Practice Director Strategic Advisory

Job Description

Overview

Our Advisory Practice provides strategic technical and commercial advice to public and private sector clients across the globe. We operate across multiple sectors through all stages of the project lifecycle. With ambitious plans for growth we are looking to expand our team with talented and passionate professionals with the drive needed to support diversification across multiple sectors.

We are seeking a Practice Director (Strategic Advisory) to report directly to the Complex Projects Advisory Practice Director.

You will join a team working on some of the largest and most complex programmes in the UK and abroad supporting sectors such as Nuclear Aviation Defence Water Transportation Power and Renewables.

Our new Complex Projects - Strategic Advisory team works as a partner to our clients to define outcomes and policy for their organisation and create investible cases for public funders and private investors.

This is a senior leadership role for an experienced professional who can drive business growth lead a dynamic high performing team and deliver strategic advice at the highest levels of client organisations.

By joining our Complex Projects Advisory team you will be part of a genuinely collaborative environment where everyone is supported to maximise their talents. We believe in recognising everyones contributions equally while delivering excellence together.

Your role

You will be responsible for sourcing winning leading and delivering commissions from clients across the globe in the advisory sector.

Business Development

• Build a strong and varied pipeline of work through active management of client relationships.
• Sell services from across AtkinsRéalis and leverage reputation as a specialist in the field.
• Initiate develop and close advisory opportunities with Transport and adjacent sector clients.
• Support the wider Advisory practice via client engagement and proposal development.
• Represent AtkinsRéalis at client meetings industry events and conferences enhancing the companys reputation as a leader in providing strategic advisory for the worlds most complex projects.

Business Leadership

• Be accountable for delivering business performance and making strong commercial and operational decisions.
• Shape the advisory offer to deliver growth in line with our Vision 2035.
• Develop and mentor team members in the delivery of advisory services across business case feasibility studies whole system strategy and investment advisory.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams across business units fostering relationships that promote knowledge sharing and support for client delivery and growth.
• Ensure the Practices skills and capacity align with market needs through targeted recruitment and staff development and strong partnerships with the supply chain.
• Accountability for the delivery of projects across the Strategic Advisory Practice ensuring projects are delivered in accordance with relevant governance and best practice guidelines.

About you

• Presence and reputation in the infrastructure sector with extensive client partner and stakeholder networks
• Proven ability to originate opportunities win work and deliver work at senior levels in an advisory environment to support clients in transport energy defence and water sectors both in the UK and abroad.
• Degree-level or equivalent professional qualification.
• Dynamic and inspirational leader with a proven ability to align motivate and develop high-performing teams.
• Calm under pressure self-driven and adaptable with strong interpersonal organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders in the most senior levels of our client organisations including in government and private sector
• Supportive mentor committed to talent growth and continuous improvement.
• Customer-centric with a collaborative culturally aware approach and ability to build strong relationships.
• Passionate about shaping a new Practice with a flexible open approach ready to grasp opportunities and deal with uncertainty
• Excellent interpersonal organisational and communication skills both verbal and written.
• Proven experience in a related leadership role with a reputation for technical excellence and high-quality delivery in relevant disciplines.

Reward & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health wellbeing financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So we offer a range of family friendly inclusive employment policies flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer we value applications from all backgrounds cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

Job Type

At AtkinsRéalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender ethnic or national origin sexual identity and orientation age religion or disability but enriches itself through these differences.