SPM Director

Overview

Senior leadership role shaping and delivering large transformation programmes in a London-based consultancy. You’ll guide executive stakeholders, lead multi-disciplinary teams, and develop the practice while driving new business opportunities. The position sits at the strategic heart of complex client engagements and offers scope to influence outcomes and thought leadership. This is a chance to scale a high-impact programme management capability within a growing practice.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Private medical
• Health cash plan
• Workplace savings scheme
• Enhanced parental leave

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex transformation programmes and portfolios from strategy through to delivery
• Act as a senior delivery leader across high-impact client engagements
• Diagnose complex programme and portfolio challenges and design practical solutions
• Work closely with C-suite and senior client stakeholders to shape critical decisions
• Lead and develop high-performing consulting and delivery teams
• Build trusted client relationships and identify opportunities for further growth
• Shape proposals, bids and new business opportunities
• Contribute to the development of Programme and Portfolio Management capability
• Build external profile through thought leadership and industry engagement

Key requirements

• 10+ years’ experience across management consulting, advisory or professional services
• Strong Programme Management / Portfolio Management expertise
• Proven experience leading large, complex transformation engagements
• Experience managing teams and owning delivery end-to-end
• Strong commercial awareness and a track record of developing client relationships
• Comfortable operating with senior executives and influencing strategic decisions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to simplify complex problems and develop practical solutions
• Professional accreditation or recognised industry expertise
• Degree required; Master’s or relevant professional qualifications advantageous

• excellent communication
• stakeholder management
• leadership and team development
• client relationship building
• ability to influence strategic decisions
• problem solving and practical solution design

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