SCOTLAND’S PROJECT & PROGRAMME DELIVERY SPECIALISTS

Your project is stalling.
Your team is stretched.

Let's fix that.

We work alongside businesses and public sector organisations to deliver projects without the overhead of a full-time delivery team.

You get senior expertise, exactly when you need it.

Which one of these sounds like you?

Founder / Managing Director / CEO

Running the business and the projects. Something has to give.

No dedicated PM. Too many plates. Delivery slipping because you can't watch everything at once.

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Operations Director / COO

Grown fast. What worked at 20 people is visibly breaking at 80.

Ad-hoc coordination worked once. Now there are too many moving parts and no coherent view.

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Transformation Director

Programme stalling. Board asking questions you can't yet answer.

Milestones slipped. No single version of truth. Reporting is reactive and painful.

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Public Sector SRO

Accountable for a programme. If it fails, it's very public.

Immovable funding deadlines. Audit trails. Board members watching. No margin for error.

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IT Director / CTO / CIO

Technically strong team. But projects still don't land on time or budget.

Skills aren't the problem. Structure, stakeholder management, and delivery ownership are.

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Founder / CEO Post-Funding

Just closed a round. Now you have to deliver at a level you've never operated at before.

Investor expectations jumped overnight. The culture that built the product won't build the organisation.

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Sound Familiar?

Important projects are slipping. And you're the one who has to explain why.

Whether you're a Managing Director juggling too many plates, a Transformation Director facing board pressure, or a Public Sector Leader with immovable funding deadlines the pattern is familiar. Good intentions. Talented teams. But delivery still falls short.

I don’t need a full-time PM. I just need someone who can take this off my plate.
— The Stretched MD

*Projects overrun on time and budget despite everyone working hard

*No single version of truth - status updates require chasing people

*Board and stakeholder reporting is painful, reactive, and manual

*Internal teams are stretched across too many competing priorities

*You're managing delivery instead of leading the organisation

You need a safe pair of hands, not a textbook.

Elite Project Consulting works alongside you as a trusted delivery partner. The team has over two decades of experience navigating complex programmes across financial services, government and technology. We know what failure looks like and how to prevent it.

We don't show up with a rigid methodology. We bring senior-level experience, practical tools and a commitment to your outcomes. Then we build the capability to leave your team stronger than we found them.

  • Chartered Director (CDir) and Fellow of the IoD

  • MSP, PRINCE2, P3O and Change Management Practitioner

  • Smartsheet Certified Solution Professional

  • 25+ years delivering across public sector, financial services and technology

Paul quickly brought structure and calm, breaking an overwhelming brief into clear, manageable projects that together delivered a major change.
— Sohrab Kamkar, Consultant

Paul Marshall

Founder, Elite Project Consulting

The right level of support.

No more, no less.

Every engagement is shaped around what your organisation actually needs. Here are the four ways we most commonly work with clients.

For Founders, MDs & IT Leaders

Fractional Project Management Support

"I don't need a full-time PM on payroll. I just need someone who can take this off my plate."

Senior project management expertise on a flexible, part-time basis. You get hands-on delivery support without the overhead of a permanent hire.

  • Projects moving without your constant involvement

  • Headspace back to run the business

  • Transparent reporting you can trust

For COOs & Operations Leaders

PMO Setup & Capability Building

"We've grown fast. What worked at 20 people is breaking down at 80."

We design, build, and embed a project management function that scales with your organisation, and then hand it over to your team.

  • Repeatable PM framework embedded in the business

  • Internal team upskilled and confident

  • Single source of truth for all change activity

For Transformation Directors & SROs

Embedded Programme Delivery

"My programme is stalling. The board wants results. I need someone I can trust."

Full responsibility for programme delivery, from diagnosis to completion.

  • Programme back on track and clearly visible

  • Board-ready reporting without the scramble

  • Dependencies and risks actively managed

For All Clients

Smartsheet PPM Consultancy

"We're running projects across spreadsheets, emails, and shared drives. Nothing connects."

As Smartsheet Certified Solution Professionals we design and implement PPM solutions that give you real-time visibility across your entire portfolio.

  • Live portfolio dashboard from day one

  • Team trained and confident on the platform

  • Tailored templates that match how you actually work

Three steps to a project that delivers.

We make it easy to get started. No lengthy procurement process and no generic proposals. Just a straightforward path to the support you need.

Book a discovery call

Tell us where things stand. We'll ask the right questions and give you an honest assessment.

Agree a delivery model

We shape an engagement that fits your budget, timeline, and team. You only pay for what you need.

Your project delivery

We get to work. You get clarity, momentum, and a team that's stronger for the experience.

The cost of a stalled project is rarely just the project.

Missed milestones erode board confidence. Overspend puts future investment at risk. Team burnout from firefighting creates its own problems long after the deadline has passed. The organisations we work with decided the risk of doing nothing outweighed the cost of getting help.