Senior Transport Programme Director

Grant Thornton Ireland; Ireland; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton Ireland is seeking an experienced senior project leader (Associate Director/Director) to join our Consulting practice with a focus on transport. You will lead multidisciplinary teams delivering major transport programmes, providing strategic advisory, programme oversight and assurance to support investment outcomes.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years at Associate Director level or 10+ years at Director level, with track records in governance, risk, and complex delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or a related field; Master’s degree or relevant professional certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, APM) strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working within large-scale capital investment and infrastructure delivery environments, including knowledge of programme governance, assurance frameworks and stage-gated approval processes.
• 8+ years' experience for Associate Director level, or 10+ years' experience for Director level, leading major transport and infrastructure programmes, with demonstrable expertise in programme governance, oversight, assurance, controls and the management of complex, multi-stakeholder delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Leading and advising on major transport and infrastructure programmes, supporting client organisations and senior leadership teams to strengthen programme governance, assurance and delivery performance across major capital investments.
• Defining and driving projects across all stages of the project life cycle, from initiation to delivery, implementation and benefits realisation.
• Establishing and overseeing programme-wide governance, monitoring and assurance frameworks while managing complex interfaces, interdependencies and multi-contract delivery arrangements across large-scale infrastructure programmes.
• Leading and mentoring multidisciplinary teams, fostering collaboration across client organisations, delivery partners, contractors, regulators and other key stakeholders.
• Developing and maintaining robust integrated assurance strategies encompassing governance, risk, cost, schedule, design, change control, benefits realisation and programme performance.
• Leading the assessment of procurement and delivery models, supporting clients in identifying appropriate approaches for the successful delivery of complex infrastructure and capital investment programmes.
• Producing executive, board-level and stakeholder reporting, translating complex programme information into clear, evidence-based insights to support decision-making.
• Embedding proactive risk management, programme controls and governance practices that support successful programme delivery and long-term investment outcomes.

Skills

Programme governance

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Multi-disciplinary teams

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering

Master’s degree or relevant professional certification (PMP/PRINCE2/APM)

Job description

Grant Thornton Ireland is seeking an experienced senior project leader (Associate Director/Director) to join our Consulting practice with a focus on transport. You will lead multidisciplinary teams delivering major transport programmes, providing strategic advisory, programme oversight and assurance to support investment outcomes.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years at Associate Director level or 10+ years at Director level, with track records in governance, risk, and complex delivery.