Director, Major Projects Lead, Asia

Company Description
**Who is Turner & Townsend?**

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

**Our purpose**:
**Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.**

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

**Our values**:
**Love a challenge**:We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

**Stronger together**:We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

**Bring out the best in everyone**:We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice

**Job Description**:
We are looking for an experienced and ambitious Director to lead our **Major Projects and Programmes** in Asia. This person, will work with market leads across our business units, sector, and proposition owners to pursue, convert, set up and assure our portfolio of major projects in region. These projects will include advanced manufacturing developments, next generation of manufacturing plants, highly technical manufacturing & logistics facilities, data centre campuses, pharmaceutical processing facilities, as well as mixed used developments, hospitality projects and sport events venues. We are positioned to be at the forefront of these sectors and are developing the services we provide to our clients under the leadership of the appointed Major Projects Lead.

**Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to**:

- Establish a clear strategy (plan) for the pursuit, positioning and conversion of our major projects and programme targets in region.
- Engage with clients to showcase our major projects proposition and capability through practical, project-specific value adds.
- Plan and manage the scale up of our major projects team including the onboarding of senior project resources for appointed commissions across the Asian region.
- Act as Major Projects Director for key commissions and/or programs, with involvement setting up people, processes and systems for success.
- Responsible for reporting on major projects performance to the Asia management team.
- Lead in ensuring project assurance activities are undertaken in accordance with corporate standards, working in coordination with our Operations Director, Asia. Provide follow up and feedback to commission leads and/or business unit leads as applicable.
- Implement and deliver best practice project and construction management services across the region.
- Provide key technical and commercial advice to clients across major projects.
- Manage key client accounts and winning new business through organic growth and referral opportunities.
- Embrace and work in a digital project management environment using in-house and partner systems, tools and methodologies.
- Act as a role model and brand ambassador who drives One Business culture and embodies the values of Turner & Townsend
- Develop and coach/mentor project teams.
- Support our industry professional bodies, through committee participation, thought leadership and public speaking / presentations and help shape best practice.

**Qualifications**:
**Skills required**
- Exemplary leadership and stakeholder engagement skills and experience.
- 15+ years’ experience leading complex and major projects and programs (in excess of $200m USD), from tender to completion.
- Ability to influence, advise and recommend appropriate course of action to management and executives within client or partner organizations.
- Experience is in a complex stakeholder environment reporting regularly to key stakeholders including internal teams, appointed technical p