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At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.
Job DescriptionAre you an inspiring leader with the vision and drive to lead complex programmes to success? We are seeking a Programme Director to spearhead a high-profile commission, setting the strategic direction while empowering and motivating the programme team to achieve excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and drive the programme vision, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Lead the framework for programme management and control, guaranteeing transparency and confidence for stakeholders.
- Implement a structured stakeholder engagement and management process, building strong relationships with senior clients (C-Suite), Boards, Steering Groups, Investors and supplier stakeholders.
- Oversee financial governance, ensuring robust financial reporting and management across the programme.
- Identify and mitigate health and safety risks, enforcing safeguards to protect all involved in programme delivery.
- Deliver excellent commission management, ensuring compliance with governance and risk management requirements while maintaining contractual deliverables and instilling confidence in Turner & Townsend’s Executive body.
About You
- Proven experience delivering high-profile, large-scale, complex transformation/real estate programmes (circa £250-£500m) with demonstrable achievement of tangible benefits and outcomes for clients/employers.
- Comfortable leading the full programme lifecycle end to end, as well as intervening at specific stages requiring expertise or recovery leadership.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, operating as a trusted partner and critical friend to clients.
- An expert practitioner of industry best practice programme management methodologies, preferably within a real estate environment.
- Confident in engaging senior internal and external stakeholders, navigating the most senior decision-making environments.
- A first-class people manager, dedicated to nurturing talent within the organisation and supporting professional growth among clients’ teams.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Strong and current understanding of portfolio/programme management requirements and how it relates to real estate
- Proven ability to work in relevant portfolio/programme management process and systems
- Awareness/experience of variety of methods of procurement and forms of contract
- Excellent communication skills, in person and written
- Degree / Postgraduate qualified in a relevant field
- Professional membership desirable
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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