Overview
Lexica works across core sectors such as health, life sciences, and education, helping organisations become more efficient and effective. The Associate Directors role focuses on service development, delivery, profit and performance, and business development for the service line.
Responsibilities
- Managing the delivery of health, life science, and higher education projects and programmes of varying size and complexity.
- Defining, planning, and implementing delivery structure, phasing, and resources to achieve required outcomes and realise the business case.
- Leading, managing, and motivating delivery teams to ensure clear understanding of outcomes, roles, and responsibilities.
- Leveraging business experience and acumen to identify strategic alternatives and solutions to client questions.
- Supporting programme/project governance and decision‑making, providing delivery subject‑matter expertise when required.
- Managing financial performance of commissions against budget and revenue targets.
- Engaging with senior client relationships as a key account holder to ensure satisfaction and secure long‑term partnerships.
- Leading the development and management of a specialist team, identifying future leaders, mentoring junior consultants, and fostering a collaborative, high‑performance environment.
- Growing the business, meeting strategic objectives and targets, and contributing to service‑line net profitability.
- Contributing to thought‑leadership materials, including white papers, case studies, and presentations to enhance the firm’s reputation.
- Identifying and proactively pursuing business opportunities and building a pipeline of future work.
- Developing and writing bid proposals and responses to tenders.
Qualifications
- Demonstrable experience in complex project/programme environments, preferably in construction consultancy, health, or life sciences.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, able to present and chair at executive board level and advise on complex issues.
- Substantial experience engaging diverse stakeholder groups at all seniority levels and translating technical information for non‑technical stakeholders.
- Membership of a chartered institute in construction (e.g., RICS, CIBSE, CIOB, APM, MICE).
- Recognised project/programme management qualifications or chartership (APM PMQ, Managing Successful Programmes, NEC PM accreditation, MRICS, ChPP).
- Robust financial management skills and commercial acumen.
- Line‑management responsibility, supporting a wider team in their professional development.
- Evidence of networking, business development, bid experience/management, and work winning.
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