Real Estate IT Project Manager

Real Estate IT Project Manager – London

Company:
Turner & Townsend

Location:

London, England

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Consulting

Construction, Civil Engineering, Business Consulting and Services

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people across more than 60 countries. We transform real‑estate, infrastructure, energy and natural‑resources projects for our clients.

• Fibre & Copper structured cabling
• Intelligent building systems
• Wireless networking
• Audio video and collaboration technologies
• IoT and 5G
• End user technologies
• Data centres
• Comms room development

As an IT Project Manager you will support major IT Programme and Commercial Management commissions, providing end‑to‑end technology service delivery. The role includes:

• Advising clients how technology can overcome business challenges and developing best‑in‑class, future‑proof solutions.
• Managing projects of varying sizes and complexities; engaging stakeholders to manage design and coordination within the construction programme.
• Embedding within the design team to drive technology vision, strategy development, specification creation, cost modelling, and heat‑output calculations.
• Understanding commercial property sector pain points and focusing on user experience.
• Supporting clients with vision and strategy development.
• Interfacing with clients and consultants at all project stages.
• Defining overall success criteria – time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Ensuring stakeholders are aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems.
• Developing detailed project plans.
• Leading cross‑functional project teams.
• Managing flow of information, regular meetings and written communication.
• Managing IT change control processes.
• Monitoring project finances and preparing progress reports.
• Understanding IT procurement in construction/refurbishment.
• Scheduling IT installations including AV, voice, cabling and building systems.
• Identifying and qualifying new business opportunities.

See above duties; the role is a combination of project leadership, stakeholder engagement, technical strategy, and business growth.

• Proven experience as a project manager delivering integrated technology solutions.
• Experience across multiple technical disciplines – networking, infrastructure, third‑party applications – with a comprehensive understanding of IT functions.
• Rapid mastery of technical concepts and effective communication to diverse audiences.
• Resourceful problem‑solving, leveraging internal and partner resources.
• Strong understanding of APM Body of Knowledge.
• Stakeholder management, self‑motivated, with strong verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Ability to engage stakeholders and build relationships.
• One or more of the following qualifications/certifications: APM Project Management, Agile Practitioner, Prince
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• Experience delivering SMART buildings, IoT systems and OT networks.
• Understanding of network, fibre, SMART building, IT, OT capabilities.
• Experience writing bid responses and presenting ideas.
• Experience with commercial property sector.
• Knowledge of RIBA plan of work.
• Security clearance.

• Make change happen
• Do better every day
• Collaborate to deliver our best work
• Influence to build a better world
• Always learning
• Treat each other with care and respect

Turner & Townsend is an equal‑opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

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

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