join us as a Portfolio, Programme & Project Management Office (PMO) consultant to provide leadership in our PMOs to help our clients re-imagine their PMO business model, process and culture to support better decision making and insight.
You'll be providing expert advice on complex business problems at senior levels. Working hands-on, you'll ensure the teams conceive and deliver effective solutions. We'll also rely on your commercial acumen to help expand the business to meet strong demand. You'll feel a great sense of pride supporting organisations across government, defence, national security and critical national infrastructure to realise tangible benefits from transformational change programmes.
Your purpose:
We are looking for experienced PMO leaders who are passionate about the provision and continual improvement of PMO services in complex environments.
You will:
- Lead the design, implementation, and delivery of PMOs with our clients to help drive their delivery excellence.
- Collaborate across our business to drive the evolution of our service offerings.
- Rapidly build credibility and influence in unfamiliar sectors.
- Drive growth in new and existing clients.
What you can bring?
You will have successfully designed and led PMOs across multiple sectors including the development of PMO service offerings and people capabilities.
You will bring:
- Project management and Project Controls experience within projects and major programmes.
- Broad portfolio of clients.
- Bespoke, value adding solutions in project controls.
- Deep understanding of processes and controls needed to ensure projects are a success.
- Excellent leadership skills:
- Sound judgement and decision making.
- Strategic thinking.
- Compassionate.
- Naturally build relationships of trust.
- Select high performing individuals.
- Inspire, include, empower.
- Develop and mentor teams.
- Team management.
- Excel in challenging situations - cool under pressure.
- Combine professional tools with real experience.
- Passionate about continuous improvement - identify opportunities to improve project execution.
- Focussed, attention to detail and quality.
- Member of Association for Project Management (MAPM).
Please do not feel like you have to tick all the boxes, here in Atkins we will help you develop along the way.
Why work for Atkins?
People join us because they share a desire to be at the forefront of the ADS&T Business Unit and deliver outstanding projects. We empower our people to be the professional individuals they want to be, working on projects they feel proud of, making a difference to the world they live in and the legacy they leave behind.
We value diversity and believe that everyone deserves to thrive, without exception. We have signed the MoD's "Women in Defence" and "Women in Aviation and Aerospace" charters. These pledges include providing opportunities for women to succeed at all levels. We're also committed to being a Military friendly employer and have been recognised with the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) Gold Employer Recognition Award.
We develop individuals through a portfolio of training and development courses designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents. We encourage participation in all forms of training and have an active programme of in-house as well as external training for all our staff.
Meeting your needs:
When you start with us, you'll enjoy "Total Reward", a package that can be tailored to your lifestyle, career and personal needs. From flexible holidays to life assurance, health & wellbeing benefits, and career planning for the senior stage of your career.
Making sure you're supported is important to us. So, if you identify as having a disability, tell us ahead of your interview. And let's talk about any adjustments you might need.
YourReward at SNC-Lavalin (snclavalin.com).
More about us:
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is a top global consultancy with over 80 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world.
Atkins, ranked as one of LinkedIn’s Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once they join. We're also a Silver Rating holder in the Aerospace & Defence sector, as per the Financial Times rating of the UK’s leading management consultants.
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Additional Information:
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.
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