Mace
Associate Director - Information Management
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Associate Director - Information Management
Associate Director – Information Management (Defence Role)
Location: Cumbria | Contract Type: Permanent (Midwich Sector)
About Mace & the Role
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to empower people and projects, redefining ambition through structured information management. This Associate Director supports Mace’s Defence team, driving Information Management (IM) strategies in air systems and high-visibility programmes—delivering ISO 19650-aligned solutions across project and programme scales.
Key to your responsibilities will be leading IM strategy, enforcing Mace’s operational frameworks, and fostering a high-performing IM team within an integrated, secure, Defence-regulated client space. The role starts in the autumn/winter period and offers a compelling mix of strategic leadership, technical excellence, and workplace flexibility.
Responsibilities
As Associate Director – Information Management (IM), your focus embraces:
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Strategic leadership:
- Define and execute IM strategies, standards, and processes aligned with ISO 19650 and Mace’s operational Way of Working (WoW), applying modern frameworks to client-facing projects.
- Establish and manage the IM function across programmes, ensuring embedment with process, naming, numbering, and filing systems for effective information governance.
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Delivery and assurance:
- Be the guardian of quality: Provide end-to-end assurance on all documents, artefacts, and data, enforcing DQM (Data Quality Management) standards.
- Specify and deliver tools, methodologies, and templates to minimise redundancy, improve data accuracy, and reduce errors.
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Technical/expertise contributions:
- Deliver advisory leadership on IM challenges in the global Digital Centre of Excellence, developing and propagating a consolidated knowledge base (e.g., guides, standards, and lessons learned).
- Support productivity and commercial bids, ensuring bids incorporate future-proof IM architectures to win and deliver projects effectively.
- Drive innovation with a net-zero focus: Align IM practices with sustainability goals, optimising digital workflows to reduce operational carbon emissions across projects.
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- People leadership & culture:
- Manage diverse teams of Information Management coordinators, standards specialists, and delivery staff (~8–12 FTEs depending on needs), fostering behavioural excellence aligned with goals and KPIs.
- Empower teams through performance management, career development programmes, and coaching, creating dynamic environments aligned to Mace’s continuous improvement ethos.
Requirements
A proven track record within high-stakes programmes is essential:
- Clearances: Must be eligible for (and maintain) a UK Security Clearance (at least Secret, ideally above) in support of Defence/related work.
- Leadership and architecture: >=7 years of leadership in Information Management across projects (~P1-P4 scale), achieving measurable impact in areas like:
- Information Architecture: Composing and governing ISO19650-compliant environments, including naming conventions and classification systems.
- Practice implementation: Driving adherence to global frameworks, delivering world-class content management in sectors like Infrastructure, Defence, or Construction.
- Certifications: APM IM (or equivalent) as an Assoc of Information Managers, and acknowledged as a technical Subject Matter Expert (SME).
- Software expertise: Deep proficiency in Aconex, Viewpoint Business Collaborator, and similar IM/PM suites, with hands-on experience configuring tools to improve usability for teams.
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Benefits
Mace values people who thrive in goal-driven environments, offering:
- Competitive Hybrid working arrangements to support balance and productivity.
- Security & protections: Single status medical insurance (including employees) and life/Income Protection Insurance.
- Enhanced pensions and discretionary annual salary reviews, with clear options for incremental career advancement.
- Family-friendly policies and generous leave:
- 22 days core leave + 2 Mace days +
- 3 days Christmas closure +
- 1 extra leave day for every two years’ service +
- All UK standard bank holidays.
- Supportive culture underpinned by the principles of Continuous Improvement and Net Zero commitment.
Mace’s Values
- Safety first: Championing a culture prioritising wellbeing, safety, diversity and inclusion.
- Client focus: Resolute delivery of quality ahead of mediocre compromise, grounded in trust and long-term partnership.
- Integrity: Ethical, compliance-driven behaviours underpin all work;
- Create opportunity: Ownership-driven growth circles, inspiring teams to innovate and exceed.
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Mace is fully committed to equitable employment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. Your experience may not need to align perfectly with the specifying details—if aligning with our values and ambition, we can engage to explore synergies or alternative roles. We are open to discussing part-time, flexible, or modified hybrid working arrangements where they offer operational functionality. Please contact HR** [not provided, delete as required].
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