Associate Director - Manchester, United Kingdom - Turner & Townsend

Turner & Townsend

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Company Description:

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference we are committed to delivering Sustainable Net Zero outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society._
The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it._
Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us._
We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors._
It's how we've made the difference for 75 years. Transforming performance for a _green_, _inclusive_ and _productive_ world._

Our Programme Advisory team focusses on orchestrating complex strategy, set-up and transformations for public and private sector clients enabling the successful delivery of major programmes both in the UK and internationally.

Our continued success is driving the expansion of our Controls & Performance UK team (service line, part of Programme Advisory) in London and we are seeking to recruit talented individuals, who feel their experience and capabilities could support the controls & performance transformations of our clients' programmes and organisations.

Joining us will mean becoming part of a friendly and tight-knit community, full of talented and diverse individuals, always ready to support each other, act with empathy and provide constructive feedback that enables our growth and drives continuous improvement.

Our approach is always outcome focussed and we recognise the importance of innovation in everything we do, being driven by a growth mindset.

We believe that providing a successful controls & performance advisory service, is all about being able to listen, understand and help our clients uncover the root causes of their challenges to then be able to design and provide a benefit focussed solution, that harnesses the science behind the project controls functions and enables our client to gain control and assurance of their overall performance through automated actionable intelligence that facilitates effective decision making.

As an Associate Director you will get the opportunity to work across several high-profile infrastructure, real estate or natural resources projects, for both private and public clients (UK and globally), managing and driving the team to successfully deliver business transformation and controls & performance advisory services covering strategy, set-up and optimisation of specific controls & performance functions or project/programme/portfolio management offices.

As part of our Controls & Performance Advisory team you will be expected to contribute across several areas, including:

Manage the assessment of each client environment and their current challenges and support in utilising our structured approach to discover, deliver and implement a solution that is fit for purpose and enables the client to achieve the desired benefits and outcomes;
Manage the development, implementation and optimisation of PMO, integrated controls & performance, functional setup and optimisation and digital transformation related strategies;
Develop and manage the design of target operating models and organisational design in the context of capital infrastructure delivery businesses, integrated controls & performance functions, PMO setups or digital transformation;
Manage the definition and writeup of reports to support findings and recommendations across various stages of client engagements;
Manage the delivery of workshops in a mix of virtual and facetoface environments with Sr. (Csuite) client representatives;
Work within diverse and multidisciplinary teams representing Turner & Townsend at both client sites and as well virtually;
Deploy and tailor established methodologies, processes, tools and systems, tailoring these to suit specific circumstances and contributing to their continuous improvement and development;
Drive key activities within the Programme Advisory team including internal development of transformation products and approaches;
Contribute to various business generation activities such as bids, proposals, etc and work closely alongside Senior Management and the wider Turner & Townsend team;
Contribute to marketing and social media campaigns (employee advocacy) through thought leadership, where appropriate;
Contribute to the technical and behavioural development of the team through coaching and mentoring;

Qualifications

Extensive industry experience (Master's degree or equivalent experience desirable);
Experience of working on major capital projects/programmes in leading positions covering one or more roles within the PMO/control