Associate Director / Director - Transactions

We are an exciting and fast-growing transport consultancy known by our clients for our people and sector expertise. As part of our Transactions offering, we support international financial institutions, passenger transport operators, freight operators, and private investors make investment decisions through undertaking commercial and technical due diligence. Our team has a comprehensive understanding of key transport markets globally.

We're looking for a leader in transactions advisory to join our team - someone ready to step into a market leader role to expand and diversify our offering. If you're an entrepreneur at heart, eager to seize new opportunities, maximise your potential, and achieve success, we want to hear from you. We are passionate about building a diverse and inclusive organisation with a unique culture of putting our people first - we highly encourage applications from women and those with ethnically diverse backgrounds.

Why Should You Apply?

• An opportunity to join a fast-growing consultancy business and help shape its direction and development.
• An opportunity to lead and expand our Transactions business, leading commercial and technical due diligence projects of (inter)national importance, for financial sector clients.
• Assume leadership for delivering business performance and making strong commercial decisions.
• Accelerate your growth and join a flat-structured team where we collaborate and all take responsibility for growth.
• Lead projects as a Project Director, ensuring that best practice techniques are applied consistently and diversifying The Hub's offering in the Transactions space.
• Own a part of the business plan to deliver growth in line with our strategy, building a pipeline of work through active management of (new) client relationships.
• Lead by example through mentoring and deliberate collaboration across the company.
• Work on internationally significant projects for major global clients.

About Us

Since our inception in 2020, we have established ourselves as a dynamic and forward-thinking specialist transport consultancy, consistently delivering on some of the most exciting and complex transport projects both within the UK and internationally. Our firm uniquely blends strategic and commercial advisory services with deep sector expertise, enabling us to advise clients on their most critical challenges and deliver robust, evidence-based solutions that drive real impact. While our core experience lies in the rail sector-serving national and international clients-we are ambitious about expanding our reach to encompass the broader transport industry. Our team is passionate about helping clients navigate complexity, identify opportunities, and achieve sustainable growth through data-driven decision-making and innovative commercial strategies.

As a growing business, we are especially proud of the values that guide us. We set annual, measurable targets across key social impact areas, with a particular focus on equity, diversity, inclusion (EDI), and employee well-being. These commitments reflect our belief that delivering outstanding results for our clients goes hand in hand with creating a positive, inclusive workplace and making a meaningful difference in the communities we serve.

We are looking for

A senior leader with a proven track record in transactions and due diligence, ready to shape the future of transport advisory. You are entrepreneurial, ambitious, and driven by the opportunity to build something exceptional. You thrive on autonomy, relish complex challenges, and have the credibility to influence clients and colleagues at the highest level.

You bring:

• Presence, reputation (10yrs+ experience) and a network in the transport sector among clients, investors/financiers and (financial) advisors.
• Proven ability to generate leads, win work, and deliver work in Commercial and Technical Due Diligence, to support clients undertaking transactions in at least two of the following sectors: International Rail (including infrastructure, passenger and freight operations), Urban Transit (light rail/tram), Bus, Ferries, Ports/Maritime. Non-transport sectors such as Energy, Data, Social would be a bonus but not essential.
• Knows how to work with (financial) clients to understand their perspective and achieve outcomes, and the ability to translate technical concepts into commercial solutions.
• Ability to shape The Hub's offer to target growth markets.
• Relevant experience in project management, and comfortable with managing a range of large consulting projects effectively and in parallel.
• Relevant experience in leading teams of people in the business and across projects, including development and management of people.

We offer

• A highly competitive package with a transparent remuneration framework.
• Market-beating performance-based bonus scheme.
• Flexible pension contributions.
• Medical, dental and life insurance.
• Personal learning and development budget.
• Extended parental leave.
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), with an opportunity to take a further 5 days each year.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements (including part-time work).
• Wellbeing and smart health benefits.
• Referral bonus scheme.

We give you the opportunity and means to continuously develop yourself and provide support in doing so, with learning opportunities and professional coaching.

The Location

We are located in Holborn in the heart of London close to our most important clients and partners. We offer flexible working from the office, home or another location as we understand that our people like a healthy balance between face to face contact with colleagues and a reduced commute.

Interested? Get in touch on Please provide a CV and a cover letter. Please respond by Friday 12th December.