Portfolio Director

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.

For 75 years we have been leading the delivery of major transformational programmes. Our success at realising outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious Net Zero programmes from over 110 offices worldwide.

Further to this success we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. To achieve this, we need great people who are passionate about both delivering great outcomes to our clients and contributing to our future vision. This is made entirely possible through our entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees of all levels to directly influence the business and to own their career.

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.

As a Portfolio Director or Portfolio Management Office Director, you will have experience leading global/national/regional portfolios with a focus on converting strategy into delivery, optimising portfolio performance, driving strategic capital planning and leading sustained success against annual portfolio objectives.

You provide strategic leadership and governance across a portfolio of real estate investments, programmes, and projects, making sure investments are aligned to organisational strategy and deliver measurable business value.

You know how to oversee the successful implementation of best-in-class Portfolio, Portfolio Management Office, governance and portfolio controls frameworks and functions that realise delivery excellence across growing and major portfolios.

You provide effective oversight throughout the investment lifecycle – from strategy development and portfolio planning through to benefits realisation and portfolio optimisation. Capabilities include:
Strategic Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement, Partnership Building, Capability Development, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Optimisation, Capital Investment Planning, Scenario Planning, Strategic Analysis, Benefits Realisation Management.

You act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders and business leaders, providing strategic insight, constructive challenge and assurance on portfolio performance, delivery risks and organisational strategy. You work closely with executive leadership, business stakeholders and delivery teams and directly enable the delivery of a strategically aligned, competitive portfolio.

Through your leadership you ensure portfolios are delivered effectively, stakeholders are engaged, benefits are realised, and investment objectives are achieved, fostering collaboration, innovation and performance excellence across client and internal teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Portfolio Leadership & Direction: Take end-to-end ownership of shaping, embedding, and communicating portfolio vision and direction. Effectively empower, motivate, and guide high-performing teams to drive success and cohesion across delivery activities, translating strategy into measurable outcomes. Lead on Strategic Portfolio Management and Capital Investment Planning providing a forward-looking view of capital allocation strategies. Drive robust investment decision-making that delivers sustained strategic performance and business value across the portfolio
• Portfolio Controls & Optimisation: Lead the evaluation of portfolios through gap analysis, using internal and external benchmarking data and market analysis. Create a roadmap and effectively lead teams to deliver the optimised future state. Establish and embed portfolio management and control…