Associate​/Project Director - Project Controls Analytics

Associate / Project Director - Project Controls Analytics

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Our award-winning Controls Team, within the Infrastructure & PMO Operating Unit, is a trusted partner to both public and private sector clients across the UK and globally. We lead in delivering Controls Analytics solutions across Cost, Risk, Planning, and Performance Controls, supporting large-scale infrastructure and capital projects. By combining advanced analytics with best-in-class project controls, our team enables clients to make informed, data-led decisions that drive success of their assets and investments.

As part of our ongoing growth, we are seeking an experienced Controls Analytics Project Director to spearhead high-impact analytics initiatives and lead a team of professionals in delivering transformative project and programme and PMO controls solutions. This role is an opportunity to shape strategic controls frameworks and analytics methodologies at the project and programme levels, ensuring PMO functions are managed with data-backed precision.

The successful candidate will work closely with senior executives, driving collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to enhance project performance.

• Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive controls analytics and back office strategy across large-scale projects, either standalone or as part of a PMO, providing insights to improve complex project and programme performance.
• Direct and oversee analytics initiatives across multiple project dimensions, including cost, schedule, risk, benefits realisation, change control and commercial management, driving client maturity where necessary, ensuring alignment with client objectives and industry best practices.
• Act as the primary trusted advisor to executive-level stakeholders on complex PMO and project controls strategies, analytics insights, and value‑added recommendations.

• Define and implement governance structures and compliance frameworks to ensure controls analytics are applied consistently across all relevant functions in projects, programmes and PMO’s.
• Ensure adherence to industry standards and regulatory guidelines, championing best practices in data management, analytics, and project controls.
• Regularly review and refine controls analytics methodologies to stay at the forefront of industry advancements and client requirements.

• Direct the creation and integration of advanced data analytics models to drive predictive project insights, programme benefits and strategic portfolio decisions.
• Oversee the design of analytics dashboards and reporting tools, ensuring they provide timely, actionable leading insights for both internal teams and clients.
• Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and analytics metrics, either in isolation of facilitating executive‑level workshops, to track progress, enable proactive interventions and drive continuous improvement.

• Lead the integration of risk analytics into project controls, enabling proactive risk and opportunity management, mitigation development implementation and tracking, predictive modelling and informed decision‑making.
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