Programme Director

Programme Director at Turner & Townsend – Join to apply for this role. Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. Job Summary The role will support the Project Manager and Project Lead on key deliverables of the Programme Real Estate Workstream, uplifting the capabilities and processes to support resolution and restructuring planning. The programme has significant regulatory oversight and it is critical to deliver this programme ahead of the next Group Resolvability Assessment cycle. The programme is pan‑Bank and impacts both the Businesses and all Functions, closely monitored by the Group Management Team and the Board Risk Committee. The ideal candidate will have significant programme execution experience of at least 10 years with a deep understanding of corporate real‑estate service. Strategy Responsible for managing the delivery of Real Estate workstreams within the program, working closely with the stakeholders. Includes stakeholder engagement across workstreams. Manages the tasks, assignments or projects / change using the Group’s methodology and successfully delivers the scope with a disciplined approach to change control and agreed timelines. Manages and supports the assigned deliveries within the program, working closely with the stakeholders. Ensures scope, approach, timelines, and other key aspects of the workstream/program are documented. Ensures and makes aware of any material risks, issues, cost, benefit, and scope changes in the workstream to be able to report to the relevant Governance Committees. Provides inputs and participates in relevant Governance Committees & Working Groups. Business Perform separability assessment and presumptive base case scenario assessment as per project plan. Test Plan implementation. To develop, maintain, track and execute the testing plan for Real Estate stream. Drive remediation work identified in the assessment and ensure on time delivery of process uplift. Coordinate and support real estate team in meeting the team requirement on the solvent wind down planning. Where required, manage conflicts in stakeholder expectations and alignment across multiple workstreams. Understands risks and challenges when facilitating decision making for the desired outcomes. Presents clear options and recommendations, facilitates decision making and enables clear understanding in key stakeholders of risks, outcomes and trade‑offs. Regularly elicits feedback and shares lessons learnt to incorporate best practice in a timely manner with stakeholders. Mitigates the overall delivery risk for the Programme by working closely with stakeholders. Supports reporting, communications and engagements to ensure regulatory expectations. Processes Draft and develop the restructuring playbook as part of the programme delivery. Ensures that uplifted capabilities transition successfully to Business‑As‑Usual (BAU) processes that ensure longevity and periodic renewal of these capabilities and stay updated with requirements and evolving regulations. Works along Business and Functional stakeholders to ensure that processes and capabilities that support restructuring are robust and able to support compliance with regulations. Demonstrates compliance to Bank’s programme management guidelines and standards. People & Talent Fosters a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and resilience within the team. Demonstrates and acts as a role model of the Group’s values and culture in the region. Leads and supports a change in mindset, building a culture of client centricity, agility, and accountability through standardised metrics and measurement. Promotes a culture of openness, trust, and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm. Is a self‑starter who is able to initiate and successfully drive programmes and projects to completion with little management supervision. Risk Management Identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks associated with change initiatives. Ensures compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements and internal controls. Works with various program leads to manage & track risks, issues, impediments throughout the project and to follow up through its resolution. Prepares good quality materials for governance meetings, as required. Governance Reviews analysis and input for the assessment from various internal/ external stakeholders, to ensure quality standards and assurance on the assessment output. When required appropriately escalates impediments and blockers to the Programme management and relevant Governance Forums and ensures ownership for the mitigating actions. Supports the Programme for the delivery of governance reports as required. Regulatory & Business Conduct Displays exemplary conduct and lives by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct. Effectively and collaboratively identifies, escalates, mitigates and resolves risk, conduct and compliance matters. Qualifications 10 years or above experience in programme or project management. Strong in stakeholder engagement. Relevant experience in Corporate Real Estate and Asset management. Excellent communication skill. 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. 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