Director - Asset and Capital Planning

Job description

Global Director of Asset and Capital Planning

Location: London Kings X

Salary: Competitive + bonus + 26 days holiday + PMI + Free breakfast/lunch/dinner

As the Director - Asset Management and Capital Planning, you will lead a team to manage a portfolio of physical assets (heat pumps to curtain walls) across a technical office portfolio covering c14m SqFt in the USA, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. You'll create robust financial plans for the replacement of assets at the end of their useful life and for their appropriate maintenance in service. You'll introduce novel finance techniques (including off balance sheet arrangements) to achieve best value for money in the prevailing context. You'll have regard to sustainability, the productivity of highly skilled knowledge workers, and portfolio level optimisation when devising your strategy.

This job is part of the Operations Management function, which is responsible for delivering outstanding outcomes for our customers through the application of our expertise and other competitive advantages.

Responsibilities

• Run an asset management operation that considers the age, condition, capability, operational purpose and performance of assets across a portfolio.

• Devise and deliver robust financial plans, including the implementation of bespoke 'as-a-service' products where appropriate.

• Lead a team of skilled engineers and data analysts, developing their capability and future potential.

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct

performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.

• Apply programme management techniques to deliver your objectives on time, within specified buget, and within an agreed risk profile.
• Communicate difficult and complex ideas with the ability to influence.

Our Global portfolio spans from California In the West to the UAE in the East and from Finland in the North to South Africa. You'll lead a team based in multiple time zones and you'll need to plan your time so that you're available to them and to our clients. For the same reason, you'll need to undertake trans-Atlantic approximately twice a year where budgetary constraints allow, and within your base region (EMEA or USA) more frequently.

What success looks like

You'll understand the SLAs and KPIs you're responsible for and how you and your team are going to achieve them. You'll track progress closely, and propose interventions to improve effectiveness when performance deviates from forecast. You'll help our client understand how their objectives interact with one another and how they can make best use of available resources, money, and available technology and techniques to achieve them.

You'll consider the motivations and pressures that influence team and client behaviors, and you'll design solutions to enhance everyone's productivity and effectiveness. Your expertise and service orientation will help you to reach realistic and mutually beneficial understandings.

You'll understand the theoretical underpinnings of an effective asset management and capital planning strategy, and will use your creativity to design and implement ways of delivering it. You'll focus on delivering the best possible effect within the constraints you encounter.

Your team will understand their individual deliverables and how they contribute to overall performance. You will grow the capability of your team and plan for succession.

Your team will include 2 to 3 engineers and data scientists, and you'll own important working relationships with many client teams.

As well as leading your team, you'll be a key advisor to the Global Technical Services Director as well as other members of the global executive team.

You'll be expected to contribute to the professional development of your team members as well as other people across the account.