Real Estate Associate Director - PMO Lead

  • Full-time
  • Department: Real estate

Company Description

Working in partnership with our clients, we deliver major projects and programmes with skill and precision, by focusing on outcomes and driving high performance. 

Delivering innovative solutions and exceptional outcomes across our sectors, we drive the success of our client’s projects and programmes through effective planning, highly skilled teams, and rigorous controls.

 

Our capabilities include asset management, controls and performance, cost and commercial management, digital, procurement and supply chain, programme advisory, project management and sustainability. Backed by our extensive experience, we focus on outcomes to transform client’s projects and programmes.

 

With over 133 offices across 47 countries, we are an organisation of over GBP 1.5 billion turnover and 12,000+ talented team members across the world.  In 2025, we are combining with CBRE’s Project Management business to create the premier, differentiated programme, project, and cost management capability globally.  Through this change, our profile in Asia will scale significantly, comprising a team of over 4000 staff across all major countries in region.  The combination of our programme management and project management and commercial management capabilities will provide a unique opportunity to do things for our clients.

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities:

To establish continuity with our key client as the trusted partner, provide leadership to the

regional and operational Program Management Office team, and build on the high-value

program management service in line with the global framework.

 

· Be the key client interface for all Real Estate stakeholders 

· Providing subject-matter expertise to the client in all areas of capital programs and

projects in Real Estate, bridging the opportunity and deliverables to the client’s

enterprise standards and strategic objectives.

· Managing and leveraging of the resources available at the Program Management

Office, and the wider Turner & Townsend business to provide a high-value service to

the client.

· Building on the legacy as a trusted partner with the client, bringing value delivery to

the Program Management Office service, providing advisory based on sector and

industry knowledge.

· Providing the key link between the peer regions, central and offshore program

management teams, the client’s internal and external delivery teams, and

supporting business units, driving excellence in capital programs.

· Reach back and two-way knowledge transfer between related capital project delivery

teams under the client’s framework, and peer Program Management Office teams

working on similar Real Estate portfolios within Turner & Townsend business.

· Full-time client facing, managing a team of client’s stakeholders, working with the

regional leadership team, portfolio managers and planners.

Qualifications

  • Advanced knowledge and mastery in the planning and delivery of real estate capital programs and projects.
  • Minimum qualifications are a recognized degree (if not Masters) in Corporate Real Estate, Project Management, Construction Management or equivalent.
  • Experience in deals, transactions, property and facilities management are a bonus.
  • Possess an active and relevant professional certification or license in program /project management / real estate (i.e., PMP, RICS, licensed RE practitioner, etc.)
  • Minimum 10 - 15 years’ experience in delivering major programs of work.
  • Experience and knowledge of all of the main project management concepts, tools and techniques.
  • Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced and high pressure environment, to meet often tight deadlines, and to work pro-actively as part of a committed team
  • Strong project systems background and understanding of MS Project and MS Office suite of products.
  • Good with documentation, presentation, reporting and skills with analytics.

Additional Information

Turner & Townsend is a leading independent professional services company specializing in program management, project management, cost management and consulting across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. With 108 offices in 45 countries, we draw on our extensive global and industry experience to manage risk while maximizing value and performance during the construction and operation of our clients’ assets. We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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