Senior Programme Leader: Complex Transformations

Sccsinternational; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to lead and deliver complex capital programmes across real estate and infrastructure sectors. You will drive governance, stakeholder engagement, and benefit realization while managing multi-disciplinary teams and multiple workstreams.

The role emphasizes leadership, risk management, and robust reporting in a fast-paced environment with a focus on client outcomes and business impact.

Qualifications

• Extensive programme management experience delivering benefits for clients.
• Strong leadership, governance and delivery capabilities.
• Familiarity with MSP or PMI frameworks and robust governance practices.
• Background in construction/project delivery in real estate or infrastructure.
• Understanding of contracts and procurement routes (NEC, JCT) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide programme leadership to small to medium real estate/transformation programmes and support large-scale initiatives.
• Establish governance, controls and reporting for programme delivery.
• Engage stakeholders through a clear management plan and professional communications.
• Oversee financial tracking and reporting of programme budgets and benefits.
• Identify and manage risks, including health and safety considerations.
• Coordinate programme logs, data quality, secretariat duties and communications.
• Support team development and foster a collaborative One Business culture.

Skills

Programme management

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Risk management

Data analysis

MSP frameworks

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

PM software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to lead and deliver complex capital programmes across real estate and infrastructure sectors. You will drive governance, stakeholder engagement, and benefit realization while managing multi-disciplinary teams and multiple workstreams.

The role emphasizes leadership, risk management, and robust reporting in a fast-paced environment with a focus on client outcomes and business impact.