Role Profile

Associate Director

Summary:

The Associate Director is a member of the Blueprint leadership team responsible for delivering complex and exciting projects on behalf of our clients as well as developing and growing capability areas and key accounts within Blueprint. The post holder will be a dynamic leader who is able to communicate effectively at all levels and be able to interpret requirements and think objectively in order to implement innovative solutions.

In this role, the post holder will be providing expert consultancy services as well as managing customer accounts, leading a team and helping to grow capability areas within the business. Due to the wide scope of this role, the post holder will need to possess a strong capability in project delivery and consultancy services as well as skills in business development, account management and team leadership.

Our Values – Is this you?

Our values are at the heart of what we do. We encourage our team to embrace these values and apply them when working both on Blueprint or client assignments. Do these values reflect you?

Key Features of the role:

Within the business, the post holder will be an expert in their field in one of the following discipline areas and will have significant experience and technical capability in the other areas of:

Project Controls Management
Project Planning
Change Management
Estimating
Reporting and Data Analytics
Cost Control
Project, Programme & Portfolio Management (P3M)
Risk Management
Commercial Management

The post holder will be expected to lead work either on Blueprint delivered consultancy services or be in a leadership role as part of a client team when necessary.

Projects are varied and often challenging and the post holder needs to be able to demonstrate the company values through effective leadership and interpersonal skills to ensure that they and the team uphold Blueprint values at all times to ensure the best possible service is provided.

In addition to client delivery, the post holder will be responsible for managing client accounts, managing bids, developing capability areas and providing leadership to a consultancy team.

The post holder will have specialist knowledge of the market and will keep abreast of relevant legislative changes, industry issues and developments in best practice. The post holder will collaborate with other disciplines and teams within the company.

Knowledge and Attributes

To work with Blueprint in this role it is a requirement that the post holder can demonstrate the following;

Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a Project delivery role
Excellent leadership skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Full understanding of Project lifecycles from Inception through to Close Out
Subject Matter Expert in one or more of the areas of Project Controls, Project Management or Commercial Management.
Full understanding and practical application of a Business Sales Process
Strong understanding of the wider business market for their area of expertise
Leading Organisation Transformation/Change programmes
High level of knowledge and application of project management software and tools
High level of understanding of commercial arrangements on Projects or in Business
Excellent Customer Focus

Qualifications & Experience

Minimum of HNC/HND in a relevant discipline or demonstrable equivalent experience
Experience of managing multi-disciplinary teams
Workshop facilitation experience
APMP Qualification, MRICS or equivalent
Account Management experience
Ability to win repeat work but also to develop relationships with new clients to successfully achieve new business
Appreciation of client’s business drivers and commercial interests
Possess a network of contacts and build up several key relationships in their specialist sector
Ability to effectively and collaboratively resource projects