Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Life Science Project Controls Lead, ANS (Must Relo. to Houston, TX Area)

About the role

At Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects you will lead the project controls function for complex capital projects, shaping how factories, grids, transit systems, and public infrastructure are planned, managed, and executed. The role combines real‑world construction expertise with digital innovation and AI to deliver smarter, safer, and more sustainable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project controls function, overseeing scheduling, cost management, estimating, risk management, and change control across complex capital projects.
• Establish, maintain, and enforce project‑controls processes that align with project governance requirements and corporate standards.
• Manage project performance against approved budgets, financial baselines, and key performance indicators, partnering closely with project leadership and finance teams.
• Develop and maintain project forecasts, cash‑flow analyses, cost reports, and performance metrics to support informed decision‑making.
• Oversee schedule development, progress tracking, critical‑path analysis, and schedule‑risk assessments to ensure milestones are achieved.
• Integrate cost, schedule, and risk data to provide a comprehensive view of project health, trends, opportunities, and potential challenges.
• Lead change‑management activities, evaluating impacts to scope, schedule, and cost while ensuring adherence to established change‑control processes.
• Maintain project risk registers, facilitate mitigation planning, and proactively monitor risk‑response actions throughout the project lifecycle.
• Prepare and present executive‑level reports, dashboards, forecasts, and performance analyses to stakeholders, steering committees, and senior leadership.
• Ensure compliance with project‑management frameworks, financial policies, quality standards, audits, and continuous‑improvement initiatives across the project‑controls organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of construction‑management experience, including experience supporting regulated life‑sciences, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, laboratory, cleanroom, or manufacturing facilities.
• At least 7 years in senior leadership roles managing large project‑controls teams.

Preferred qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi‑contractor programs with significant budgets.
• Expert proficiency in Primavera P6, cost‑management systems, and project‑performance analytics tools.
• Strong understanding of project‑lifecycle management, construction sequencing, and design‑development processes.
• Proven leadership capabilities managing large multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for reporting, presentations, and stakeholder engagement.
• Advanced skills in Autodesk, Excel, Power BI, or other data‑visualization and forecasting tools.
• Strategic thinker, adaptable, detail‑oriented, and collaborative across functional areas.

Skills

• Project scheduling and cost control
• Risk management and change control
• Financial forecasting and cash‑flow analysis
• Executive reporting and dashboard creation
• Compliance with governance, quality, and audit standards
• Leadership of large, multidisciplinary teams
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, Autodesk, Excel, Power BI

Pay

Compensation range: $180,000 – $210,000 per year (actual compensation varies by location, role, skill set, and experience).

Location

Primary location: Houston, TX (on‑site at client sites with some in‑person collaboration time). The role may involve nationwide travel and client‑site presence.