Senior Consultant - Capital Programme Transformation - #1713027

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

This opportunity sits within the growing and dynamic Business Transformation (Management Consulting) team, which is dedicated to enhancing clients’ performance and realisation of business and stakeholder value. Our Capital Programme Transformation practice: (CPT for short) sits within the Business Transformation team in Arcadis and our mission is to support our clients to “generate positive outcomes for people, planet and profit, from every capital investment, at an affordable cost.” Our portfolio, programme and project management experts combine deep sector experience, with practical programme delivery and strategic insight working closely with broader technical, delivery and consulting skills from across Arcadis to provide both best practice market insights and practical implementation advice which enable our clients realise their outcomes. Our clients cover a wide range of sectors such as transport (road, rail, aviation), utilities (water, energy), real estate, financial institutions, manufacturing and technology. In delivering its solutions, the practice works closely with Business Transformation colleagues who bring specialisms including digital transformation, asset management, procurement and supply chain and cultural change. We also work with technical and sector subject matter experts from around the world, to provide real market and category level insight. Through this unique blended approach, our solutions are holistic and deliver lasting and sustainable change into our clients and their supply chains, which engages and excites stakeholders.

Our service Offering includes:

• Portfolio Advisory. At Arcadis, we help clients unlock the full potential of their capital investment portfolios by aligning decisions with strategic priorities. Through diagnostic assessments, we identify opportunities, while portfolio strategy and prioritisation focus resources on high-impact initiatives. With governance and programme assurance, we enhance transparency, mitigate risks, and strengthen delivery—driving sustained value and long-term success.
• Programme Mobilisation. We empower clients to mobilise complex programmes with confidence and efficiency, establishing the foundations for success. Our approach defines the optimal delivery model, builds high-performing PMOs, and implements robust governance. We enhance capability development, equipping the right teams with the skills and expertise needed, while shaping commercial strategies to maximise value.
• Programme Optimisation. We help clients maximise programme performance by optimising costs, enhancing execution, and driving sustained impact. Our approach leverages cost benchmarking and efficiency strategies to unlock value, while programme transformation and recovery initiatives strengthen delivery and resilience. Through post-implementation reviews, we capture critical insights to help further refine the strategy and approach, ensuring continuous improvement and long-term success.
• Intelligent Infrastructure Delivery. We work with clients across multiple sectors to help define their ‘approach to delivery’ of complex infrastructure programmes, designing and implementing the delivery models, operating models and commercial strategies which enable on time, on budget and on benefit delivery of major infrastructure.
  
  

Role accountabilities:

• Working on and leading client projects from sales / bidding to solution design and activity planning, successful delivery and knowledge capture.
• Diagnosing and tackling complex capital programmes issues, across large-scale consulting engagements, designing and implementing solutions that demonstrate benefits and value delivered.
• Analysing markets, trends, risks and opportunities, to provide fresh insights to clients.
• Utilising insights, data and information to inform potential solutions, recommendations and outcomes to clients and stakeholders.
• Delivering an exceptional client experience from project mobilisation through to handover, focusing on understanding client’s needs, building lasting relationships and delivering on our promises.
• Management of workstream resources, supporting people care, capability development and actively contributing to a high performing, inclusive culture on projects.
• Active member of the capital programme transformation community of practice, supporting continuous development of our delivery approach and solutions.
• Supporting capital programme management pursuits and sales.
• Accountability for people and team development through line management of other team members.
• Support the growth of Arcadis’ Business Transformation Team through contribution to the Business Plan, pipeline and revenue generating activities.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience:

Our team is recognised in the market for the quality of its people. Beyond expertise in one or more of our core consulting disciplines, you will need a strong intellect, the ability to articulate complex ideas persuasively and a talent for showing clients that we have the right solutions to their most pressing issues. Whilst potential is more important to us than experience, ideally you will also have at least some of the following key skills and expertise:

• Demonstrable experience of programme / portfolio management in a relevant sector (Construction, Infrastructure, Water, Energy, Utilities, etc.)
• Demonstrable track record of leading programme / portfolio management consulting projects in a relevant sector (Construction, Infrastructure, Water, Energy, Utilities, etc.).
• A strong understanding of appropriate approaches, delivery models, processes and operating practices and how these can contribute to delivering successful programme outcomes.
• Leadership of project work streams including management of consultants, analysts and client team members or comparable in an industry role.
• Experience of managing and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrable ability to understand and assess business problems, and build and communicate practical improvement recommendations
• Ability to carry out market, trend and/or business/capital programme performance analysis
• Relevant industry qualifications are preferable, including but not limited to, MSP (Managing Successful Programmes), MoR (Management of Risk), MoV (Management of Value) and/or Management of Portfolios (MoP) and/or a member of a relevant industry body, or the desire of working towards one; including, but not limited to, Association of Project Management (APM) and Management Consultancies Association (MCA).
• Experience in one of the following areas within Portfolio, Programme and/or Project Management would also be an additional bonus:
• Capital investment advisory and prioritisation
• Programme / portfolio organisation design and operating models
• Programme / portfolio Mobilisation and set up
• Programme / portfolio re-prioritisation, recovery & optimisation
• Programme / portfolio assurance, monitoring and control o Programme performance and efficiency management
• Transformation Programme Management
• Risk management and mitigation strategies
• Programme / portfolio governance
• Programme / portfolio reporting, data analytics and digitisation
  

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.