Defence Programme Governance & PMO Consultant

Turner & Townsend; City of Edinburgh; Hybride; GBP 70 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working

Health & wellbeing support

Résumé du poste

Turner & Townsend is recruiting for a Programme Governance, PMO & Advisory Consultant to drive governance, PMO and assurance activities across Defence, Rail, Infrastructure and Digital/AI projects in the UK. You’ll work on client sites or in Turner & Townsend offices up to 60% of the time, with a focus on delivering robust programme performance in high-risk settings.

The role requires experience in PMO, governance and assurance, with capabilities in reporting, stakeholder engagement and

Qualifications

• Experience operating within PMO, programme management, governance, assurance, quality or programme performance functions.
• Experience supporting complex projects, programmes or portfolios within Defence, Rail, Infrastructure or Digital/AI environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including the ability to support senior leadership decision-making.
• Experience establishing or improving governance arrangements, reporting frameworks, delivery controls or assurance processes.
• Understanding of programme lifecycles, project management methodologies, and delivery best practice.
• Experience with programme reporting, management information, quality management or performance measurement tools would be advantageous.
• Experience within Defence or other highly regulated environments.
• Membership of, or qualifications from, recognised professional bodies such as APM, PMI, MSP, PRINCE2, MoP or equivalent.
• Experience supporting programme mobilisation, assurance reviews or programme recovery activities.

Responsabilités

• Establishing and improving PMO, governance and programme management frameworks across projects, programmes and portfolios.
• Supporting programme mobilisation activities, helping clients establish delivery structures, roles, processes and controls.
• Developing and maintaining assurance and quality arrangements to support successful programme outcomes.
• Producing, analysing and presenting programme performance information, reporting and management insight to support effective decision-making.
• Supporting governance forums, boards and senior stakeholder engagements through structured reporting and recommendations.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives across programme delivery, PMO and project management practices.
• Supporting programme reviews, health checks, interventions and recovery activities where required.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across Risk, Transformation and AI to improve overall programme performance.

Connaissances

PMO experience

Governance

Programme management

Assurance

Quality

Performance reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Regulated environments

Professional bodies (APM/ PMI/ MSP/ PR

Formation

APM/ PMI/ MSP/ PRINCE2/ MoP certification

Outils

PMO reporting tools

Performance measurement tools

Description du poste

Turner & Townsend is recruiting for a Programme Governance, PMO & Advisory Consultant to drive governance, PMO and assurance activities across Defence, Rail, Infrastructure and Digital/AI projects in the UK. You’ll work on client sites or in Turner & Townsend offices up to 60% of the time, with a focus on delivering robust programme performance in high-risk settings.

The role requires experience in PMO, governance and assurance, with capabilities in reporting, stakeholder engagement and