Head of Infrastructure Delivery and PMO


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£64,903 to £82,556 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	M2 3AW
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	30 Sept 2026
Closing date:	18 Oct 2026

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Summary

Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX), a division of Comcast NBCUniversal, is building a world class theme park and resort in Bedford, after the UK government agreed a package of support to unlock this £6.4bn inward investment. Opening in 2031, the park will become the UK’s most popular visitor attraction with an estimated 8.5m visitors a year, supporting the creation of 8,000 new jobs and delivering an estimated £50b in economic benefits.

Bedford Visitor Attraction Programme is the DCMS-led programme to support delivery of the park by UDX, and its supporting infrastructure, and facilitate cross-government collaboration with local authorities across the region to ensure the wider benefits are realised.

This includes supporting delivery of new slip roads from the A421 by National Highways, a new railway station at Wixams by Network Rail, adoption of new local roads by the local highways authority and delivery of other key local infrastructure by UDX.

You'll be joining us at an exciting time, leading an innovative and ambitious team to embed disciplined delivery and collaborative behaviours to ensure successful delivery of the programme.

You’ll also make an active corporate contribution in support of DCMS’ wider Project Delivery and Major Events directorate as part of our leadership team.

We currently have around 100 project delivery professionals within DCMS and around 18,000 working across Government. These colleagues work as project, programme and portfolio managers or in specialist roles such as risk and issues managers and project planners.

A career in the Government Project Delivery Profession enables you to make a difference; improving our public services while building and developing your professional skills. Your career here could take you from climate change projects to building new hospitals or schools to equipping our armed forces. The variety and significance of roles is unparalleled.

Our mission is to attract and retain the best individuals by providing a rewarding career, supporting continuous professional development through our robust learning offering which includes accredited and apprenticeship qualifications, and shaping our community in a way that you can all feel inspired by.

For more information on the Project Delivery Profession, please see the Project Delivery Capability Framework which has been created to support the development of all project delivery professionals across government.

The Head of Infrastructure Delivery and PMO is responsible for driving delivery excellence, effective governance and evidence-based decision-making to support effective delivery of this infrastructure.

You'll play a critical leadership role in coordinating interfaces and managing dependencies across government departments, arm's length bodies, local authorities and industry stakeholders to identify and overcome barriers that could impact successful delivery.

By fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency, accountability and continuous improvement, you'll help teams identify and manage dependencies, robustly analyse and mitigate risks, resolve cross-cutting delivery challenges and create greater confidence in delivery.

Leading a team of six members of staff and functional specialists, you will:

Build and maintain strong working relationships across our delivery partners and wider stakeholders, developing practical solutions to complex challenges and fostering collaborative delivery approaches that derisk and accelerate infrastructure delivery
Improve delivery confidence through robust planning and scheduling, dependency management, risk and issue management, stakeholder engagement, governance and assurance, and reporting
Produce high-quality reports and briefing materials for governance boards and committees to drive data-led decision-making and provide risk-based assurance
Lead, develop and motivate a multidisciplinary team, creating an inclusive and high-performing culture and building programme and project management capability by promoting continuous improvement and innovation.

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