Project Management Technical Director​/Project Director- PMCM CI&U

Overview

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Who We Are:

WSP is a global leader in engineering and professional services, delivering innovative solutions that shape communities and advance society. With over 75,000 employees worldwide, WSP combines technical excellence with a commitment to sustainability, diversity, and inclusion. Our award-winning culture empowers professionals to tackle complex challenges and create a better future.

Project, Commercial & Programme Management (PMCM) at WSP ensures successful project delivery through integrated management of scope, cost, schedule, and risk. Our team of over 400 professionals support clients from concept to completion, applying structured methodologies and digital tools to deliver resilient, efficient infrastructure.

This team’s current projects range from major highways, rail and light rail, urban infrastructure, civils, energy, flood, water, wind, carbon capture, nuclear, defence and large-scale utilities projects. We are looking to strengthen our NEC ECC PM team in supporting all of these sectors with openings in project management at various levels across the UK.

As a Project Director / Project Management Technical Director, you will play a pivotal leadership role within a rapidly growing Project Management, Programme Management and Construction Management (PMCM) business. You will provide strategic direction and oversight across major, complex programmes, while shaping, growing, and developing high‑performing project management teams across our sectors.

You will be accountable for building organisational capability — setting standards, developing talent pipelines, and creating a strong culture of collaboration, performance, and professional excellence. Alongside senior project delivery accountability, you will act as a trusted adviser to clients, strengthening long‑term relationships, identifying growth opportunities, and expanding our project management and advisory offering, particularly in support of net zero and sustainability ambitions.

Working closely with clients, senior stakeholders, and multidisciplinary leaders across project management, programme management, design, risk, PMO, cost and carbon management, planning, and information management, you will balance strategic leadership with hands‑on oversight of complex commissions. You will mentor and empower senior project leaders, take responsibility for succession planning and capability development, and contribute to the overall growth and direction of the PMCM business.

We are seeking a highly credible, values‑driven leader with a strong track record of building, leading, and scaling teams, combined with deep technical and commercial expertise. You will bring:

• Recognised project management qualifications (PMP, APM, PRINCE2 or equivalent) and extensive experience leading large‑scale, multidisciplinary infrastructure programmes, ideally across multiple sectors.
• Proven leadership at scale, including line management of senior project managers, team leaders and emerging talent, with demonstrable experience in coaching, mentoring, performance management, and developing future leaders.
• Exceptional stakeholder and client leadership skills, with the ability to operate at executive level, build trusted long‑term relationships, and position the business as a partner of choice.
• Strong commercial and business acumen, including responsibility for portfolio performance, cost and margin management, budget forecasting, and NEC3/4 ECC contract leadership (accreditation desirable), alongside experience overseeing change management and governance frameworks.
• Strategic resource and capability management expertise, including workforce planning, resource forecasting, and…