Head of Mobility | Sector Lead

Description

• Responsible for strategic outcomes and KPIs within portfolio, owning the delivery of strategic objectives.
• Oversees and promotes effective relationships externally with all clients, suppliers, partners and internally across the business.
• Managing the overall delivery of strategy, objectives and all projects for a business unit (typically covering small to medium sized business unit portfolios) in the consult business, in line with overall Mace strategy and priorities.
• Identifying, managing and mitigating business risks across the market and portfolio; highlighting high levels of risk to Regional Hub Manage.
• Champions data and analytics to drive better decision making.
• Managing consult business unit by example, setting and working by high standards, manages, guides and provides direction to business unit, ensures a high performing portfolio and teams that meet and exceed KPIs
• Member of consult business senior leadership team, inputs into and influences business unit portfolio in line with overall Consult business strategy, direction and objectives.
• Collaborates and partners with others across the business and identifies and promotes cross selling opportunities within the wider Mace business, driving and promoting business development, including building and developing productive relationships across the business and with clients.
• Provides executive leadership and direction across the business unit and across the business, supporting and mentoring senior leadership including succession planning, onboarding, training and diversity planning.
• Focuses on client satisfaction and delivers service excellence for external and internal clients.
• Provides leadership, direction and guidance to others, leading others effectively, coaches and supports other to reach their full potential.
• Champions the use of new technology, helps/guides others to adapt.
• Represents Mace and the consult business unit, manages and influences key C-Suite and senior external relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, supply chain and relevant government/regulatory bodies.
• Champions innovation and thought leadership in strategy, business planning and service delivery advocating new ideas, ways of working and efficiencies.
• Persuades, influences, advises and collaborates with others successfully towards a desired course of action and/or to reach consensus.
• Delivery of annual financial and operating targets for the Consult business unit (including KPIs, OKDs and business outcomes), Manages effective cost management, ensuring budgets are met and utilises data and analysis to drive continuous business improvements. Monitors progress on business unit portfolio objectives and deliverables.
• Builds effective senior leadership teams.
• Builds professional relationships and networks.
• Drives the strategic implementation of new and innovative technologies to achieve objectives.
• Oversees the implementation of service excellence ensuring it is implemented, measured and monitored across the market and portfolio.
• Accountable for ensuring required leadership and capability is implemented to deliver the business ambition with robust resource planning and a talent pipeline matching business demand, to drive the Mace purpose, priorities and 2026 strategy.
• Demonstrates ‘good organisation citizenship’ by working in an enterprise-wide way. Champions and drives the strategic implementation of enterprise-wide (and engine/business unit) strategic priorities, initiatives and transformational change, providing enterprise-wide leadership.
• Leads by example and acts in an ethical, legal and responsible way. Setting high standards of behaviour for themselves and others to follow
• Ownership of the business unit combined business operational resource requirements, ensures compliance with Mace group reporting cycles and establishing KPIs and OKDs (objectives and key deliverables), as agreed with Regional Hub Lead.
• Can influence, develop and create a cohesive leadership team to oversee the operations of the business unit.
• Manages and influences key senior internal (C-Suite) and external stakeholders and provides leadership and guidance to operational portfolio.
• Promotes and champions the highest standards and adherence to health, safety and wellbeing across portfolio. Provides thought leadership, industry expertise and expert counsel across the consult business unit portfolio to senior leadership teams.

Requirements

• Skilled people leader.
• Comprehensive expertise and knowledge of construction consultancy.
• Expert communication skills, written and verbal presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Track record of achievement at C-Suite of senior leadership and transformational change.
• Comprehensive expertise and knowledge of business unit/domain good practice, policies and procedures.
• Advanced communication skills, effectively communicates at C-Suite and all levels in organisation.
• Highly skilled in client engagement, strategic partnering, work winning and driving operational performance.
• Experience of working with clients in the relevant sector/portfolio.
• Excellent industry and sector connections/relationships.
• Presents and communicates effectively at all levels. Is able to tailor to a specific audience internally and externally at all levels.
• Advanced Budgetary expertise.
• Ability to lead strategic direction of a business from both an internal and external perspective.
• Advanced leadership capabilities.
• Strategic thinking and execution.
• Advanced expertise and knowledge of construction industry.
• Demonstratable track record in a senior leadership/director role (or equivalent).
• Highly advanced level of commercial awareness, consulting and strategic acumen.
• Comprehensive operational expertise.
• Ability to work to short- and long-term strategic plans, promoting sustainable and innovative solutions, knowledge capture and best practice in service delivery.
• Possess broad leadership capabilities that appeals to clients and gains the respect of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Comprehensive expertise and knowledge of business unit domain/specialism.
• Demonstrates a new/improved perspective and explores and champions innovative approaches in pursuit of a better way incorporating continuous improvement.
• Advanced negotiation, influencing and engagement capabilities.
• Highly advanced understanding of wider management principles and techniques.

Benefits

• Safety First - Going Home Safe And Well

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance