Global Program Manager

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

To work side-by-side with COO Office Management Team to drive forward the COO Office Strategy.

The COO Office drives operational excellence and business transformation across Arcadis by standardizing and improving processes, maintaining quality standards and certifications, leading major change programs, and integrating acquired companies into the Arcadis way of working.

The PMO role will mainly support programs within the COO Office but will mainly focus on supporting the Global Quality functions and the Standardization and Automation program.

In this role the Global Program Manager interacts a wide number of senior Arcadis leaders and is expected to be comfortable dealing with senior leadership, ambiguity, high pace and changing environments. The Global Program Manager will manage stakeholders, understand their needs and is able to influence outcomes.

Role accountabilities:

 Leading and supporting on delivery of strategic initiatives linked to Global Strategy.

 Developing structure and plans around key areas of focus and areas of ambiguity, to define and deliver an end outcome

 Working with stakeholders and Senior Leaders to define and align initiatives and objectives, influence outcomes, drive action and communicate plans.

 Develop and run the Program Management Office, engage with project owners on progress and objectives, maintain schedules and benefit trackers, create dashboards and reports. Prepare and lead team and network meetings with stakeholders. Follow up on deliverables and actions.

Qualifications & Experience:

You are a multitasker with excellent verbal and written communication skills, comfortable with ambiguity, fast paced environments and the complex nature of working at leadership level. You are resilient and good at working collaboratively with all styles of leaders.

In addition, you have the following requirements and competencies:

2-3 years of experience in Program Management, PMO, Project Coordination, Business Transformation, Operational Excellence, or related roles.

Experience supporting cross-functional projects and contributing to transformation or process improvement initiatives.

Ability to build effective working relationships with stakeholders across different teams and functions.

Comfortable working in a dynamic environment and adapting to changing business priorities.

Exposure to project governance, reporting, tracking, and performance management processes.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and identify improvement opportunities.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; familiarity with project management tools such as SmartSheet, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms is an advantage.

Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Eagerness to learn, develop project management skills, and contribute to business improvement initiatives.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.