Programme Performance South Lead

D2 are an independent and growing, professional services business. Since formation in 2011, we have developed a comprehensive suite of programme management capabilities. We combine our industry expertise with innovative thinking and digital products to develop close relationships with our clients and deliver our commitments. We are actively engaged on some of the largest infrastructure projects across the UK and Canada, performing to our mission statement:

“Working together to develop intelligent programme management solutions, helping to deliver a more sustainable world”.

Overview of Role:

We are looking to recruit an experienced Programme Performance Associate to be D2's south are lead and to drive the development and delivery of programme performance strategies across major infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will lead and develop regional programme performance teams, foster strong client relationships, and champion best practice across all teams. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise with proven leadership capability, commercial awareness, and a passion for developing high-performing teams and delivering exceptional client outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the regional development of programme performance strategies and processes aligned to client and project requirements that provide quality insights and information on performance, forecast, threats and opportunities
• Build and maintain long lasting Client relationships, providing “best in class” service, while upholding our Core Values of People > Integrity > Innovation > Community.
• Be an industry leader in one or more of our core capabilities; Programme Performance, Planning, Risk and Data Analytics and Reporting.
• Lead, grow and nurture the regional programme performance teams, leading line management, team/career development and recruitment in the region.
• Integrate and challenge planning, commercial, engineering, construction and risk teams to develop and implement appropriate processes, data and performance measurement techniques e.g. earned value, rules of credit.
• Assure Project baselines (scope, schedule, estimates and risk) at various stages of the project lifecycle, ensuring baseline integrity is maintained effectively.
• Work with data analysts to develop appropriate forward looking performance metrics and dashboards using tools such as MS Power BI.
• Identify trends, efficiencies and opportunities for efficiencies utilising both internal D2 benchmarking data tools, but technologies such as Nodes and Links and nPlan.
• Communicate the programme performance to stakeholders at all levels, adapting messaging to suit the stakeholder and their needs
• Work within and/ or lead multi-disciplinary project controls teams, driving a high performing team that is focussed on proactive actions
• Provide innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence, including products and services development, to ensure time efficient, exemplary quality outputs in terms of schedules, reporting, etc.

Requirements:

• Member of a relevant professional body with chartered status (or working towards this) and/or educated to degree level.
• Experience of programme/project controls on large multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong or developing understanding of at least one, but preferred many, of programme performance elements, including but not limited to, scope and change, cost engineering, planning, risk, benefits, data and performance management
• Strong understanding and knowledge of baseline development and management in addition to Earned Value Management processes.
• Experience of applying performance measurement techniques to the programme e.g. KPIs, milestones.
• Working knowledge of Primavera P6, Acumen and MS Power BI.
• Experience of working on UK infrastructure projects and of baseline management.
• Experience of NEC contracts and change control environments.

Benefits Package:

• Competitive salary (Salary dependant on experience level)
• 25 days holiday + option to buy/sell 4 days
• Additional 1 day holiday for your birthday
• Private healthcare and employee assistance programme
• Group life insurance
• Medi Cash health insurance providing cashback towards everyday healthcare bills
• Enhanced family leave, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption
• Cycle to work scheme
• Financial and technical support for professional memberships
• Hybrid working
• Annual staff celebration event