Director (Lead) - Corporate Occupier

Company 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.

Who are you?

You are an experienced Director who has experience in the Project Management Corporate Occupier sector looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment.

Job Description

As a Director, Corporate Occupier, you will be responsible for:

• Serving as a senior leader within Turner & Townsend's Corporate Occupier Fit-Out team, contributing to the growth, performance, and strategic direction of the business.
• Fostering a high-performing, collaborative "Stronger Together" culture that supports employee development, engagement, and professional growth.
• Acting as a role model and mentor, inspiring teams to achieve excellence while supporting the development of future leaders within the business.
• Building and maintaining trusted client relationships, acting as a strategic advisor and consistently delivering exceptional client service and project outcomes.
• Leading complex project and program management commissions, assuming overall accountability for successful delivery from inception through completion.
• Providing executive oversight and guidance on major and high-profile project assignments, ensuring service excellence and effective risk management.
• Establishing project success criteria, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, resource planning, technical requirements, and performance objectives.
• Developing and implementing robust project governance frameworks, processes, and reporting structures to support successful project execution.
• Leading project planning activities and overseeing the development and management of integrated project schedules.
• Advising clients on procurement strategies and the selection of consultants, contractors, and other project resources.
• Directing and coordinating multidisciplinary project teams while fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Monitoring project performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and implementing appropriate mitigation and improvement strategies.
• Providing strategic oversight of project finances, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and financial reporting.
• Advising on contract administration, commercial management, claims resolution, and dispute avoidance.
• Ensuring compliance with quality, health, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements across all project activities.
• Leading engagement with clients, consultants, contractors, and key stakeholders at all stages of the project lifecycle to ensure alignment and informed decision-making.
• Preparing and presenting executive-level project reports, recommendations, and performance updates to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Promoting and championing best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement across project delivery teams.
• Contributing to business growth through client relationship management, market engagement, pursuits, proposals, and business development activities.
• Leading bid and proposal efforts, supporting strategic account growth, and helping secure new opportunities across the Corporate Occupier market sector.

Leadership Expectations

• Demonstrates visible and inspirational leadership, setting high standards of performance, professionalism, and integrity.
• Embraces complex challenges and drives solutions that deliver meaningful value for clients and Turner & Townsend.
• Champions collaboration, inclusion, and knowledge sharing to create an environment where individuals and teams can perform at their best.
• Drives a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement while delivering sustainable business results.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 12+ years of relevant experience in real estate or construction projects of increasing complexity.
• Experience delivering corporate occupier projects, retail, industrial, mixed-use or related real property capital projects
• Confident and able to lead projects in own right but, when necessary, to work as part of a senior delivery team
• Strong interpersonal skills to train and develop teams
• Robust and methodical analytical skills, adaptable, with experience leading effective teams
• Experienced in preparing, defining and leading on bid proposals, and working closely alongside Senior Leadership in the business.
• Professional degree in Engineering, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Management or a related field
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is highly desirable

Additional Information

What's in it for you...

• 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
• Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program
• RRSP option with company matching
• Annual learning and development budget
• Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth
• Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role
• We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days
• A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives
• Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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

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It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.