Security Cleared Associate / Project Director: Digital Project Controls, Defence - Glasgow/ Bristol/ London
Turner & Townsend · Glasgow, Scotland ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 18 Oct 2026.
Overview
In this role you lead digital P3M transformations for defence clients, aligning projects with Defence lifecycles and secure delivery. You’ll steer multi-disciplinary teams and technology suppliers to embed digitally-enabled ways of working, improve governance and assurance, and drive investment value. You’ll work with MoD organisations and Tier 1 partners to deliver complex portfolios that realise military capability and transformational change. This is a senior consultancy opportunity at Turner & Townsend.
Responsibilities
- Assess client challenges and requirements within complex Defence delivery environments
- Implement or refine P3M methodologies, data structures, and tools to enable desired outcomes
- Lead technology suppliers and digital delivery teams in secure environments
- Embed changes through stakeholder engagement and business readiness activities
- Produce client-facing findings, reports and recommendations across engagements
- Collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams on client sites and virtually
- Support business development activities including bids and proposals
- Contribute to marketing and employee advocacy where appropriate
Key requirements
- Graduate calibre with relevant industry experience
- Experience transforming project working methods and integrating P3M disciplines with enterprise functions
- Defence sector experience with MoD or Tier 1 suppliers (advantageous)
- Understanding of Defence acquisition processes (CADMID/CADMIT) and governance frameworks
- Experience in secure or regulated environments
- Ability to define or refine project structures integrating asset information, work, resource, schedule, cost and risk
- Experience implementing project controls or P3M technology
- Experience in major capital programmes or large portfolios
- Familiarity with core project controls (scope, schedule, cost, risk, reporting)
- Experience in business capability establishment or change
- APM/PMI or similar certification (advantageous)
- Analytical mindset
- Strong relationship-building with clients and internal teams
- Clear communication and concise idea articulation
- P3M disciplines and governance
- Project controls (scope, schedule, cost, risk, reporting)
- Digital transformation in defence portfolios
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