Project Management Capability Lead (UK Wide)

Job description

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

As part of our ongoing growth in Energy Transition, Nuclear Decommissioning, Defence and Digital Consultancy, we are seeking a Project Management Capability Lead to lead our growth and delivery capability across the biggest and most challenging projects, programmes, consultancy and advisory opportunities that 'move the needle' for the sector, for our clients and for Jacobs.

The purpose of this role is to strategically position Jacobs in the successful appointment, delivery of projects and programmes, building the PM capability and keeping the capability members connected to the business. The role will lead the growth of our capabilities and capacity through our existing talent and acquisition of sector differentiators to access new markets and geographies. The role is agile, responding to the needs of the market, and you'll find yourself in a mixture of external and internal positions, working with a network of senior global leaders in:

Providing excellent leadership of our team, look after their wellbeing, and enable their growth and development so that we are the employer of choice for project and Programme Management Professionals.

Delivering excellent performance for all our clients.

Ensuring sustained growth of our business and deliver sustainable profitability.

Growing our project and programmes management delivery capability.

Here's What You'll Need:

Here's What You'll Need

Taking new market share - positioning with new clients and/or new sectors. Creating growth for the whole business by combining our offerings with those from other OUs.

Developing and retaining an engaged workforce that meets business needs, ensuring we have the skills/capabilities required and that these are deployed effectively.

Building enduring relationships with clients and partners by understanding and delivering their business needs so we become their company of choice.

Ensuring health, wellbeing, safety, and environmental outcomes are delivered in both operational and project contexts.

Leading multi-disciplinary cross-functional teams in a highly regulated environment.

Delivering projects to time, budget, and client quality expectations.

Delivering key business outcomes - revenue, margin, G&A spend, retention etc

Degree qualified in appropriate engineering or management subject and membership of a relevant professional body such as APM or an engineering institution.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
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