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Accenture Construct – Project Controls Director, ANS

Accenture· Communications, Media & Technology – Life Sciences
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Houston, TX$185k - $220kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Accenture Construct – Project Controls Director responsible for leading project controls delivery on complex pharmaceutical/biotech capital programs, building and mentoring teams, and transforming project data into executive insights across cost, schedule, risk, change, and reporting.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project controls delivery for complex pharmaceutical and biotechnology capital programs, driving governance, strategy, and performance across cost, schedule, risk, change, and reporting functions.
  • Build, develop, and mentor high-performing project controls teams, including cost managers, estimators, schedulers, risk specialists, change managers, and reporting analysts.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to clients and project leadership, transforming project data into executive-level insights, recommendations, and decision support.
  • Establish and maintain integrated project controls frameworks, standards, procedures, KPIs, reporting cycles, baselines, and assurance processes.
  • Oversee project financial performance, including estimating, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, contingency management, cost reporting, and estimate-at-completion projections.
  • Lead integrated schedule management across the project lifecycle, ensuring critical path visibility, schedule integrity, and risk-informed planning, and direct risk, opportunity, and change management processes.
  • Provide proactive performance management through forecasting, variance analysis, earned value management, executive dashboards, and governance reporting, partnering with multiple teams to improve delivery outcomes.
  • Support business growth and capability development through client relationship management, proposals, recruitment, training, continuous improvement, and project controls best practices.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Finance, Business, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred
  • Minimum 15 years of progressive capital-project experience, with deep expertise in project controls for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other highly regulated manufacturing environments
  • Demonstrated success leading the project controls function on large, complex, multi-contractor projects or programs, preferably including investments valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars or more
  • At least 7 years of experience directly leading project controls professionals and multidisciplinary teams, including resource planning, coaching, performance management, and quality assurance

Skills

Required:Cost management
Nice to have:Integrated master schedules

Benefits

  • comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage; basic life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; a 401(k) with employer match; health savings and flexible spending accounts; paid time off and holidays; paid maternity and parental caregiver leave; adoption and surrogacy assistance; supplemental insurance plans; an employee assistance program; legal resources; identity theft protection
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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