PMO Director

Leads PMO and Project Controls across assigned hubs, building high-performing teams, driving service excellence and strengthening industry engagement. Promotes Mace’s expertise while ensuring services exceed client expectations, remain competitive and continue to support sustainable growth.

• Champion safety, wellbeing, inclusivity and responsible delivery across every project.
• Deliver projects through clear planning, quality systems and strong stakeholder collaboration.
• Supervise change and commercial performance with integrity.
• Lead teams to achieve KPIs, share best practice and unlock potential across Mace.
• Lead PMO and Project Controls performance across assigned hubs.
• Ensure services align with best practice, ISO standards and Control Centre requirements.
• Provide expert guidance, mentoring and cross-hub support.
• Build trusted client partnerships while driving digital delivery, service excellence and net zero outcomes.

• Significant experience of effective PMO and Project Controls leadership on significant/landmark/mega construction projects.
• Significant experience of leading the effective deployment of robust PMO and Project
• Controls strategies/frameworks and integrated project controls methodologies.
• Expert knowledge of risk tools, techniques and software (e.g., MS office and Power BI, Aconex, Primavera P6 and Risk Hive, @risk, Primavera Risk Analyser).
• Ability to manage activities with significant uncertainty or ambiguity providing effective consultancy to clients and other key stakeholders to drive effective outcome/s.
• Practical application and understanding of the opportunities related to data analytics and intelligent reporting, Power BI and other reporting suite tools.
• Strong business development skills and commercial awareness/acumen (e.g. cross selling Mace services into client organisations).
• Strong understanding of construction and related industry, trends, innovation and associated threats and opportunities.
• Deep domain knowledge of providing PMO and Project Controls leadership in collaboration with external bodies, professional institutions and peers.
• Experience of working client side as well as consultancy.
• Excellent communicator (verbal and written), relationship manager.
• Confident presenter and public speaker; ability to capture the audience and clearly transmit the position/message.
• Effective appraisal/analytical skills to support skilled negotiations, problem solving, or conflict resolution.
• Develops and maintains excellent professional working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Growth mindset that promotes curiosity, high-quality contribution and team collaboration.
• Encourages awareness of colleagues from different technical, social and cultural backgrounds.
• Encourages sharing of best practice and lesson learnt between teams.
• Uses enthusiasm to focus team on achieving improved business and/or major project/programme/account performance.
• Manages upwards effectively and constructively challenges BUD.
• Leads others effectively, gives clear direction, coaches and supports others to reach their full potential.
• Mentors and develops the project team and others in the business; provides a safe work environment to learn and mature, sharing knowledge and experience.
• Adapts and reacts well to changing priorities and requirements (both business and project). Demonstrates a growth mindset and explores innovative approaches, in pursuit of a better way.
• Embraces new technology and helps others to adapt.
• Takes responsibility for their actions, leads by example and acts in an ethical, legal and responsible way.
• Understands personal strengths and weaknesses and introduces the right selection of skills and competencies to balance.
• Recognises…