Head of Projects

Overview

Head of Global Projects leads in achieving educational and commercial growth through the design & implementation of inspiring and research-backed learning spaces within schools. The position involves analysing and mapping global territories for new opportunities, managing TTS Learning Spaces projects from start to finish, working with sales managers for cross-collaboration, assessing the impact of proposals and strategies, identifying opportunities for commercial expansion, ensuring customer satisfaction, and planning and forecasting commercial development of the Learning Spaces offering.

The Head of Global Projects is instrumental in driving TTS’s expansion into new educational spaces and markets. Their role in analysing global markets, establishing strategic partnerships, and overseeing project management from start to finish positions them as a key player in shaping the company's future growth. Their influence is particularly notable in their ability to identify and capitalize on new educational trends and opportunities for commercial expansion, ensuring customer satisfaction and sustainable business growth through innovative project offerings.

Our innovative learning space designs are shaped by the collective expertise, extensive experience, and insightful teachings of accomplished global professionals. We take their knowledge and design spaces that maximise performance in education, creating​ environments that are fit for the future.

Responsibilities

Global Market Analysis: Analysing global territories to identify new project opportunities. Strategic Partnership Establishment: Forming long-term partnerships for educational and commercial success. Project Management: Managing projects from inception to completion, including lead sourcing, creating designs & renders, writing proposals, sourcing components, deal closing, managing logistics and final installation. Cross-Collaboration with Sales Managers: Ensuring synergy with in-market sales managers for learning space opportunities. Strategy Impact Assessment: Evaluating the effectiveness of implemented strategies. Trend Analysis and Opportunity Identification: Keeping abreast of educational trends for commercial expansion. Customer Satisfaction and Commercial Forecasting: Ensuring customer satisfaction and planning the commercial development of RM projects.

The role and its responsibilities can be expected to evolve across time.

Experience

You will have proven experience of: Leadership skills and management experience with a focus on the creation and delivery of shared school learning spaces and classroom settings. Writing outstanding and comprehensive proposals that match to customer needs and budgets. Experience in achieving financial targets in an education-focused business environment. Strategic planning, team management, and motivational skills. Proficiency in education sector, particularly in curriculum-aligned resource planning and sales. You will be responsible for: 10-15 projects per year AOV £50-£75k per deal Indoor and outdoor projects Global responsibility You will have a strong alignment to RM's core behaviours - Be Brave, Win Together, Be Curious, Make it Simple and Consider it Done. As examples: Be Brave: Boldly exploring new markets and project opportunities, pushing the limits of what is achievable in educational project management. Win Together: Collaborating closely with various stakeholders, including the Global Director and sales teams, to build effective partnerships and deliver comprehensive project solutions. Be Curious: Actively seeking new project opportunities and innovative solutions, continuously expanding their understanding of global educational needs. Make it Simple: Making the process of managing global projects straightforward and efficient, ensuring clear communication and simple yet effective project management practices. Consider it Done: Taking full responsibility for the successful delivery of projects from start to finish, ensuring high standards and customer satisfaction.

At RM we recently introduced My Work Blend @RM which provides office-based colleagues with multi location and hybrid working options to suit them. As well as your office base, you can spend a proportion of your time working at other locations that suit your role and your life, including home, other offices, customer sites, distribution centres or on the move. We encourage you to discuss arrangements for this role with your potential line manager during the recruitment process. We expect how we make best use of hybrid working may continue to adapt as we adjust to our new ways of working. 

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