Job Description

A career at Arup offers you the chance to make a positive difference in the world.


Independently owned and independently minded, we attract a diverse mix of people to work on ground breaking global projects. We value people with diverse experiences, backgrounds, and skills. Our strategy teams work at the forefront of organisational change, helping shape the future success of the business through strategic initiatives and transformation programmes.


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The Role

We are looking for a Reporting Manager to join the Strategy Office promoting a major transformation programme. The Reporting Manager will play a pivotal role in ensuring timely, accurate, and insightful reporting across the programme. You will steer the development and continuous improvement of reporting frameworks, track programme performance, risks, issues, and benefits realisation, and promote executive governance through clear and result-focused reporting. The role reports to the Transformation Director.


In this role, key tasks include developing, managing, and continuously enhancing the programme reporting framework, templates, and governance cadence to ensure robust oversight and result-making. The person is accountable for producing high-quality, insightful reports, dashboards, and executive summaries that reflect programme performance, risks, issues, dependencies, financials, and benefits realisation. A core focus is on driving consistency and quality in reporting inputs across project managers, workstream guides, and enabling functions, while maintaining the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of programme data. This includes the creation and maintenance of dashboards and visualisations--such as those built in Power BI--to deliver real-time visibility of key metrics.


The role also involves preparing comprehensive reporting packs for Executive Board meetings and other key forums, ensuring that risks, issues, and decisions are clearly documented and escalated through appropriate channels. Additionally, it promotes the implementation of a benefits tracking framework, embedding it within reporting outputs, and fosters strong association with Finance, Risk, and other enabling teams to ensure alignment of information flows. Coaching programme teams and workstream owners on reporting tools, processes, and expectations is also a critical aspect of ensuring reporting excellence across the programme.


At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective - in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, allocate, and unite our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.


You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning - to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is The Role Right For You?

We are interested in speaking with people who;

Have a strong background in programme and portfolio reporting, governance, and executive-level communication. Are highly diagnostic, detail-oriented, and passionate about delivering clear insights that drive better conclusions. Enjoy working across complex programmes, coordinating inputs from multiple stakeholders to present a clear and integrated view of progress. Are motivated by helping large organisations deliver transformational change successfully. Have Strong diagnostic and data management skills; ability to synthesise large volumes of information into clear insights. Have a High level of proficiency with portfolio and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, PowerQuery, PPM software, MS Office 365 suite).

Not ready to apply just yet, or have some questions? Please email Ken Wilkins at ken.wilkins@arup.com. Please note, to ensure we remain GDPR compliant do not send your CV directly to us via this email.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member's success, so we can grow together.


Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognizes the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive - through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.


We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup's legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.


We also provide Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you'll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.


Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion - we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.


We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please contact Ken Wilkins ken.wilkins@arup.com to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Our Application Process

To understand what to expect next, please visit: https://www.arup.com/careers/recruitment-process/


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Closing date: 14th July 2025