Associate Director – Portfolio Management

Turner & Townsend
United Kingdom
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Communication","Mentoring","Continuous improvement"]

Own end-to-end portfolio leadership and strategy-to-delivery execution across complex real estate portfolios, translating capital investment planning into measurable outcomes. Lead Portfolio and Portfolio Management Office teams to embed governance, controls, assurance, and performance management frameworks. Provide oversight across the investment lifecycle, manage risk and financial performance, and act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders—driving continuous improvement, stakeholder alignment, and sustained delivery success.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
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Associate Director – Portfolio Management

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end portfolio leadership and strategy-to-delivery execution across complex real estate portfolios, translating capital investment planning into measurable outcomes. Lead Portfolio and Portfolio Management Office teams to embed governance, controls, assurance, and performance management frameworks. Provide oversight across the investment lifecycle, manage risk and financial performance, and act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders—driving continuous improvement, stakeholder alignment, and sustained delivery success.
Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Shape, embed, and communicate portfolio vision and direction, empowering teams to turn strategy into measurable outcomes and end-to-end portfolio success.
  • •Provide strategic portfolio management and capital investment planning, including scenario planning, strategic analysis, and benefits realisation management across the investment lifecycle.
  • •Establish and embed governance, controls, assurance, and performance management frameworks to ensure rigor, compliance, transparency, and continuous improvement.
  • •Lead risk and health/safety safeguards by identifying, escalating, and mitigating risks and issues across the portfolio.
  • •Drive financial oversight and commission management, including CapEx performance, budget tracking, cost reporting, financial risk visibility, and contractual/commercial commission governance.

Key Requirements

  • •Accreditation or strong working knowledge of portfolio and/or programme management methodologies and governance frameworks, particularly in real estate and complex, fast-paced environments.
  • •Proven portfolio and/or programme management experience, including large-scale and/or high-profile real estate transformation projects.
  • •Experience optimizing performance and managing capital investment plans, ensuring delivery of expected outcomes to high standards.
  • •Strong leadership capability to lead and empower teams, build delivery partnerships, and maintain trusted stakeholder relationships.
  • •Experience with portfolio/program financial performance management (financial reporting, budget tracking, cost/financial management) and awareness of procurement, contracts, and commercial frameworks.
Experience:Real estate transformationPortfolio managementProgramme management
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementCommunicationMentoringContinuous improvement
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Microsoft Office Suite

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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