PMO-Global Cost Management Lead

Who is Turner & Townsend?

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.

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• Build strong working relationships with CRES finance, strategic programmes, key stakeholders and delivery partners
• Develop and implement efficiency and improvement initiatives on a quarterly basis based on prioritizing areas of greatest impact
• Manage a team of 5 cost managers (potentially growing to 7-8 depending on pipeline)

• Develop and formalize annual corporate plan cycle for office investment projects in coordination with strategy, CRES finance and stakeholders
• Own capital project investment cost and cashflow estimation, both at strategy paper and business case approval stage
• Define and agree level of detail of capital project cost estimates with stakeholders to drive consistency and efficiencies
• Manage QS delivery partner performance and provide senior oversight across capital investment projects

• Assure QS delivery partner adherence to process and improve accuracy and timeliness in line with the client’s reporting cadence and accounting principles
• Drive greater cost and spend certainty through key engagement and oversight on projects to achieve realistic forecasts and meeting the budget

• Challenge and validate project costs through cost modelling and developing internal and external benchmark insights report
• Drive best value decisions to be made by using benchmark insights to identify trends and opportunities

• Industry related degree (e.g. Project Management, Construction Management, Design, Engineering, etc) or equivalent
• Professional accreditations and associations such as PMI, MSP, HKIS, RICS, CIOB, HKIE, etc (preferred)
• A minimum of 10 years’ related experience in construction, project management and programme management.
• Has worked as part of a Project or Programme Management Office on corporate occupier programmes in Hong Kong or internationally, from their vision and blueprint to delivering on the target outcomes and realisation of benefits.
• Has worked on behalf of and represented international clients (preferably financial institutions)
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills in English (Cantonese and Mandarin a bonus)
• Track record working in a fast-paced environment, meeting deadlines, working proactively and collaboratively as part of a team
• Competent using Microsoft suite of software including Project, Office, SharePoint, Teams, etc

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