Major Programme Lead / Programme Director

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 23,000 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 Description

At Turner & Townsend we are seeking an experienced Major Programme Lead /Programme Director to support the successful delivery of complex real estate and capital investment programmes within our Real Estate sector in the Netherlands.

Working within a friendly, professional, and highly successful team; you will have an opportunity to progress your career and work on large and complex Investor related Major Real Estate Programmes.

As a Major Programme Lead /Programme Director, you will have experience in playing pivotal roles in EUR 500m+ major capital programmes, across complex construction environments.

The Programme Director provides strategic leadership across all aspects of programme delivery, governance, commercial performance and stakeholder engagement. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior client leadership, investors and delivery partners, the role is responsible for translating business objectives into executable programme strategies and ensuring successful delivery throughout the programme lifecycle.

The successful candidate will bring extensive experience leading large-scale capital investments within complex organisational environments, combining strategic leadership with a detailed understanding of development, design, procurement, construction and project controls disciplines.

The Major Programme Lead /Programme Director will establish the governance, controls and delivery culture required to achieve programme objectives while providing executive-level assurance, transparency and confidence to stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Engage with the multi-disciplinary teams from the client.
• Be responsible for driving compliance for the regional projects.
• Advise on the strategic level on project timeline and commercials.
• Provide Scope, Risk, Schedule and Milestone, Budget, Change, Scope management and Resource forecasting. 
• Set up and implement the program structures, processes, and standards.
• Responsible for driving project governance in the region.
• Oversee the execution of the program and ensure that program is executed as per set up and the programs objectives and KPI’s are met. 
• Lead and prepare the status and performance reporting and meetings with the client and internal management.  
• First point of contact for the client and responsible for management of client relationship and related commission outputs and deliverable management. 
• Data led analysis the program performance and lessons learned and set up and embed plans of actions to unlock value improvements.
• Manage the program team of >10 project managers. 
• Manage capital pipeline of work, changes, forecasting, baseline and information management.
• Responsible for driving consistency, improvement and transformation in service delivery across the region and complying with the Capital Project delivery governance processes and project management Standard Operating Procedures (Client’s handbook).
• Support the country project managers to review capital spend in region.
• Support the country project managers on general delivery of the projects in region.

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum 15 years of experience in programme management, project delivery, development management or major capital programme leadership.
• Proven track record leading large-scale real estate, mixed-use, infrastructure or capital investment programmes.
• Demonstrated experience managing programmes exceeding €500 million in capital value.
• Strong understanding of development, design, procurement, construction and project controls disciplines.
• Experience establishing programme governance and delivery frameworks.
• Strong commercial, financial and contractual management experience.
• Significant experience managing executive stakeholders and board-level governance.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams within complex delivery environments.
• Outstanding communication, leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable

• Experience supporting institutional investors, developers or major corporate clients.
• Experience leading programme mobilisation and organisational transformation initiatives.
• Professional qualifications in programme management, project management or construction-related disciplines.
• Experience operating within international and multi-stakeholder environments.
• Understanding of integrated programme controls including cost, schedule, risk and performance management.
• Dutch market experience and familiarity with local development and construction processes.
• Dutch language preferred. 

Additional Information

At Turner & Townsend we want our people to succeed in both work and life, we promote a healthy, productive and flexible environment. In addition, you can expect:

• A competitive salary based on the position and your experience;
• 25 vacation days with the option to purchase additional days;
• Conveniently located offices in Amsterdam and Eindhoven;
• A business travel card for public transportation in the Netherlands;
• A laptop and mobile phone;
• Career opportunities that are tailored to your ambition;
• Working on high-profile projects with international opportunities;
• Monthly social team events where you get to know your colleagues better informally (barbecuing, a graffiti workshop, making chocolates, padel/golf/running)

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