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Cultivate positive and trusting relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
Effectively communicate ideas and actions that resonate with diverse audiences.
Exhibit drive, flexibility, passion, and a proactive attitude towards tasks.
Take ownership of responsibilities and ensure timely delivery on commitments.
Approach challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset.
Analyse and synthesise detailed information to identify opportunities for improvement.
Possess a degree qualification, underpinning knowledge and skills.
Programme Performance Lead - Infrastructure | South, UK
29/09/2026
Advisory Services | PMO and Project Controls INFRA | Rail London
We are looking to recruit an experienced Programme Performance Associate to be TSA Riley Infrastructure's South lead.
About The Role:
We are looking to recruit an experienced Programme Performance Associate to be TSA Riley Infrastructure's South lead and to drive the development and delivery of programme performance strategies across major infrastructure projects.
About The Job:
The successful candidate will lead and develop regional programme performance teams, foster strong client relationships, and champion best practice across all teams. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise with proven leadership capability, commercial awareness, and a passion for developing high-performing teams and delivering exceptional client outcomes.
About Your Responsibilities:
- Lead the regional development of programme performance strategies and processes aligned to client and project requirements that provide quality insights and information on performance, forecast, threats and opportunities
- Build and maintain long lasting Client relationships, providing "best in class" service, while upholding our Core Values of People > Integrity > Innovation > Community.
- Be an industry leader in one or more of our core capabilities; Programme Performance, Planning, Risk and Data Analytics and Reporting.
- Lead, grow and nurture the regional programme performance teams, leading line management, team/career development and recruitment in the region.
- Integrate and challenge planning, commercial, engineering, construction and risk teams to develop and implement appropriate processes, data and performance measurement techniques e.g. earned value, rules of credit.
- Assure Project baselines (scope, schedule, estimates and risk) at various stages of the project lifecycle, ensuring baseline integrity is maintained effectively.
- Work with data analysts to develop appropriate forward looking performance metrics and dashboards using tools such as MS Power BI.
- Identify trends, efficiencies and opportunities for efficiencies utilising both internal D2 benchmarking data tools, but technologies such as Nodes and Links and nPlan.
- Communicate the programme performance to stakeholders at all levels, adapting messaging to suit the stakeholder and their needs
- Work within and/ or lead multi-disciplinary project controls teams, driving a high performing team that is focussed on proactive actions
- Provide innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence, including products and services development, to ensure time efficient, exemplary quality outputs in terms of schedules, reporting, etc.
About You:
- Member of a relevant professional body with chartered status (or working towards this) and/or educated to degree level.
- Experience of programme/project controls on large multidisciplinary projects.
- Strong or developing understanding of at least one, but preferred many, of programme performance elements, including but not limited to, scope and change, cost engineering, planning, risk, benefits, data and performance management
- Strong understanding and knowledge of baseline development and management in addition to Earned Value Management processes.
- Experience of applying performance measurement techniques to the programme e.g. KPIs, milestones.
- Working knowledge of Primavera P6, Acumen and MS Power BI.
- Experience of working on UK infrastructure projects and of baseline management.
- Experience of NEC contracts and change control environments.
About Us:
TSA Riley is a global multidisciplinary project consultancy with 135 years of independent thinking. We work across the full lifecycle of projects and asset portfolios - from planning to delivery and optimisation. What sets us apart is the ability to navigate the critical decisions that lead to successful projects. This has given us a reputation for delivering successful project outcomes, which includes working on some of the largest infrastructure projects across the UK, Canada and Australia.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary (Salary dependant on experience level)
- Pension scheme
- 25 days holiday + option to buy 4 days.
- Additional 1 day holiday for your birthday
- Private healthcare and employee assistance programme
- Group life insurance.
- Medi Cash health insurance providing cashback towards everyday healthcare bills.
- Enhanced family leave, including maternity/ paternity/ adoption.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Financial and technical support for professional memberships
- Hybrid working
- Summer and Winter staff celebration events
Core Values:
- People - We encourage diversity whilst investing in, and developing, the very best talent.
- Integrity - Our reputation, passion, and commitment inspire trust and integrity.
- Community - We are a collaborative community, understanding challenges from every angle, exploring innovative solutions based on our expert knowledge.
- Innovation - We are driven to inspire others with fresh creative ideas based on continuously learning.
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