Senior Portfolio Manager Full-Time

Turner & Townsend; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend in Manchester is seeking a Senior Portfolio Manager to lead portfolio delivery, governance and reporting for client programmes. You will partner with Portfolio Directors and project teams to turn strategy into delivery and optimise portfolio performance.

You will establish and maintain governance, assurance frameworks, and provide high-quality reporting, data integrity and financial oversight while liaising with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in portfolios or programmes, ideally in the Real Estate, Infrastructure or Capital Projects sectors.
• Demonstrable ability to operate effectively within fast‑paced delivery environments with strong organisational skills.
• Strong understanding of portfolio, programme and project management methodologies, governance frameworks and controls.
• Team leadership across multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Experience establishing and maintaining portfolio or programme controls (RAID, dashboards, governance).
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills with senior stakeholders.
• Experience in portfolio financial management, forecasting and governance.
• Degree or postgraduate qualification in a relevant field; MSP membership desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver portfolio governance and control to embed and assure portfolio management frameworks and benefits realization.
• Provide data-driven insights and real-time reporting on programme performance.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives and standardised approaches across portfolios.
• Engage senior leaders and stakeholders, building trusted relationships and clear communications.
• Lead financial monitoring, budgeting, procurement support, and contract administration.
• Identify risks and ensure health and safety considerations across programmes.
• Foster cross-team collaboration and a One Business culture to drive outcomes.

Skills

Portfolio management

Stakeholder engagement

Data analytics

Leadership

Governance & controls

Financial management

Communication

Education

Degree or postgraduate qualification in a relevant field

Tools

MSP

PRINCE2

P3O

APM

Job description

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise 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 realising outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious Net Zero programmes from over 110 offices worldwide.

Further to this success we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 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.

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

It’s how we’ve made the difference for 75 years. Transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.

Job Description

As a Senior Portfolio Manager, you will have experience working closely with Portfolio Directors, client leadership teams and project teams to deliver best-in-class Portfolio and Portfolio Management Office services for global/national/regional portfolios.

You understand the focus on converting strategy into delivery, optimising portfolio performance, driving strategic capital planning and driving sustained success against annual portfolio objectives.

You drive efficient and effective delivery through the implementation of robust, standardised and integrated ways of working that enable successful portfolio outcomes. You play a key role in establishing and maintaining portfolio governance, performance management and assurance frameworks, ensuring high-quality reporting, data integrity and effective financial oversight. Acting as a trusted partner to portfolio leadership, you provide visibility, challenge and insight into portfolio performance, helping to identify risks, drive informed decision‑making and support the delivery of strategic objectives.

As the critical link between project delivery teams, portfolio leadership and the wider business, you ensure alignment, accountability and consistency across all aspects of delivery. Through the application of Portfolio and Portfolio Management Office best practice, you drive compliance, continuous improvement and operational excellence and leadership, directly contributing to successful commission performance, a strategically aligned, competitive portfolio, and client satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio Delivery, Governance & Control: Effectively deliver as part of high-performing teams, motivating and leading by example, to embed, govern and assure portfolio management frameworks and control processes. Operationally lead the successful execution of small to medium scale transformation/real estate Portfolios and Portfolio Management Offices, and materially impact the delivery of large-scale Portfolios and Portfolio Management Offices, ensuring measurable benefits. Drive adherence to governance, contractual deliverables, and risk‑management requirements. Maintain RAID logs, registers, trackers, and reporting mechanisms to a high-quality standard. Work effectively with internal and client leads as required to support the direction and sustained strategic performance and business value across the portfolio.
• Information and Data Leveraging: Implement and oversee effective reporting cycles, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and data integrity. Leverage data analytics to provide real-time insights into programme performance, enabling confident decision-making.
• Continuous Improvement and Learning: Improve programme efficiencies and transform programme performance by identifying and owning the end-to-end implementation of continuous improvement initiatives. Embed portfolio management and control frameworks to ensure rigor, compliance, transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Establish and maintain trusted relationships with senior leaders, clients and key stakeholders, building a reputation as a collaborative & trusted delivery partner. Establish and embed robust processes for engaging and managing programme stakeholders through an effective stakeholder management plan. Foster effective and strong partnerships and successfully communicate across stakeholder groups. Create professional presentations and status reports for leadership and governance forums.
• Financial & Contract Support: Proactively drive processes related to financial monitoring, budget updates, and cost reporting. Take initiative in coordinating procurement and contract administration activities as needed.
• Risk, Health & Safety Considerations: Lead on the identification of programme risks and integration of appropriate safeguards, including health and safety.
• People & Team: Act as a first-class colleague, taking a lead and positively contributing to the culture of internal and commission teams and demonstrating leadership in internal team growth. Promote a collaborative culture focused on high performance, innovation and continuous learning and our One Business culture.

Qualifications

This is a Senior Professional level role. To excel in this role, you will have:

• Proven experience in portfolios or programmes, preferably in the Real Estate, Infrastructure or Capital Projects sectors.
• Demonstrable ability to operate effectively within fast‑paced, high‑profile delivery environments, applying strong organisational skills, attention to detail and sound judgement to manage competing priorities.
• Strong understanding of portfolio, programme and project management methodologies, governance frameworks and controls, with relevant accreditation or practical application of recognised standards (e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, P3O, APM).
• Team leadership experience, including multi‑disciplinary teams
• Experience establishing and maintaining portfolio or programme controls, including RAID management, action tracking, change control, dependency management, governance processes and assurance activities.
• Advanced analytical and reporting capabilities, with experience interpreting portfolio or programme performance data, monitoring KPIs, producing executive‑level reporting and developing management dashboards that support informed decision‑making.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and credibly to a broad range of stakeholders.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills including experience in working with senior level stakeholders , demonstrating the ability to effectively engage, collaborate, challenge and build trust to realise successful programme outcomes.
• Experience in leading portfolio or programme financial management activities, including forecasting, budgeting, performance reporting and financial governance.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and programme management tools, reporting systems and digital platforms, with a proactive approach to data, innovation and technology adoption.
• Degree or postgraduate qualification in a relevant field; professional membership (e.g. MSP) 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 effect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment.

At Turner & Townsend, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from all sectors of the community, and we strongly believe that this diversity is what creates great solutions for our clients, bringing together people with different ideas and skills who want to push boundaries. In celebration of our diversity and to keep this agenda at the forefront of what we do, we have several internal networks, such as LGBT+, Diversity & Inclusion, and Race & Ethnicity which create a safe space for employees to express themselves and to drive change.

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

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