Project Director- London

Overview

You are a senior project leader with extensive experience delivering major capital programmes or large portfolios within the infrastructure, real estate, energy & natural resources or defence market sectors.

Our clients operate as project enterprises, responsible for the delivery of complex physical asset portfolios such as railways, airports, data centres, manufacturing facilities, offshore wind, mining operations and defence assets. They require strong leadership to translate strategic intent into delivery outcomes.

You will take overall accountability for transforming our clients’ approach to project-programme-portfolio management (P3M), with a strong emphasis on cost, commercial, performance and reporting assurance, enabled through digitally supported ways of working. You will combine deep delivery leadership with a strong understanding of project controls, cost and commercial principles, and digital solutions to drive performance, assurance and investment confidence.

We are seeking to recruit a Project Director with the credibility to lead major client engagements, own delivery and commercial outcomes, and direct multi-disciplinary teams across complex digital and transformation programmes.

As part of the role, you will be expected to:

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for client engagements, owning delivery outcomes, commercial performance and client satisfaction.
• Lead the assessment of client challenges, strategic objectives and delivery maturity, translating these into clear transformation and implementation plans.
• Define, implement and embed P3M ways of working, including governance, processes, data structures, tools and systems, to improve cost, schedule, risk and performance control.
• Direct technology suppliers and system integrators, setting expectations, governing delivery quality, managing risk and protecting commercial outcomes.
• Lead and mentor multi-disciplinary delivery teams, setting direction, maintaining momentum and ensuring alignment with client priorities.
• Oversee business readiness, change and stakeholder engagement, ensuring solutions are adopted and embedded within client organisations.
• Provide senior-level cost, commercial and performance assurance, reporting and insight to client leadership teams and sponsors.
• Drive continuous improvement of Turner & Townsend’s digital P3M, cost and performance advisory capability.
• Own the production and quality assurance of key deliverables, reports and recommendations across all stages of client engagements.
• Act as a visible senior leader for Turner & Townsend at client sites and across virtual teams.
• Play a leading role in business generation, including shaping opportunities, leading bids and proposals, and supporting strategic account development.
• Contribute to market profile and thought leadership, including marketing activity, client events and employee advocacy where appropriate.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will demonstrate senior leadership experience aligned to the following. Equivalent experience gained through alternative career paths will be considered.

• Degree-qualified or equivalent senior professional experience.
• Extensive experience leading major capital programmes or large portfolios, including complex stakeholder and supply-chain environments.
• Proven experience establishing or transforming project ways of working, integrating P3M disciplines and enterprise functions such as project controls, commercial, delivery, finance and information management.
• Strong experience defining and governing project and portfolio structures integrating scope, schedule, cost, risk, resources and asset information.
• Experience translating client governance and methodologies into supply-chain requirements and contractual scope.
• Leadership experience in the specification, implementation or oversight of project controls and P3M technologies.
• Deep understanding of core project controls, cost and commercial principles (scope, schedule, cost, risk, performance and reporting).
• Proven track record in capability building, organisational change and embedding new ways of working.
• APM, PMI or equivalent professional accreditation (or demonstrable equivalent experience).

Key behaviours and ways of working

• Takes full ownership for outcomes, decisions and risk resolution.
• Builds trusted, senior-level relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Applies strong analytical, commercial and strategic judgement to complex delivery challenges.
• Communicates with authority and clarity, focusing on what matters most.
• Listens effectively and understands the wider organisational, commercial and delivery context.
• Demonstrates determination and leadership under pressure.
• Remains resilient and effective when navigating ambiguity, challenge and change.

Additional Information

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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