Associate Director - Programme Advisory (Rail)

Bringing around experience in major programmes across consultancy and complex infrastructure, this profile blends strong expertise in Strategic Advisory, Senior Stakeholder Management. Target Operating Models, organisational change, and maturity assessment focusing on the Rail Sector.

Programme Lifecycle: Extensive experience of working across the programme lifecycles to setup and deliver within major transformational PMOs.

People Leadership: Day to day management of large multi-disciplinary teams.

Maturity Assessment: Ability to carry out assurance and assessments of PMOs capabilities and maturity.

PMO Set Up: Ability to design, develop and implement a PMO inclusive of people, process and systems.

Strategic Advice: Deliver strategic advisory services for PMO transformations including organisation design, project design and management, improving efficiencies and performance, etc.

Stakeholder Management: Effective communication and stakeholder management skills and ability to tailor the message and liaise directly with the required client or audience including facilitating multi-media workshops (in person, virtual or hybrid).

Analytical Skills: Logical thinker with strong analytical skills and the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

Pro-active Approach: High personal motivation and drive, able to work and thrive in and deliver high quality advice/solutions in complex and ever-changing environments.

Leading Change: Demonstrable evidence of leading/ supporting change initiatives and achieving tangible/successful results within ambiguous environments.

Relationship Building: Able to build lasting relationships with clients and wider team members alike.

Technical Excellence: Industry recognised specialist in leading successful PMO’s for complex infrastructure projects.

Professional certification: Hold relevant certifications such as APM PMQ/PPQ/ChPP; MoP; MSP; PRINCE2, P3O, PROSCI, Lean, Six Sigma.

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