At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead complex projects and deliver real value across various sectors.
- Company: Join PA Consulting, a leader in project delivery with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, health perks, 25 days leave, and a generous pension scheme.
- Other info: Flexible hybrid working environment with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful impact on critical projects in Defence, Health, and more.
- Qualifications: 2+ years in project delivery with leadership skills and sector experience.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
Do you enjoy working on complex and challenging projects, programmes and portfolios, delivering real and meaningful value? Our Delivery Team is PA’s Centre of Excellence for all project, programme and portfolio capability. The team has a great reputation for realising high value outcomes for our clients by supporting and leading delivery across the most critical projects, programmes and portfolios.
Developing meaningful and long‑standing partnerships with our clients, the team also has an extensive track record of providing crucial advisory services and building delivery capability and delivery excellence for client teams at all levels. Our growing team covers the full spectrum of delivery expertise. Our experience ranges from supporting highly complex business transformations, to delivering infrastructure and engineering projects, through to providing deep technical expertise on IT and technology driven change. Our team operates across several sectors, and there are opportunities to work with industries including Defence & Security, Health, Transport, Financial Services, Consumer, Energy & Utilities and Public Services. We provide deep sector insight and bring fresh perspectives to delivery challenges.
Some Example Of Our Exciting Assignments Include:
- Establishing a brand‑new business unit for the Financial Ombudsman Service to manage millions of PPI mis‑selling claims
- Helping a Global Pharmaceutical Company double their production volume of medical devices
- Partnering with the National Crime Agency, supporting their strategic transformation to combat serious and organised crime
- Transforming Ariad Pharmaceuticals’ technology platforms and services to accelerate lung cancer drug research and treatments
- Managing key transformation programmes in the NHS to improve patient care and sustainability.
Location Flexible working – we operate in a hybrid working environment where we come into a client site or office, at least two days per week. Current office locations for Delivery include London, Bristol and Cheltenham.
We are looking for candidates with the potential to become future project and programme leaders, with skills and experience in one or more of the following areas:
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience of delivery in project and programme environments, with an understanding of delivery/change methodologies, processes, techniques and common challenges
- A track record of realising business benefits and outcomes
- The ability to demonstrate leadership skills in large and diverse project teams
- Ability to work across multiple levels of an organisation
- An aptitude for delivering creative and ingenious solutions
The ideal candidate will also have experience working in one of the following sectors:
- Defence and Security
- Energy & Utilities
- Transport
- Public Services
Apply today by completing our online application.
Benefits (Detailed)
- Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
- 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
- Generous company pension scheme
- Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives
- Annual performance‑based bonus
- PA share ownership
- Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.
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PA Consulting is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture, offering competitive benefits such as private healthcare, generous annual leave, and a robust pension scheme. With a strong focus on employee growth, the firm provides opportunities to engage in impactful projects across various sectors, including Defence and Government, while promoting a hybrid working environment that supports work-life balance.
