Local recruitment: Water Catchment Portfolio Lead

• Location: London, Greater London, United Kingdom
• Capabilities: Water
• Office Setup: Hybrid
• Job ID: #16776

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

At Jacobs, we’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.  With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. 
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity

The Jacobs Water & Environment (W&E) Business faces a number of key market sectors in the UK, Ireland and wider Europe. These are: the regulated Water sector; environmental and consenting services; flood and coastal risk management; ports & maritime  There are a total of 2300 employees within this Business with a broad range of specialist skills providing a range of solutions across these markets and a number of other submarkets. The business operates in a matrixed organisational structure where our people and capabilities deliver against project commitments aligned to clients within clearly defined market sub-sectors. 

As a Portfolio Lead within our Water Catchment Management & Maritime business you will have a dual function within our matrixed organisation as follows:

• Client Delivery & Margin Growth Accountability : Reporting to the Client Delivery Director for our Water Catchment Management sector, you will be responsible for delivering against pre-defined monthly, quarterly and annual margin targets through the delivery and upselling of a portfolio of projects and programmes against existing and new client portfolio opportunities.

• Operational Support: Working in partnership with Regional/Operational Leadership for our Water Catchment Management & Maritime team, you will provide support and information to help with resourcing, recruitment and people management to (allow our Operations team to deliver the Capability Business Plan and) ensure that our teams are aligned to the needs of the client now and in the future. 

Within the role, you will be expected to engage with Clients in your region, but also support the other key leadership roles in the business including Framework Managers, DPEs / MOPs and Operational Sales teams.

The role offers a fantastic opportunity for the successful individual to develop their career at a senior management level across Jacobs. 

Here’s what you’ll need

The key responsibilities for the role include: 

• Understand the P&PS, W&E and WCM & Maritime Group Strategies and positively engage with employees in the region to deliver the best solutions for our clients.
• Demonstrate visible leadership across Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
• In conjunction with the Capability Leadership, you will provide highly visible leadership to employees working in your portfolios through regular and  effective communications with all staff.
• Deliver the FY Portfolio Plan for the region and cross sell portfolio, including Net Revenue, cash collection, GM%, billable hours, GID and RPO.. 
• Help attract, recruit and retain the best talent in the industry to meet client and business demands. Cent
• Active regular engagement with our clients in your Region.
• Lead where appropriate specific growth plans, client engagement and key sales pursuits including ensuring appropriate resource are available to support bids and delivery.
• Help with the development and shape of the business to be “future ready”.
• Liaison with other WCM & Maritime Portfolio leads to ensure we are pursuing UK wide opportunities, showcasing innovations, and broadening our offering. 
• Leading commercial discussions and managing, monitoring, and reporting of Jacobs performance for the Region.
• Be aware of changes within the industry and modify strategy to suit.

Qualifications & Experience:

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Thorough understanding of the WCM market 
• Operational experience in leading sizeable numbers of people in a matrix structure.
• Thorough understanding of operational business performance metrics.
• Deep understanding of Jacobs Relationship Based Sales process and corporate governance structure

• Ability to work across an organisation – from senior leadership to technical talent on the ground.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strengths across these essential skills:

• Relationship centric – Track record of building and cultivating partnerships. 
• Resilient – Maintains a positive attitude and forward-thinking approach. 
• Strategic mindset – Ability to formulate a clear strategy to help the company respond to change and shape the future.
• Adaptable – Demonstrates ability to adapt to the needs of clients and the business to deliver great business solutions.
• Growth mindset – Passion for leading growth strategies and delivering operating unit growth in line with business strategy.
• Cultivates innovation – Builds excitement in others to learn and explore creative options. challenging them to look for new ideas and innovative ways of delivering.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent.  For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

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