Strategic Delivery Planning Lead

About the Role

We are hiring a Strategic Delivery Planning Lead (Operations Director) on a permanent basis. In this role you will manage senior direct reports, provide leadership to ensure delivery excellence, and champion a culture of continuous improvement across all activities. • Lead strategic delivery planning for early stages of major aviation programmes. • Manage senior direct reports and large, diverse teams while fostering continuous improvement. • Oversee schedule management, planning systems, and controls using appropriate tools. • Provide analytical oversight of budgets, uncertainty, and integrated project controls. • Engage senior stakeholders and ensure commercial and contractual compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸strategic planning
• ▸schedule management
• ▸budget analysis
• ▸project controls
• ▸stakeholder engagement
• ▸team leadership

What You Bring

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. The successful candidate will have proven leadership in strategic delivery planning for early‑stage major programmes, strong expertise in schedule management tools and planning systems, and extensive experience planning large programmes in operational environments—aviation experience is highly desirable. You must demonstrate strong analytical capability, commercial acumen, and the ability to manage uncertainty, budgets and integrated project controls while engaging senior stakeholders and diverse teams. Membership of a professional body such as APM, RICS, CIOB, ICE, AACE, IRM or IEMA, and a relevant degree or equivalent experience, are required. • Hold professional membership (APM, RICS, CIOB, etc.) and relevant degree or equivalent experience.

Requirements

• ▸professional membership
• ▸relevant degree
• ▸strategic planning
• ▸schedule management
• ▸aviation
• ▸commercial acumen

Benefits

Mace is an inclusive employer that welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds and is open to part‑time, flexible and hybrid working arrangements where suitable. • Benefit from flexible, part‑time or hybrid working options within an inclusive environment.

Work Environment

Hybrid