Project Director - Healthcare

Our client is a well established, innovative international real estate construction consultancy with several offices in Yorkshire and other key UK cities who work with a variety of high calibre and long-standing clients across a number of sectors. They are passionate about making a difference, delivering better outcomes for their clients, helping their people to realise their potential, and creating a green, inclusive and productive world where opportunities are open to all.

Due to the number of high-profile healthcare projects our client is currently working on, they are seeking a Project Director to join their existing Project Management team in Leeds, lead a team of PMs and work with key healthcare clients, as well as managing existing key accounts and developing new and existing relationships.

Main purpose of the role:

• To lead and coordinate project activities, ensuring good communication and adherence to governance processes.
• To understand, anticipate, inform and deliver great outcomes for their clients, every time, everywhere through your team.
• To drive exceptional delivery, health & safety, commercial, risk management and quality performance throughout the project lifecycle.
• To develop a team of Project Management professionals with a strong pipeline of work across healthcare.
• Lead the team and grow the business unit by attracting talent and delivering great work for a very busy set of clients.
• Have strong input on bids and help win new clients.

Key accountabilities:

• Helping to establish the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout the project.
• Overseeing project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.
• Overseeing the procurement of resources on a project.
• Leading and facilitating the overall cross-functional project team.
• Monitoring and applying performance management techniques.
• Managing the change control process.
• Monitoring and advising upon project finances.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
• Preparing formal project progress and other reports.
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Business development to include:

• Identifying opportunities to develop new business with new and existing clients.
• Assisting in the production of bid documentation.
• Financial management - Ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilising FMS in order to monitor a project’s financial status.

The candidate:

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in a consultancy or acute healthcare construction and demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role, committed to delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results. Desired experience includes:

• Construction related degree or a similar construction related qualification with extensive technical delivery experience of healthcare facilities.
• Well organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal.
• Must have construction experience and the right to work in the UK.

Our client wants their people to succeed both in work and life. To support this they promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. They are an equal opportunity employer who celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

For more information and a confidential conversation about the role please apply now by submitting your CV or contact John at john@tempestjones.com or on 07885 774 155.