Job Description
Overview
Do you thrive in fast‑paced environments? Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and make a real impact? If so, we'd love to hear from you.We're looking for an Associate Director to join our team who is passionate about driving positive change within client PMOs through influence, delivery excellence, and partnership. You'll work across multiple sectors on some of the UK's most complex, high‑profile programmes, collaborating with multi‑disciplinary teams and solving diverse client challenges. This role will allow you to work across various programmes, with the support of some of the most experienced teams across the global AtkinsRéalis business while developing your own career journey. Last year the Programme Advisory team was one of the fastest‑growing business practices, driven by our success in the infrastructure market. On the back of this growth, we're continuing to invest in our people, seeking outstanding talent to join us to join us on our growth journey. The Programme Advisory team works with our Delivery Partner clients across some of the largest and most complex programmes in the UK and beyond in the Nuclear, Aviation, Defence, Water, Power & Renewables, and Transportation sectors. We pride ourselves on empowering clients through trusted collaboration and helping them solve complex challenges, transform their organisations, and build an enduring capability for the future. Maturity Assessments sit at the heart of how we operate - supporting clients as a trusted strategic advisor, utilising tools and frameworks to deliver technical excellence and high value outcomes. This is delivered through industry tools like P3M3 and AR's bespoke internal tool - Hexagon. As we scale this offering, we are seeking an individual who has deep technical expertise to lead delivery teams, coupled with an advisory mindset to guide clients through ambiguity to high impact outcomes.
Your role
You will be accountable for the technical delivery excellence which will establish Hexagon as the go‑to bespoke maturity assessment approach across priority sectors and key strategic clients. Lead the technical delivery, consistency, and evolution of the Maturity Assessment offerings (tools and capability) and wider maturity assessment service line. Acts as the technical authority across engagements, ensuring high-quality outputs, aligned methodology, and a connected SME capability network.
Methodology, Toolkit & Innovation
Maintain and enhance MA (Hexagon) frameworks, lenses, and scoring guidance. Oversee development of delivery toolkits, templates, and digital assets (e.g. Power BI, SharePoint).
Capability Network & Community of Practice
Establish and lead the Maturity Assessments Community of Practice as the focal point for delivery capability. Build and coordinate a network of internal stakeholders and SMEs aligned to Maturity Assessment themes and lenses. Enable effective SME "reach-back" and knowledge sharing to support delivery and continuous improvement.
Delivery Assurance
Provide oversight across self and full maturity assessments. Ensure consistency in scoring, evidence review, and recommendations. Support complex engagements across scoping, discovery, validation, and reporting phases.
Client Engagement
Provide senior technical input across assessments and workshops. Translate outputs into clear, prioritised improvement roadmaps. Support positioning of Hexagon / MA's as a front-end diagnostic for wider work.
Service Growth & Innovation
Support MA WW lead on bids and proposition development. Enhance offering through digital, benchmarking, and integration with wider advisory services. Promote use of Hexagon as a pipeline and business development enabler.
About you
Strong understanding of P3M delivery and maturity assessment frameworks (P3M3, others). Professional qualifications desirable. P3M3 Assessor Accreditation. APM / MSP / PRINCE2 / MoP. Lean / Six Sigma / Change.
Role Competencies
- Technical Leadership: Leads maturity assessments using recognised frameworks and best practice methods.
- Quality Assurance: Ensures consistent, evidence-based outputs across all engagements.
- Leadership, Influence & Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinates teams and SMEs and engages stakeholders effectively.
- Collaboration: Builds internal networks to enable scalable delivery.
- Programme Lifecycle: Delivers major transformations across the full programme lifecycle.
- PMO Design & Implementation: Designs and embeds PMOs across people, process, governance, and tools.
- Analytical & Problem Solving: Analyses complex data to generate clear, insight-driven outputs.
- Change & Delivery Mindset: Drives change and delivers high-quality outcomes in complex environments.
- Communication: Translates complex findings into clear and actionable insights.
Rewards & benefits
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AtkinsRéalis is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation and collaboration thrive. As a Technical Director in Civil Structures, you'll have the opportunity to lead transformative projects across critical UK infrastructure while benefiting from a diverse and inclusive culture that values every voice. With hybrid working options and a commitment to employee growth, including talent development and succession planning, you can shape your career while contributing to landmark engineering solutions in the Energy, Defence, and Nuclear sectors.
