Stantec
PMO & Programme Integration Lead - Water Sector
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PMO & Programme Integration Lead
The Opportunity
Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. We champion innovation at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships, upgrading cities and infrastructure for the future, and remaking what is possible.
The Programme Management and Commercial Management (PMCM) team is seeking a PMO & Programme Integration Lead to shape, govern, and integrate programme management, project controls, and performance reporting across large-scale capital programmes—particularly in the water sector. You will deliver strategic leadership, embed programme-wide standards, and optimise workflows:
- Structure, align, and elevate an existing PMO framework to ensure data-driven, governed decision-making.
- Establish holistic commercial scheduling, financial, and risk oversight.
- Champion best practice and drive unified programme governance across stakeholders.
This hybrid advisory and operational role spans PMO advisory, programme setup, project controls expertise, and transformational leadership. It demands both a strategic mindset and acute execution capabilities to design, deploy, and improve frameworks that unite decision-making, integrated planning, and deep analytics data across complex programmes.
Location: Based anywhere in the UK with requirements for Leeds visits at least biweekly.
Key Accountabilities
1. Strategic PMO Leadership & Programme Integration
- Establish, lead, and enhance programme-wide PMO processes aligned with cost, schedule, scope, risk, and reporting standards.
- Integrate data from Primavera P6, Power BI, Oracle, IPS, and proprietary systems into a single source of truth for unified performance insights.
- Provide strategic advisory for clients on delivering large capital programmes via best-practice PMO methodologies.
- Align PMO, delivery teams, commercial functions, and executive stakeholders for cohesive, data-driven governance.
- Foster collaboration between client PMO teams, delivery partners, and internal Stantec functions by enhancing integration.
2. Programme Controls, Reporting & Performance Insight
- Oversee governance of programme performance reporting, ensuring clear KPI visibility for risk, cost, schedule, and milestones.
- Develop tailored integrated reporting packages (Power BI, executive dashboards, compliance reports) aligned with client needs.
- Reinforce high-integrity governance frameworks to validate and quality-check schedule, financial, and risk data.
- Analyse trends to optimise performance and propose intervention strategies.
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3. Financial, Commercial & Resource Governance
- Cross-pollinate financial, commercial, and resource functions for robust budget forecasting and accountability.
- Cohesively integrate governance across scoping, resourcing, commercial commitments, and reporting.
- Deliver predictive financial and resource alignment to avoid shortfalls and support long-term programme health.
4. Risk Management & Decision-Making
- Design pro-active risk and opportunity frameworks with stakeholders, identifying dependencies across the portfolio.
- Facilitate change scenario workshops to prepare leadership for critical trade-offs.
5. Leadership, Coaching & Organisational Development
- Mentor multidisciplinary teams to foster agile adoption of PMO methodologies and transformational change.
- Drive upskilling in PMO, project controls, and holistic programme management.
6. Stakeholder Engagement
- Cultivate trust among senior client leaders, regulators, partners, and internal teams.
- Lead workshops and forums to align on deliverability, commercial strategy, and investment decisions.
Requirements
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Programme Management & PMO Setup: Hands-on experience in launching dispersed PMOs for high-complexity infrastructure programmes—particularly in capital projects—with repos 출판sitions (cost management, delivererability diagnosing, supplier engagements).
- Financial Governance: Proven track record in budget negotiation, resourcing optimisation, and programme-level commercial oversight under pressure.
- Leadership & Team Execution: Ability to mobilise, motivate, and consciously embed excellence across teams.
- Sector-Specific Insights: Deep familiarity with water, energy, or broad infrastructure programmes.
- Technical Proficiency
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- In-depth experience with:
- Programme management systems (Primavera P6), Power BI dashboards, and resource and resourcing in Oracle.
- Change management groups (Wangood) / IPS familiarity.
- Microsoft Project tools, forecasting models, and scheduling platforms.
- Chartered Accreditation: Preferably holding APM accreditation (chartered PM/PMO status) or equivalent.
- Relevant Tenure: minimum 10–15 years’ in leadership/execution-focused governance or portfolio delivery roles.
Why Join Us?
Industry Renown & Professional Development
- Stantec offers career pathways across specialty lines in UK and global markets, tailored progression, and mentorship within our consulting practitioner communities.
- Recognised as ‘Best International Consulting Firm’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
- Industry-leading training & certification (prioritised subscriptions, professional development funds).
Your Wellbeing
- Flexible working policies and commencement partnerships.
- Competitive benefits: enhanced pension scheme, medical insurance, income protection, life assurance, gym discounts, branded laptop & diary perks.
- Fully inclusive workplace champions: D&I Business Resource Groups (ERGs) covering gender, neuro, disability, LGBTQ+.
About Stantec
With 34,000+ colleagues across 450 offices, Stantec has been shaping sustainable communities and critical infrastructure for over 150 years.
Our mission? "Provide technical excellence and bold innovation to help our clients and regions thrive sustainably today and tomorrow."
Stantec is committed to providing equal opportunity in every stage of employment. We prohibit discrimination in hiring, pay, training, and well-being through work rooted in Principle 2 of our Culture Code: "Every voice matters."
We celebrate diverse backgrounds and experiences: contact accessibility@stantec.com to enquire about adjustments for accessibility needs during recruitment.
Are your behaviours and qualifications close? We encourage you to apply—we firmly value creativity and diverse perspectives.
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