Associate Director - Programme Management

About the Role

The role leads programme strategy, governance, and delivery execution across multiple workstreams, focusing on managing and integrating Delivery Partners to achieve safe, on‑time, on‑budget outcomes aligned with the client’s objectives. Acting as a senior client‑facing leader, the postholder drives robust controls, coordinated decision‑making, risk management, performance improvement, and project delivery throughout the programme lifecycle. • Provide senior programme leadership to shape strategy, delivery model, and implementation roadmap. • Translate client objectives into clear programme outcomes, measurable KPIs, and integrated delivery plans across assets. • Establish a high‑performance culture across delivery partners and internal teams, promoting accountability and continuous improvement. • Supervise day‑to‑day management of delivery partners, ensuring alignment with programme priorities, governance expectations, and standards. • Oversee end‑to‑end execution of the programme to meet client requirements and readiness deadlines. • Manage complex stakeholder interfaces across client leadership, delivery partners, consultants, authorities, and third parties. • Direct structured engagement, proactively identify stakeholder risks, and convert constraints into actionable deliverables. • Champion a safety‑first culture, ensuring delivery partners comply with programme HSE requirements and KSA regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸programme leadership
• ▸strategy roadmap
• ▸kpis
• ▸stakeholder management
• ▸risk management
• ▸safety compliance

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. • Hold a degree in engineering, construction management, project/programme management, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience). • Possess professional accreditation (e.g., PMP, MSP, PRINCE2, APM, RICS, CIOB) as preferred. • Demonstrate proven senior leadership experience delivering large, complex, multi‑asset programmes. • Show strong commercial awareness with experience in change control, commercial oversight, and performance improvement.

Requirements

• ▸engineering degree
• ▸professional accreditation
• ▸senior leadership
• ▸commercial awareness

Benefits

Mace is an inclusive employer that welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds and encourages applications even if all criteria are not met. We are open to part‑time, flexible, and hybrid working options where suitable for the role.

Work Environment

Office Full-Time