Employment Type: Fixed Term, Contract Flexible on location Construction residential and commercial/office Category: Project/program management Business analysis Programme Director – Building Safety Remediation Programme (Confidential Client) Directorate / Hub Development &

• Projects Consultancy (DPC) – Fire &

• Building Safety Reports to Client Remediation Delivery Lead (Project Sponsor), with dotted-line accountability to TFT Senior Director. PMO Director

• PMO Manager

• Workstream Leads, Technical Specialists – Building Safety and Developer Engagement (matrix) Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol or London – hybrid working, with regular travel to client sites and client offices nationally Contract: Fixed-term, 3 years Covers circa 400 buildings across the client's national portfolio Role Purpose: TFT has been appointed by a major institutional client as Programme Lead for a national building safety remediation programme – a multi-year, portfolio-wide programme covering circa 400 buildings across Direct and Indirect Self Remediation Terms (SRT) and Orphan assets, all subject to the Building Safety Act. The identity of the client is confidential and will be shared with candidates at the appropriate stage of the recruitment process.

The Programme

Director is a new, dedicated post, fully funded by the client for an initial three-year term. The role provides full-time, single-client leadership of the programme – taking overall ownership of delivery, governance and the client relationship. The successful candidate will be the day-to-day face of TFT to the client's Remediation Delivery Committee and Fund Steering Committee, and will lead a team spanning TFT's PMO, workstream leads and technical specialists, supported by TFT's wider Technical Resource Pool.





Maintain and enforce stage-gated portfolio management with defined artefacts, SLAs and KPIs; run portfolio-level risk management and escalation paths. Develop and maintain portfolio- and building-level plans, timelines and risk registers aligned with Building Safety Act requirements. Build and protect a strong long-term relationship with the client.

Liaise with third parties supporting the programme, including appointed data coordination partner and legal escalation partner, coordinate developer engagement across the client's panel of major national housebuilders and developers. Manage the PMO Director and PMO Manager, provide matrix leadership to Workstream Leads and Technical Specialists. Set individual and team performance objectives, support career development.

Provide oversight of Building Safety Act remediation compliance in conjunction with Technical Specialists. Oversee registration of Higher-Risk Buildings with the Building Safety Regulator, manage Gateway requirements. Own programme fee and budget performance, work with FinOps Manager on cashflow forecasting, cost recovery tracking and variance analysis.

Oversee professional services sourcing, contract alignment, recommend specialist contractors and consultants.

Support Building Safety

Fund and Cladding Safety Scheme applications for orphan buildings.



Hold programme-level accountability for Golden Thread compliance across the portfolio, ensure data accurately captured, controlled and traceable. Oversee data integrity for assessment and remediation records, produce executive reporting packs and dashboards for the client and TFT leadership.

Oversee TFT's input into communications to residents and leaseholders on assessment outcomes, remediation works, timelines and impacts. MAPM (registered Project Manager, Association for Project Management) or equivalent programme/project management chartership. Minimum 15 years' industry experience, including senior programme or project leadership roles.

Demonstrable track record of leading large, multi-workstream programmes for a major client – ideally in real estate, insurance, or building safety/compliance. Strong working knowledge of building safety legislation and experience managing large, multi-property compliance or remediation programmes. Excellent governance, reporting and stakeholder management skills, confidence to represent at senior client and steering-committee level.

Strong people leadership skills, experience managing multi-disciplinary teams in a matrix structure.

Experience of fire safety, structural or façade remediation programmes. Familiarity with Golden Thread principles and digital data/reporting platforms. Statutory compliance maintained across SRTs, BSR Gateway requirements and Golden Thread obligations, with no material enforcement escalations attributable to programme delivery.

Programme fee income and cost performance delivered in line with the agreed TFT budget (circa £2.5m–£3m per annum). High-quality, up-to-date reporting and data integrity across the programme's data management system and Golden Thread records.

📌 Program Manager - Full Time (Ontario)
🏢 TFT
📍 Ontario