As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 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 continue to 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 Program Manager acts as a trusted advisor who is expected to be comfortable dealing with ambiguous environments, high pace and changeable environments and at ease with managing stakeholders, understanding the needs of those around them and influencing outcomes.
Role accountabilities:
- Leading and supporting on delivery of strategic initiatives linked to the Global Strategy.
- Putting 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 influence outcomes, drive action and communicate plans
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:
- High-level of discretion and confidentiality
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- A resilient, flexible and positive attitude
- Willing to perform varying duties depending on the shifting needs of the company
- Strong ability to prioritize tasks of high complexity
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build quality relationships with an international network and key stakeholders across different levels
- Proactive and can work autonomously
- Analytical thinker who is accuracy and quality driven and a good attention for detail
- Tech savvy and experienced user of Microsoft Office packages (specifically PowerPoint, Excel & SmartSheets)
Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.
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 do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, 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.
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.
Skills Required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- High level of discretion and confidentiality
- Resilient, flexible, and positive attitude
- Ability to prioritize highly complex tasks
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder relationship-building skills
- Ability to work proactively and autonomously
- Analytical thinking, accuracy, quality focus, and attention to detail
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint, Excel, and SmartSheet
- Ability to work collaboratively in ambiguous, fast-paced, and changing environments
Arcadis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arcadis and has not been reviewed or approved by Arcadis.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is considered a strong point, with medical coverage frequently called out as better than average and a highlight of the package. Mentions of robust health insurance recur across regions.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are viewed positively, with 401(k)/pension support and matching often cited as valuable parts of the total rewards. This support is repeatedly described as a relative strength compared with base pay.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off are often described as good, with PTO/vacation highlighted as a positive element of the benefits. Generous time off is noted alongside strong work-life balance and hybrid flexibility.
Arcadis Insights
What We Do
Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, digital and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 architects, data analysts, designers, engineers, project planners, water management and sustainability experts, all driven by our passion for improving quality of life. We exist to find solutions to today’s most pressing challenges, from the impact of climate change to increasing urbanization and digital transformation – all with the goal of improving quality of life for people around the world. You can see this in the work we do for our clients, the opportunities we create for our people, and in our efforts to enhance the communities in which we live and work. We bring together world-class resources and the latest innovative technologies to help define the cities and experiences of tomorrow. Arcadis. Improving quality of life
