Programme Director

Overview

Your role

• Lead overall programme governance, delivery strategy, and executive-level decision-making across all workstreams.
• Direct multidisciplinary engineering, construction, commercial, systems integration, and operational teams to ensure programme objectives are achieved.
• Establish programme management frameworks, reporting systems, and assurance processes aligned with industry best practice.
• Manage strategic stakeholder engagement with client representatives, government authorities, contractors, operators, and third parties.
• Oversee programme-wide risk, change control, schedule recovery, and commercial performance management.
• Ensure testing, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness activities are integrated into programme delivery.
• Drive compliance with safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory obligations throughout programme execution.
• Mentor senior leadership teams and promote a high-performance delivery culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• About you
• Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline; Master s degree preferred.
• Minimum 20 years professional experience with at least 12 years in senior programme or project director roles.
• Extensive experience on major rail, infrastructure, transportation, or industrial programmes.
• Strong understanding of programme controls, systems integration, interface management, and operational readiness.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams within complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong commercial, contractual, and risk management capability.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and executive reporting skills.
• Professional membership or chartership preferred (PMP, APM, PE, CEng, or equivalent).