Head of Projects EMEA & Asia in Chippenham

We are looking for a seasoned project director to take on a senior portfolio stewardship role across our project portfolio. Our projects are typically large, multi-million software and hardware implementations for public transport operators, authorities, and mobility providers. This role maintains a clear, high-level view across all critical and important projects, tracks progress, performance and risk, and stays closely connected with local project management teams to understand their challenges and opportunities.

A strong technical background is essential: understanding the complexity of specific delivery milestones — particularly in software and hardware integration — is key to providing meaningful support and asking the right questions. The role reports to the COO EMEA & Asia and is central to building the project management capability, governance, and tooling the business needs to scale effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain a clear portfolio-level view of all critical and important projects; track progress against forecast, assess risk, identify deviations, and work closely with local teams to drive corrective action.
• Ensure robust scope management and client expectation management across the portfolio — maintaining clarity on contractual boundaries and proactively addressing potential misalignments.
• Act as a trusted advisor and escalation point for local project managers — helping teams navigate delivery challenges and achieve the best outcomes.
• Design and implement robust project management processes, governance frameworks, and tooling — including workload management, time tracking accuracy, and change management practices.
• Establish cost- and revenue-focused project management practices, including financial controlling, cash flow oversight, contingency management, and rigorous cost-to-complete assessments.
• Train and coach existing project managers in new methodologies, tools, and financial disciplines.
• Drive organizational change within the project functions — identify gaps, outline improvements, and implement solutions in close collaboration with the business CEOs.

This role involves approximately 50% international travel and may be located in Europe.

Your Profile

• Experience managing complex projects within a governmental or public sector procurement framework.
• Proven track record of personally delivering large, multi-million software and hardware implementation projects end-to-end.
• Strong technical knowledge — able to assess delivery complexity, challenge assumptions, and meaningfully support teams on technical milestones.
• Experience implementing improvements to project management methodology, organisation, and governance.
• Hands-on experience deploying project management and workload management tools.
• Strong understanding of project financials: budgeting, cost control, revenue recognition, and cash flow.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills; strong stakeholder management at all levels.
• Pragmatic hands-on mentality — comfortable working directly on problems in a scaling organisation.
• Background in public transport, mobility technology, or complex B2B enterprise software is a strong advantage.

Worker Type: Regular

Number of Openings Available: 1