Job Details

Job Summary

Senior Project Manager/Associate Director - The role is working within a regional bid and operations team focusing on UAE as a geography and PMC as a service. This role will lead for pre-contract activities and provide oversite to PMC services where required. This could be a move into a Business Management/Business Development career journey.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

You will be responsible for at least the following areas and duties in your role:

• Bid Management - Leadership and contributing to the management of pre-contract activities, role includes:
• RFP analysis
• Bid-no bid decision processing
• Lead formation of bid team members
• Bid administration leadership
• Produce technical bid response for assigned projects in conjunction with wider market and capability teams
• For assigned opportunities lead and produce the technical and commercial formulation of proposals
• Financial data input and pricing exercise
• Client Liaison and Tender Presentations
• Lead win-work and controls teams to ensure compliance with controls tool and governance completion, Stage Gates, LoA etc.
• Liaise with Commercial and Legal teams to ensure terms and conditions are reviewed and optimized.
• Client negotiations around award.

Staff Deployment Planning - Working with controls and capability leads to track and aid staff deployment, placement and career planning

Recruitment & Onboarding - Lead the recruitment and staff placement process. Includes working with and evolving roles descriptions, salary banding, technical onboarding.

Operations Support - Help support the market and capabilities team to ensure no gaps or coverage in business management. This includes all facets working with controls team to ensure effective

Business Performance Reporting - production of reporting in assigned projects and business units as applicable. Monitor and report on bid performance metrics using dashboards and analytics.

Governance Requirements - including mandatory training, timesheet compliance, bid and project delivery governance completion

Financial Performance Oversight - Oversee and review assigned project cost to complete forecasting and ensuring effective commission management is in place.

Service Oversight

• Project set up and project team onboarding
• Mobilisation management of new commissions
• Demobilization management and commission completion
• Lessons learnt production and dissemination

Client Management - For assigned clients

Meet with the client and ensure satisfaction with AtkinsRealis services.

Where assigned act as a client lead for all service types.

Act as part of the oversight teams and attend key client meetings.

Capability Management - Look at service improvement initiatives for PMC services based on service feedback with Capability Leads.

Bid Intelligence & Pipeline Development – Assist market leads with establishing and maintaining a forward-looking bid pipeline and support development of win themes and value propositions.

Knowledge Management & Re-use – Ensure capture of post-bid feedback and integrate insights into future submissions.

Capability Uplift & Training – Identify skills gaps relating to bidding and delivery readiness. Develop and deliver training for bid contributors. Support career development planning for staff aligned to strategic bids.

Direct Reports

None

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering or science.

Qualities

• 10+ years total experience.
• Sound understanding of project management practice and processes
• Adept at problem solving and strategic thinking - executes new and creative solutions, able to see the wider view.
• Familiar with process and business systems thinking
• Able to thrive and make effective decisions in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Good knowledge of how technology can be applied to support the business
• Able to communicate with a broad range internal stakeholders up to C-Suite and quickly gain trust and respect
• Able to demonstrate influence without direct authority
• Leads by example - creates an inclusive work environment and encourages diversity
• Demands excellence - Sets standards and delivers high-quality work.