Director - MPA - Programme Advisory and Capital Excellence

Job description

The Team

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

The Major Projects Advisory (MPA) practice sits in Customer, Operations, and Infrastructure (CO&I): one of seven super service lines across KPMG’s Advisory business.  Operating from all over the UK we do work those matters, serving the Country with diligence and expertise.

“PACE” (Programme Advisory and Capital Excellence) is part of KPMG’s Major Projects Advisory team – a multi-disciplinary team of cross-sector experts in complex project and programme delivery. We transform our clients’ delivery capability and partner with them to deliver faster, cheaper, greener, and better. As a recognised market leader, we are proud to partner with an impressive client base across both private and public sectors, delivering lasting results in several market sectors, namely:

• Government
• Healthcare
• Defence
• Middle East
• Water
• Energy
• Transport
• Financial Services
• Retail

The Role

As a Director, this role provides strategic leadership to the team, working closely with other Directors and Partners to lead and develop our go to market strategy while being accountable for the high quality delivery to our clients. It is a highly accountable leadership role that requires you to wear many hats, but you’ll be well supported by the rest of us. 

Roles & Responsibilities 

• Leading the development of our growth strategy and developing high impact propositions to take to market
• Building enduring sector relationships and becoming the go to person for our clients on relevant market opportunities
• Collaborating closely with other KPMG capability and sector leads to build consensus on priority targets and activities 
• Senior leadership of complex client engagements, including the ability to operate effectively at Board level, providing robust insight to client problems
• Overseeing the delivery of client deliverables, including having accountability for quality assurance and risk management
• Being an inspirational leader; managing, coaching, mentoring and motivating your colleagues
• Providing training, guidance and leadership to the junior team members
• Having senior input into team headcount and recruitment decisions
• Fostering an inclusive, diverse and flexible environment where everyone can thrive   

Most importantly, being a role model for KPMG and living our values every day

The Person

There is no one-size fits all in our team; we’re as diverse as the world around us. We hand pick our people because they’re our most important asset – and our people choose us because we do what we say and embody that commitment.

For this opportunity, we’re looking for someone with significant leadership experience in Project, Programme and Portfolio (P3M), delivering complex transformation in challenging environments. Ideally you will have transitioned from a delivery, controls or functional PM role into consulting, providing strategic advice at C-Suite level. 

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Capital Investment planning and portfolio management
• Digital, data and AI transformation and implementation
• Capital delivery transformations
• Business process improvement(s)
• Major programmes / projects setup and operation
• Target operating model (TOM) design and implementation
• Designing and enhancing Project, Programme or Portfolio controls
• Designing, establishing and leading transformation management offices (TMO) or project management offices (PMO)
• Leading major programme/ project maturity assessment and assurance
• Troubled Project/Programme reviews and implementing recovery plans
• A proven history of operating as an effective leader in a complex P3M organisation and/or consulting firm with, primarily built around the leadership of major complex Projects/Programmes and transformational change
• Proven experience of management and leadership of multi-disciplinary consulting teams of between 5-20 consultants
• Broad capability and experience across business development, delivery and line management 
• Specialist Project, Programme and/or Portfolio management expertise, with proven delivery and a passion for the future of the profession  
• Ideally one or more sector experience in Infrastructure, Transport, Aerospace, Defence, Industrial, Financial Services, Utilities or Manufacturing preferred
• Demonstrable experience of managing and influencing senior-level stakeholders, having built and sustained key relationships
• Excellent commercial awareness with strong experience of owning and managing client accounts – alongside ownership and management of significant bids and proposals 
• Management and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams 
• Passion, resilience, adaptability and energy to make a difference, both internally and externally
• A foundation of excellent academics and/or demonstrable career progression to date  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Relevant professional certification – e.g. APM ChPP/PPQ; MoP; MSP; PRINCE2