MPA Manager (PACE)

About the team 

Our Advisory capability brings our Consulting and Deal Advisory businesses together as one team, combining our expertise and talent. We solve business challenges, helping our clients to realise their growth ambitions, from strategy to transaction and through to transformation. 

Major Projects Advisory (MPA) sits within Customer, Operations and Infrastructure, one of KPMG's Advisory super service lines. Operating across the UK, the practice supports work that matters to the country with diligence and expertise. 

Programme Advisory and Capital Excellence (PACE) is part of MPA. It is a multidisciplinary, cross-sector team specialising in complex project and programme delivery. We transform clients' delivery capability and partner with them to deliver faster, more cost-effective, greener and better outcomes across energy, defence, water, oil and gas, retail, transport, financial services, health and government. 

About the role 

You will manage client-facing work in specialist project delivery areas, working with senior stakeholders who shape capital delivery strategies for major organisations and programmes. You will design and mobilise projects and programmes, create user-focused processes and tools, and produce high-quality outputs with close attention to detail. 

Alongside delivery, you will help manage engagement finances, follow internal compliance processes and support business development. The role offers hands-on exposure to significant UK public sector programmes and the chance to work with a collaborative mix of industry experts and subject matter specialists across the infrastructure landscape. 

The core hubs for this role are London - Canary Wharf, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. KPMG may also be able to support office-based work from other UK sites, working from home, flexible hours and part-time arrangements. Please discuss any flexibility needs with the recruitment team. 

What you'll be doing 

• Manage the delivery of client-facing work within specialist areas, producing high-quality outputs and designing processes and tools with a strong human and end-user focus. 

• Design and mobilise major projects and programmes, helping clients strengthen delivery capability and turn strategy into practical action. 

• Manage engagement finances by keeping clients informed about costs and time incurred, raising invoices and supporting fee recovery. 

• Follow KPMG's internal processes and controls to support compliant, well-governed delivery. 

• Identify potential opportunities for new assignments and contribute to business development and bids. 

Skills, knowledge and experience you'll need 

• Relevant experience in a project delivery function within major infrastructure programmes, or in a project-based consulting role, with evidence of contributing to the development and delivery of major projects or programmes in consulting, industry or government. 

• In-depth experience applying project, programme and portfolio management (P3M) methodologies, together with a genuine passion for the discipline. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to produce clear, high-quality client outputs. 

• The ability to build and maintain strong relationships, communicate and present with confidence, and develop networks across the firm. 

• Experience using relevant software and applications, which may include Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera P6, Slack or Clarizen. 

• Relevant professional certification, such as Association for Project Management Chartered Project Professional, Project Management Qualification or Project Professional Qualification; Management of Portfolios; Managing Successful Programmes; or Management of Risk, would be welcomed. 

• Additional expertise in areas such as infrastructure asset management, project and portfolio controls, digital transformation and AI, capital planning, process and value-stream optimisation, or organisational readiness and effectiveness would be an advantage. 

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