Consultant-Programme Advisory -Benefits & Requirements Management (All Grades)

Turner & Townsend; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in Scotland is seeking a Consultant in Programme Advisory to provide strategic leadership and manage benefits and requirements across major programmes. The ideal candidate will have extensive consulting experience, strong analytical skills, and expertise in requirements management tools. This full-time role offers the opportunity to work on complex infrastructure challenges and contribute to the team's growth trajectory.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a consulting or advisory role within infrastructure or major capital programmes.
• Proven track record of leading requirements management at a strategic level.
• Understanding of requirements engineering standards and experience with management tools.

Responsibilities

• Providing end to end strategic leadership in benefits and requirements management.
• Influence senior stakeholders and facilitate decision-making at the executive level.
• Lead workshops and stakeholder interviews, advising clients on best practices.

Skills

Systems thinking

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

IBM DOORS

Jama

JIRA

Job description

Consultant-Programme Advisory -Benefits & Requirements Management (All Grades)

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the 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 75 years we have been leading the delivery of major transformational programmes. Our success at realizing outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth, and we now operate in over 110 offices worldwide, becoming a world leading professional services company. Further to this success we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2030 vision. To achieve this, 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. Our Programme Advisory team specializes in the strategy, set-up and transformation of major programmes and asset owning enterprises within the transport, defence, utilities, and power sectors in the UK and internationally. Since forming in 2018 our growing team of experts have brought innovative thinking to some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges - delivering tangible outcomes for clients by bringing the best of our technical excellence and transformational change capability. We are an influential team who share a common passion for making change a reality, continually setting new standards. As a diverse and inclusive team of unique individuals, we inspire one another to do better every day. Our collaborative culture also ensures that everyone’s potential is maximised, constantly learning through experience and close team relationships. Joining the Programme Advisory team will afford you exciting directly support world renowned clients, enhance your consulting skills, shape your career, and directly contribute to the teams exciting growth trajectory.

We are seeking enthusiastic Consultants (from mid-senior level) to join our dynamic team within Programme Advisory. If you’re an expert at benefits and requirements management and love turning complex challenges into clear, actionable outcomes, this is your chance to shine. Whether you’re a detail-oriented requirements guru or a big-picture systems thinker, we want to hear how you’ll help our clients succeed across major infrastructure programmes.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Providing end to end strategic leadership in the development, implementation, and governance of business strategic goals and objectives, benefits realisation and requirements management across major programmes.
• Represent the benefit and requirements function in governance boards and programme reviews
• Influence senior stakeholders and facilitate decision-making at the executive level by providing strategic direction for the benefits and requirements management within the organisation.
• Designing and facilitating high-impact client workshops and executive briefings
• Lead workshops, stakeholder interviews, and requirements elicitation sessions whilst advising clients on best practices on validation, traceability, and change control and systems engineering
• Leading the integration of benefits and requirements management cross functional with programme planning, design and engineering, assurance, and delivery functions
• Oversee the use of requirements management tools such as IBM DOORS or equivalent to manage complex requirements sets
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and sponsors
• Lead business development initiatives, including major bids and strategic partnerships
• Mentor and develop internal capability in requirements management and systems thinking
• Contribute to the evolution of Turner & Townsend’s Programme Integration methodologies and thought leadership
• Support or lead requirements management, including elicitation, documentation, verification, validation, and traceability across the project lifecycle.
• Drive benefits and requirements management processes on complex programmes, ensuring alignment with client goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (design, engineering, operations, and stakeholders) to gather, analyse, and validate and technical requirements.
• Maintain requirements documentation, traceability matrices, and change control processes using tools like IBM DOORS, Jama, or ADO-MR.
• Design and facilitate client workshops, stakeholder interviews, and presentations to align on objectives and solutions.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and engagement.
• Contribute to programme integration methodologies and best practices, sharing your expertise to elevate our approach.
• Support bid proposals and business development efforts to grow our impact.
• Mentor junior team members, fostering their growth and building team capability

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a consulting or advisory role, ideally within infrastructure or major capital programmes.
• Degree qualified in a relevant field.
• Proven track record of leading requirements management at a strategic level across complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Understanding of requirements engineering standards (e.g., ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148) and hands‑on experience with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama, JIRA).
• Experience in programme and/or portfolio management, governance, and assurance
• Strong commercial acumen and experience in identifying and securing new business opportunities
• Sector experience in infrastructure, transportation, utilities, defence, or related fields

Skills

• Systems thinking, exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and lead teams
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement
• Ability to juggle multiple responsibilities in fast‑paced environments.

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.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com

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

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Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Consulting

Industries

Construction, Civil Engineering, and Business Consulting and Services