Stakeholder/Authority Lead, Aviation

Turner & Townsend; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services firm actively seeking a senior stakeholder liaison for large-scale infrastructure projects in India. The role focuses on engaging government agencies, regulators and utility authorities to secure approvals and manage interfaces across multi-disciplinary teams.

The candidate will lead negotiations, ensure regulatory compliance, and mitigate stakeholder risks while coordinating with project teams and external parties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning, Public Administration or related field.
• Minimum 15 years of stakeholder, regulatory, or authority liaison experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with government agencies and regulatory authorities.
• Experience supporting major infrastructure, aviation, transport, or urban development projects.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of statutory approval processes and regulatory compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop stakeholder management and authority engagement plans.
• Manage approvals, permits, licenses, and regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate stakeholder consultations and authority reviews.
• Resolve interface issues between project teams and external parties.
• Monitor stakeholder-related risks and mitigation actions.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning, Public Administration or related field

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

Purpose

Lead engagement with key stakeholders, government agencies, regulators, utility authorities, airport operators, and statutory bodies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop stakeholder management and authority engagement plans.
• Manage approvals, permits, licenses, and regulatory submissions.
• Coordinate stakeholder consultations and authority reviews.
• Resolve interface issues between project teams and external parties.
• Monitor stakeholder-related risks and mitigation actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning, Public Administration or related field.
• Minimum 15 years of stakeholder, regulatory, or authority liaison experience.
• Demonstrated experience working with government agencies and regulatory authorities.
• Experience supporting major infrastructure, aviation, transport, or urban development projects.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of statutory approval processes and regulatory compliance requirements.

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