Executive Delivery Director

2 days ago


Wokingham, Wokingham, United Kingdom Jacobs Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Executive Delivery Director to join our team at Jacobs, a leading provider of professional, technical, and construction services. As a key member of our delivery team, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful operational delivery of all projects and programmes across our NNEP framework.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the delivery of all projects within the NNEP programme, ensuring they are delivered on time and to budget or better.
  • Ensure successful leadership of multidisciplinary teams, ensuring appropriate resources are available and fully trained to carry out their tasks.
  • Identify and mitigate risks associated with the programme, managing them out and reporting on them when required.
  • Own the overall quality and safety delivery of NNEP.
  • Seek out areas of improvement within delivery, aiming to achieve safer, faster, and more cost-effective delivery of projects.
  • Track and report on programme delivery milestones and project status to NNEP leadership and stakeholders.
  • Identify and manage interdependencies across programme workstreams.
Requirements
  • Demonstrably significant experience of major programme delivery across a number of programmes of values of £100s of millions of pounds, preferably including international.
  • Exceptional leadership and behavioural management qualities, with proven experience of leading change and building multi-disciplinary project and programme teams.
  • Experience of managing and leading large multi-disciplinary teams in complex stakeholder environments.
  • Strong understanding and experience of NEC and different contract forms, including working knowledge of public sector contracts.
  • Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of Project Management, with an in-depth knowledge of agile and other methodologies.
  • Proven experience of end-to-end programme delivery, with excellent knowledge and understanding of design and construction in a highly technical environment, preferably in contractor and/or programme delivery partner roles.
  • Strong planning skills, together with the flexibility and resilience required to maintain momentum of delivery of projects.
About Jacobs

At Jacobs, we inspire and empower our people to deliver their best work, so they can evolve, grow, and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients, and communities.

We offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent, including a range of benefits such as free single medical cover, digital GP service, family-friendly benefits, and reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program, which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time, and charitable donations.

We are committed to work-life balance and flexibility, offering hybrid, part-time, and flexible working hours, patterns, and locations to suit you and our business. If you are a motivated and experienced professional looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.



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