Principal Consultant - Change & Transformation

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

Our Programme Advisory team specialises in the strategy, set-up and transformation of major programmes and asset owning enterprises within the transport, defence, utilities, and power sectors in the UK and internationally. Since forming in 2018, our growing team of experts have brought innovative thinking to some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges - delivering tangible outcomes for clients by bringing the best of our technical excellence and transformational change capability.

As a Principal Consultant your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading change and transformation workstreams, providing guidance and direction to team members and client staff
• Leading the delivery of key client deliverables (e.g., change strategies, communication & engagement plans, presentations, and reports)
• Designing and facilitating client workshops and presentations
• Managing client relationships
• Identifying and realising business development opportunities
• Leading or contributing towards the preparation of bid proposals or managing key bids
• Leading internal initiatives within the Programme Advisory team, such as the development of transformation products and methodologies
• Mentoring junior members of the Programme Advisory team
• Line managing junior staff (where applicable)

Qualifications:

• Experience in multiple of the capabilities listed below at an Expert level
• Ideally experience working in a consulting environment or be able to demonstrate a consulting skillset
• A proven track record of delivering tangible results on change and transformation projects through the application of business change methodologies
• Experience of programme and project management within a complex change environment with multiple workstreams
• Experience in Operating Model design and implementation
• Experience of managing stakeholders within large and complex organisations
• Experience of designing and facilitating client workshops
• Experience of managing the production of high-quality change and transformation deliverables within challenging timescales
• Experience of leading solution development for a change and transformation project
• Experience in organisational design and development
• Experience developing client relationships and developing new business opportunities
• Change management and transformation qualifications are favourable (e.g., MSP, APMG Change Management, Prosci)
• Experience in some/all the following sectors: infrastructure, transportation, utilities, defence, natural resources, and real estate

Skills:

• Deep knowledge and application of business change principles
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent responsibilities
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• High attention to detail
• Outcomes focussed
• Passionate and energetic

Additional information:

• Must possess or be eligible for UK security clearance
• Expected to be on site 2-3 days per week

We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.