DescriptionWe are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead our Project Management support team at the Indian Global Capability Centre (GCC), supporting the UK/Ireland/India Sustainability Advisory Team. The ideal candidate will have strong project management and international team leadership experience and is ready to take on greater responsibility in delivering complex projects within a global consultancy.
This role will manage and grow a team providing structured project management support to Sustainability Advisory teams across ESG, Carbon, Health and Safety, Permitting, and circular economy. You will collaborate with Project Directors and multidisciplinary teams to ensure efficient delivery of sustainability services for major infrastructure, development, and environmental enhancement projects.
ResponsibilitiesAs Senior Manager within the Sustainability Advisory business unit:
Provide strategic direction, coaching, and support to team members, ensuring high performance, professional growth, and alignment with organisational goals.
Oversee project delivery standards - establish, monitor, and enforce best practices and quality standards across all projects, ensuring consistent and successful project outcomes.
Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between team members, Project Managers and Directors, and other stakeholders, resolving escalated issues and ensuring seamless project execution.
Drive continuous improvement - identify opportunities for process optimization, implement improvements, and champion innovation within the team to enhance efficiency, risk management, and client satisfaction.
- Monitoring and reporting of project finances and reporting both within the business and with the client.
- Optimising the resource balance, across the programme, and ensuring all deliverables and milestones are achieved on time and to the right quality.
- Acting as a role model and mentor for other project management staff within the wider business
QualificationsKey Competencies
Essential:
Education & Experience
- Degree in a relevant discipline (such as environment, project management, engineering, science, building or quantity surveying) or a combination of relevant project management experience and qualifications.
Demonstrable project management skills (10-13 years) reflecting the responsibilities above. Holding a relevant project management qualification, e.g. PMP, Prince2, APM-PMQ.
Managing a team of staff within a project or PMO environment, with a preference for a background or interest in environment or sustainability sectors.
Language Proficiency
Core Competencies
Confident in obtaining information from people and proactive in approach.
Skilled at analysing information from diverse sources and assembling it into meaningful documents (e.g., reports, programs, spreadsheets).
Capable of managing, recording, and prioritizing business activities, with the ability to recognize and reconcile conflicts to achieve objectives.
Responsive to change, with the ability to accurately record and communicate variations and their consequences.
Comfortable receiving instructions, executing defined tasks, and accepting personal responsibility for actions.
Understands the importance of supporting overseas managers to fulfil defined contractual obligations.
Technical & Professional Skills
Knowledgeable about industry standards and best practices in project or design management.
Effective team player, able to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Evidence of commercial and contractual awareness, with the ability to demonstrate financial acumen and analytical skills. Experience of Oracle systems would be an advantage
PMP, Prince2, MS Project, Primavera, Excel Report Preparation
Work Ethic & Adaptability
Routinely able to meet tight deadlines projects.
Comfortable working independently; highly self-motivated.
Able to communicate effectively and efficiently across time zones both in spoken and digital formats.
BGV:
- Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
- Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.
