PMO Support Manager

PMO Support Manager

At Turner & Townsend we are passionate about making a difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. For over 75 years we have been helping our clients deliver on their objectives. Our success at realizing outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth and we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. To reach this goal, 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.

Job Description

As a PMO Manager, you will play a critical role in supporting the Programme Leader to deliver excellent commission management. Your expertise will provide assurance to Turner & Townsend Executives that the commission aligns with agreed governance and risk management requirements while maintaining contractual deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Programme Leadership Support: Assist the Programme Leader in embedding the vision and direction of the commission. Empower and inspire the programme team to achieve success.
• Programme Control: Establish and embed frameworks for management and control to ensure programme rigor and compliance.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Establish robust processes to effectively engage and manage all programme stakeholders.
• Financial Oversight: Support the implementation, maintenance and monitoring of reliable processes to manage and report on all financial aspects of the programme.
• Risk Management: Contribute to the development of processes to understand health and safety risks and define safeguards for successful programme execution.
• Operational Support: Maintain programme logs/registers, oversee reporting and data quality, provide secretariat duties, and facilitate effective communication.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Programme management accreditation or familiarity with programme management methodologies.
• Proven experience applying programme management concepts in a fast-paced, high-performing environment.
• Demonstrable experience in maintaining programme documentation, ensuring data quality, and facilitating robust reporting.
• Strong communication skills and ability to perform secretariat duties effectively.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Strong and current understanding of portfolio/programme management requirements and how it relates to real estate
• Proven ability to work in relevant portfolio/programme management process and systems
• Awareness/experience of variety of methods of procurement and forms of contract
• Excellent communication skills, in person and written
• Degree / Postgraduate qualified in a relevant field
• Professional membership desirable

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

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.

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

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.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorized Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.