Director - Cost Management

We’re looking for an experienced Director to be a visionary leader responsible for the profile, promotion and development of the Cost Management team across the North of England including driving innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

This is a senior leadership role with full P&L accountability, combining strategic direction with visible, hands-on leadership. You’ll lead high-performing teams across the region, strengthen client relationships, drive sustainable growth and ensure consistently excellent project delivery.

Working closely with the North Sub Region Lead and other service Directors and Sector Leads, you’ll help build a joined-up, high-performing business that delivers for clients and creates an environment where our people can thrive.

KEY responsibilities:

Commercial & Financial Leadership

- Ownership of service line budgets, forecasting and month-end processes

- Driving profitability, utilisation, fee conversion and commercial governance

- Providing clear, accurate reporting on performance, risks and corrective actions

People leadership:

- Resourcing, recruitment and capacity planning across the service line

- Leading, engaging and developing multi-disciplinary teams

- Supporting succession planning, progression and retention of key talent

Operational excellence:

- Upholding technical, delivery and quality standards across all projects

- Ensuring compliance with project governance, risk, HSEQ and quality processes

- Driving continuous improvement in systems, tools and client experience

Client & growth:

- Ownership of a 12–18 month forward pipeline and workload visibility

- Supporting bids, frameworks and key pursuits in collaboration with Sector Leads

- Building strong client relationships that drive repeat work and referrals

Collaborative leadership:

- Partnering with Sub-Regional and Sector Leads to align service delivery and strategy

- Championing a one-business, inclusive culture across regions and disciplines

Essential requirements:

- Proven track record in the local market coupled with significant experience in a senior leadership role within a consultancy or professional services environment

- Strong commercial and financial management experience, including budget ownership, forecasting, WIP and financial reporting

- Proven track record of leading and developing teams within a multi-disciplinary environment

- Demonstrable experience in client relationship management, business development and tactical work-winning activity

- Sound working knowledge of project governance, risk management, quality assurance and HSEQ compliance

- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to operate credibly at senior levels

- Flexibility and willingness to travel across offices and sites within the sub-region

Desirable:

- Professionally qualified disciplined environment discipline

- Experience operating with regional or service line P&L accountability

- Track record of leading teams through growth, change or transformation

Why choose Currie & Brown?

Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people’s futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage – providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We don’t offer just a job we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We are an international industry leader – Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.  

We are a truly independent business where our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions that drive real impact. As part of Sidara, we collaborate directly with some of the world’s brightest partner brands in our industry, offering exciting opportunities to innovate and grow.

We offer comprehensive benefits packages in all our global regions which have been specifically tailored to offer additional rewards to our employees from entry level to senior executives.