Director- Secure Government

Qualifications

Key Requirements

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• A proven track record of winning and growing significant consulting and advisory revenues within the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, or closely aligned government departments and agencies.
• Established relationships with senior civil servants, programme leaders, and commercial stakeholders across the UK Government sector.
• Deep understanding of government priorities, governance, funding models, and procurement frameworks.
• Experience leading large-scale business transformation, organisational change, programme mobilisation, or complex portfolio delivery engagements (Desirable).
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to identify opportunities, shape propositions, build winning teams, and secure new work.
• Credibility operating at Director General, Chief Executive, SRO, and Board level.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary consulting teams and developing high-performing talent.
• A collaborative leadership style, capable of operating effectively across multiple business units and service lines.
• Strong personal network and market profile within central government and the wider public sector consulting landscape.
• The ability to influence, challenge, and advise senior client stakeholders on strategic issues while maintaining trusted adviser status.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you will:

• Establish Turner & Townsend as a go-to advisory partner across the Home Office and Ministry of Justice.
• Develop and maintain executive-level client relationships that translate into sustainable business growth.
• Increase the scale and strategic relevance of our advisory portfolio across both departments.
• Lead the pursuit and delivery of major transformation and programme commissions.
• Build and develop a high-performing team capable of supporting continued growth across government.
• Strengthen collaboration across our broader business, bringing integrated solutions to some of the UK's most complex public sector challenges.

The successful candidate will combine the gravitas of a senior government adviser with the commercial drive of a business leader, bringing the vision, relationships, and leadership required to accelerate Turner & Townsend's growth across two of our most important clients.

Additional Information

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.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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