The Role and Purpose
As part of the continued growth of our Programme and Project Management team, we are recruiting an Associate Director to lead the delivery of major, complex healthcare programmes across the North. Based from our Leeds office, this is a senior leadership role with a dual focus on delivery excellence and business growth.
You will lead high‑value capital projects, build and deepen client relationships, and drive the development of a strong and sustainable pipeline of work aligned to regional and national business plans.
Working closely with the Regional Director and wider leadership team, you will also act as a specialism lead, shaping and enhancing our PPM offering while contributing to the broader strategic ambition of Archus. We’re looking for a commercially minded leader who combines technical credibility with relationship‑building and growth capability.
You’ll Bring
- A proven track record of winning and growing PPM work within a region or sector
- Strong experience leading teams and developing people
- End-to-end experience of healthcare project delivery, including NEC/JCT contract administration and governance
- Excellent commercial awareness, with accountability for revenue and margin performance
- Deep understanding of the healthcare sector and operating environment
- Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior stakeholder level
- You will ideally hold (or be working towards) a relevant professional qualification such as MRICS, APM, MCIOB, RIBA or equivalent.
Benefits And Salary On Offer
This role will have a salary commensurate with the level of experience and knowledge of the applicant.
In Addition, You Will Have Access To The Following
- Great social culture – but we also respect people’s personal approach to socialising
- An attractive annual bonus incentivisation
- Life assurance
- Individual private medical insurance
- Group Income protection Cover
- Pension – matching up to 5% employer for 5% employee contribution
- Employee share trust – Employees own 10% share of the business. Allocations are made to the team each year, with potential for discretionary dividends on an annual basis
- Sale reward scheme – designed to incentivise and reward those that secure and deliver new work/opportunities
- Up to a maximum of 28 days annual leave based on length of service.
- Annual leave purchase scheme (up to 5 additional days per annum)
- 1 annual wellbeing day
- 1 annual volunteering day
- Enhanced family friendly leave such as 12 weeks full maternity pay!
- Hybrid/flexible approach to work
- International secondments
- Opportunity to request an unpaid sabbatical – up to 12 weeks away from the workplace, extended to a formal 6 month career break if you need longer to experience life away from your home country
- Opportunity to get involved with our internal working groups - become a champion for your region for Diversity & Inclusion, Health & Wellbeing, Social Value, Environmental and Governance
Disability Confident Committed Employer
Archus is a Disability Confident Committed Employer, which means we take a number of proactive steps to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and also to support any of our team who may have a disability or long‑term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. If you need any assistance or would like to request any adjustments as part of our recruitment process, don’t hesitate to ask.
