Senior Programme Manager

Company Description 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.

It’s how we’ve made the difference for 75 years. Transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.

Job Description As a Senior Programme Manager in Programme Management and Programme Management Office delivery, you will have experience delivering key roles in major and complex capital programmes, across complex construction environments within sectors such as Central Government, Industrial, Life Sciences, Data Centres and Defence.

You contribute to the successful delivery of these programmes on behalf of clients, ensuring strategic objectives are translated into measurable business outcomes. Working across multidisciplinary teams and multiple work streams, you provide leadership and delivery management throughout the programme lifecycle, driving execution, managing interdependencies and ensuring alignment between programme delivery and wider business goals.

You act as a trusted advisor to clients and senior stakeholders, providing intelligent direction, operational leadership and skilled challenge in complex delivery environments. Through the establishment of robust governance, programme controls and delivery frameworks, you maintain visibility of programme performance, manage risks and opportunities, and ensure effective decision-making to support successful outcomes.

You are a credible and accomplished programme delivery professional with a proven ability to deliver programmes. You bring good construction programme experience, with the ability to operate efficiently and effectively between programme and project-level detail, maintain strong key stakeholder relationships and drive progress and successful programme outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Programme Leadership Support:
Operationally lead the successful execution of small to medium scale transformation/real estate programmes and materially impact the delivery of large-scale programmes, ensuring measurable benefits. Assist the Programme Lead in setting the vision and direction of the commission. Empower and inspire the programme team to achieve success. Programme Governance & Control:
Establish and embed frameworks for management and control to ensure programme rigor and compliance.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:
Establish and embed robust processes for engaging and managing programme stakeholders through an effective stakeholder management plan. Drive clarity and clear communication across stakeholder groups.  Create professional presentations and status reports for leadership and governance forums.

Financial Oversight:
Support the implementation, maintenance and monitoring of robust processes to manage and report on all financial aspects of the programme.

Risk, Health & Safety Considerations:
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