Job Description
Job Role - Independent Assurance and Project Delivery Lead
Location - London/Reading - Hybrid
Salary - £90,000 - £110,000 DOE
Job Type - Permanent
The Role
This is a senior leadership opportunity for an accomplished project delivery professional with deep experience in major infrastructure and capital programmes and a strong interest in Independent Assurance. You will play a pivotal role in providing trusted, independent challenge and insight to some of the UK's most complex and high-value programmes, including projects valued in excess of £1bn.
Working at the forefront of decision-making, you will provide real-time assurance on whether major investments are being governed effectively and delivering value in line with approved business cases. The role combines technical excellence, strategic judgement and strong client leadership, requiring the confidence to challenge, influence and support senior stakeholders while maintaining absolute independence and transparency.
You will draw on extensive experience across the full lifecycle of infrastructure and building delivery including development, programme and project management, cost, schedule, risk and opportunity management, procurement strategy, contract management and construction delivery. Your focus will be on identifying emerging risks and systemic issues, providing clear, evidence-based opinions, and helping clients make better, more informed decisions.
Beyond delivery, you will play a key role in shaping and growing the assurance offering. This includes leading major commissions, developing client relationships, contributing to business development, and mentoring the next generation of assurance professionals.
The role suits someone who enjoys operating at senior level, values professional integrity and thrives in a collaborative but appropriately challenging environment.
Key Responsibilities
Location - London/Reading - Hybrid
Salary - £90,000 - £110,000 DOE
Job Type - Permanent
The Role
This is a senior leadership opportunity for an accomplished project delivery professional with deep experience in major infrastructure and capital programmes and a strong interest in Independent Assurance. You will play a pivotal role in providing trusted, independent challenge and insight to some of the UK's most complex and high-value programmes, including projects valued in excess of £1bn.
Working at the forefront of decision-making, you will provide real-time assurance on whether major investments are being governed effectively and delivering value in line with approved business cases. The role combines technical excellence, strategic judgement and strong client leadership, requiring the confidence to challenge, influence and support senior stakeholders while maintaining absolute independence and transparency.
You will draw on extensive experience across the full lifecycle of infrastructure and building delivery including development, programme and project management, cost, schedule, risk and opportunity management, procurement strategy, contract management and construction delivery. Your focus will be on identifying emerging risks and systemic issues, providing clear, evidence-based opinions, and helping clients make better, more informed decisions.
Beyond delivery, you will play a key role in shaping and growing the assurance offering. This includes leading major commissions, developing client relationships, contributing to business development, and mentoring the next generation of assurance professionals.
The role suits someone who enjoys operating at senior level, values professional integrity and thrives in a collaborative but appropriately challenging environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead high-profile independent assurance and due diligence commissions from inception through to completion
- Provide clear, authoritative views on the robustness of governance, controls, and decision-making across major programmes and projects
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, including executive and board-level audiences
- Produce high-quality assurance reports that clearly articulate project status, key risks, opportunities and recommendations
- Undertake site visits and engage directly with delivery teams to validate progress and performance
- Build and maintain strong client relationships founded on trust, independence and professional credibility
- Identify and support new business opportunities, contributing to bids, proposals and strategic growth
- Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring to junior and mid-level team members
- Help shape best practice, tools and approaches within the assurance function
- Degree qualified in construction or a related discipline
- MRICS or equivalent professional qualification
- Significant post-chartered experience (typically 10+ years) in major programme and project delivery, including independent assurance, peer reviews or strategic reviews
- Proven experience working on complex, high-value infrastructure or built environment projects
- Strong commercial awareness with a deep understanding of cost, schedule, risk and contract strategy
- Confident communicator, able to influence and challenge at senior, executive and board level
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage competing priorities and deliver to programme and budget
- Highly analytical, detail-focused and comfortable forming clear professional opinions
- Collaborative leadership style, balanced with the confidence to provide robust, independent challenge
- Experience contributing to business development and growing client accounts
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