Responsibilities
* Strategic PMO Leadership & Programme Integration: Establish, lead, and continuously improve the programme management framework to ensure consistent processes across cost, schedule, scope, risk, and reporting. Integrate data and insights from P6, Power BI, Oracle, IPS and other systems to create a single source of truth for programme performance. Provide strategic advisory to enable clients to deliver large capital programmes, champion best practice within the PMO and shape governance models for successful delivery. Facilitate alignment between project teams, programme functions, commercial teams, executive stakeholders and the PMO.
* Programme Controls, Reporting & Performance Insight: Provide oversight and governance of programme performance reporting, ensuring clear visibility of KPIs, milestones, schedule health, risk insights, and cost forecasts. Translate client requirements into integrated reporting packs and dashboards using Power BI and executive dashboards that support decision‑making across the portfolio. Establish and maintain robust governance and control frameworks to ensure accuracy, completeness and quality of schedule, financial and risk data across the portfolio. Analyse trends, identify inefficiencies and recommend interventions to improve programme performance.
* Financial, Commercial & Resource Governance: Provide oversight of contract obligations, commercial governance and strategic negotiation, ensuring risks and commitments are effectively controlled. Establish integration between commercial, planning, PMO, reporting and resource management functions, ensuring robust resource forecasting, allocation and utilisation. Drive governance that ensures programmes are consistently, sufficiently and appropriately resourced and that financial decisions are fully informed by commercial, schedule and resource impacts.
* Risk Management & Informed Decision‑Making: Develop integration‑focused frameworks that embed proactive management of risks, opportunities and dependencies. Lead workshops and scenario assessments to guide strategic decisions and advise leadership on emerging programme pressures and areas needing intervention.
* Leadership, Coaching & Organisational Development: Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams, fostering a culture of performance, inclusion, coaching and continuous improvement. Build capability across PMO, planning, controls and reporting functions. Support transformational change initiatives and help clients and internal teams adopt new processes, systems and behaviours.
* Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management: Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, regulators, partners and internal teams. Facilitate workshops, governance meetings and leadership forums to maintain alignment and momentum. Act as the integration point between project delivery teams, programme leadership and strategic decision‑makers.
Location: UK – regular travel to Leeds required.
Qualifications
* Extensive programme management and commercial acumen; proven experience in programme management or PMO Leadership within large, complex capital programmes.
* Financial governance expertise; strong commercial acumen with experience in budget management, resource forecasting and programme‑level financial governance.
* Leadership excellence; demonstrable track record of successfully leading and managing teams to achieve strategic outcomes and drive organisational success.
* Sector‑specific experience; significant experience in water, energy or strong transferable experience to support diverse perspectives.
* Technical proficiency in PMO/project controls tools; experience with Primavera P6, Power BI, Oracle and Microsoft Suite.
* Professional accreditation; relevant professional qualification or chartered status (e.g., PM, PMO, programme management) is highly desirable.
* Significant practical experience; minimum 10-15 years of experience, or an equivalent blend of education and experience to perform essential duties.
Benefits
* Competitive salary, pension plan, holidays, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance.
* Flexible working arrangements and option for remote work.
* Career development opportunities through industry‑leading training and paid professional subscriptions.
* Strong corporate culture with supportive and inclusive work environment.
* Recognition as a top sustainable AEC firm and listed in Corporate Knights Top 100 sustainable companies.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.
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