Principal Consultant - Programme Advisory in City of Westminster

Join AtkinsRéalis as part of our Delivery Partner team, working on some of the world's most exciting and prestigious programmes such as Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, High Speed 2 and Heathrow. You will be part of a genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone is supported to make the most of their talents, recognise contributions, and deliver excellence together.

Responsibilities

• Programme Lifecycle: Ability to contribute across the full programme lifecycle, leading the mobilisation and delivery of major transformational projects and PMOs.
• Process Mapping: Expertise in developing and documenting best practices, processes, and guidance for programme teams and PMOs, such as creating PMO Handbooks.
• Strategic Advisory: Experience providing strategic advice on business transformations, maturity assessments, organisational design, portfolio management, P3M Recovery and improving programme efficiencies to deliver performance.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to lead commissions & build strong relationships with key stakeholders, tailoring communications to specific audiences and facilitating effective workshops (in-person, virtual, or hybrid).
• Data & Reporting: Application of strong analytical thinking to collect, organise, and analyse data, ensuring accurate reporting and recommendations.
• Proactive Approach: Take initiative in delivering high-quality solutions in complex and evolving environments.
• Driving Change: Demonstrated success in leading or supporting change initiatives with tangible, positive outcomes.
• Technical Excellence: Ability to leverage your area of expertise to deliver exceptional service to clients, ensuring that both clients and internal teams benefit from your technical knowledge and insights.
• Business Development: Use your client management skills to enhance the AtkinsRéalis brand position and build connections with current and future clients.
• Leadership: Contribute to the ongoing success of our practice by working with junior members of the team on their professional development and programme advisory skillset.
• Professional Certifications: Hold or be working towards certifications such as APM PMQ/PPQ/ChPP, MoP, MSP, PRINCE2, PROSCI, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar qualifications.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and is driven to make a real impact.
• Is passionate about contributing to transformational change across major infrastructure sectors.
• Enjoys solving complex challenges and delivering innovative solutions.
• Is motivated by working within multidisciplinary teams across different client environments.

About AtkinsRéalis

At AtkinsRéalis, we are a world-leading design, engineering, and project management organisation. We connect people, data, and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We are committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. We seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. Combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.