Industrial & Life Science Lead

Job Description

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Due to the continued success and expansion of the Industrial and Science business, we are interested in speaking withDirectors with a proven background in Industrial and Manufacturing construction projects and programmes of work.

Your track record will have seen you manage large scale, complex projects, in one or more of the following:- Industrial Manufacturing Logistics or Pharma/Life Sciences or similarly complex asset class.

Key Responsibilities

Sector Strategy & Market Leadership

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive sector strategy aligned with regional and global priorities.
• Define growth drivers, capability priorities, key enablers, and measurable business outcomes.
• Conduct quarterly reviews to track progress, identify challenges, and recalibrate plans.
• Monitor market trends, regulatory changes, and competitor activity to inform strategic decisionmaking.
• Represent the organisation externally as a thought leader for the Industrial & Science sector.

Revenue Growth & Pipeline Development

• Deliver annual sector revenue targets (1.1x budget).
• Maintain healthy pipeline coverage ( 2.5x sector budget).
• Lead and actively manage 5 strategic pursuits with 6month RFP horizon.
• Convert 3 major projects/programmes with annual revenue USD 1.3M.
• Lead major and strategic bids as Bid Director or Red Team Lead.
• Ensure highquality, timely, clientcentric proposals with clear win themes.
• Work with account leads to expand existing accounts and identify crosssell opportunities across service lines.

Service Excellence & Delivery Assurance

• Ensure 100% compliance with service delivery standards and risk governance frameworks.
• Maintain average Client Care Score 8 across all major projects.
• Lead and participate in project assurance reviews using the 3LOD framework.
• Drive continuous improvement by embedding lessons learned and best practices.
• Ensure zero critical service escalations through proactive engagement.

Team Leadership & Capability Development

• Build and lead a highperforming sector team across India.
• Mentor and coach team members for career development and role excellence.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Facilitate training on emerging sector trends, tools, and methodologies.
• Maintain succession planning for critical roles and ensure a clear accountability framework.

Qualifications

• You have a degree in engineering.
• You bring at least 18+years of experience in the aforementioned topics and tasks, as well as extensive experience in industrial construction.
• You have experience in managing or (partially) leading challenging large-scale projects and programs.
• You possess extensive knowledge in modern team leadership, as well as excellent communication, presentation, and moderation skills, determination, and empathy.

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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