Europe PMO Lead

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Leading a team of circa 500 PMO and planning professionals, the postholder will be a respected senior leader working within the PMO and planning community. Reporting to the managing director of Europe, the role will be the key interface between the European business and the global center of excellence (CoE), ensuring European priorities are integrated with the global CoE strategy, standards, and capability development, and that regional expertise and lessons learnt inform the global service.

The postholder will work closely with the global CoE lead to embed a consistent, connected approach across Europe while responding to local business needs. The postholder will combine this accountability with working on assignments and will be supported by PMO, project controls and planning sponsors within the property and infrastructure markets.

You'll be responsible for:

• Working with the global CoE lead to deliver the consult plan and agreed PMO and planning framework across the UK and Europe hub, leading service standards, capability and performance while hubs and BUDs retain accountability for deployment and client delivery.
• Agreeing and delivering the hub CoE plan with the global CoE lead and BUDs, aligning service priorities with business needs and establishing regular reviews, clear decision rights and escalation routes.
• Sitting on the UK and Europe consult board and building strong relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders to embed services and support business growth.
• Leading adoption of Mace Way standards, reusable methodologies, and shared digital tools to enable consistent delivery, reduce duplication and improve productivity across the UK and Europe hub.
• Assuring service quality and compliance through proportionate audits and commission reviews, supporting early escalation, corrective action and learning from delivery issues.
• Building an engaged UK and Europe community connected to the global CoE, sharing expertise and turning lessons learnt into reusable knowledge and delivery assets.
• Tracking innovation, client needs and competitor and partner activity, working with the global CoE and relevant service teams to develop, pilot and scale differentiated service offers.
• Attracting, developing and retaining talent through strategic hiring input, coaching, mentoring, clear career pathways and global mobility, in partnership with hub leaders and people teams.
• Building capability across the UK and Europe hub through agreed capability priorities, consistent technical training and professional development, assuring the quality and adoption of training provision.
• Supporting BUDs to win priority work by coordinating specialist expertise, reusable bid content and delivery insight, ensuring appropriate service support is reflected in bids, and contributing to sustainable growth and margins.
• Contributing to consult CoE activities and cross-service development, mobilising regional expertise and supporting collaboration across markets and hubs.
• Working with hub budget owners and the global CoE lead to shape CoE investment plans, maintain visibility of budgets, actuals, forecasts and benefits, and support funding and capacity prioritisation within agreed authority, with budget ownership retained by the hub.
• Agreeing and monitoring service outcomes with hub leaders and the global CoE, demonstrating value through growth, productivity, talent retention and reduced delivery risk, and using evidence to drive continuous improvement.

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.