Associate Director – Portfolio Management

• Full-time

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 an Associate Director – Portfolio Management, you will have experience playing a pivotal role in driving excellence in global/national/regional portfolios with a focus on converting strategy into delivery, optimising portfolio performance, driving strategic capital planning and driving sustained success against annual portfolio objectives.

You lead multidisciplinary Portfolio and Portfolio Management Office teams, working closely with the portfolio leadership and senior client stakeholders. You set up, embed and manage robust governance, assurance and performance management frameworks that provide confidence in portfolio delivery. You ensure compliance with contractual, commercial, financial and risk management requirements, lead delivery teams to operate with transparency, accountability and consistency across portfolios, and drive continuous improvement and performance impact and maturity.

You know how to provide effective oversight throughout the investment lifecycle – including:
Strategy Development, Stakeholder Engagement, Partnership Building, Capability Development, Portfolio Management, Portfolio Optimisation, Capital Investment Planning, Scenario Planning, Strategic Analysis, Benefits Realisation Management.

You lead and develop high-performing Portfolio and Portfolio Management Office teams, establishing the governance, controls and disciplines required to enable efficient and effective delivery across complex portfolios, programmes and projects.

Acting as a trusted advisor and critical interface between portfolio delivery teams, senior client stakeholders and the wider business, you provide assurance, constructive challenge and insight into portfolio performance. Your leadership ensures informed decision-making, effective portfolio controls and the successful delivery of strategic objectives, fostering a culture of operational excellence, high-quality client service, a strategically aligned, competitive portfolio and continuous improvement.

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, turning strategy into measurable outcomes. Lead on or deliver Strategic Portfolio Management and Capital Investment Planning providing a forward-looking view of capital allocation strategies. Work effectively with internal and client leads as required to deliver sustained strategic performance and business value across the portfolio.
• Portfolio Controls & Optimisation: Evaluate the current state of portfolios through gap analysis, creating a roadmap and effectively leading a team to deliver the optimised future state. Establish and embed portfolio management and control frameworks to ensure rigor, compliance, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Establish and maintain trusted relationships with senior leaders, clients and key stakeholders,…