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Job Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Governance Manager to join our team! In this role you will get to define and maintain the governance framework and oversee structures
What You'll Be Doing:
Define and maintain the governance framework.
Establish and oversee governance structures, decision authorities, and Terms of Reference.
Establish standardized codification structures.
Ensure decisions are evidence based, controlled, and auditable.
Integrate governance with assurance and audit to support transparency, compliance, and risk management.
Establish and maintain configuration management for governance frameworks and artefacts, ensuring version control, traceability, and controlled change.
Act as the primary interface with Internal and External Audit, ensuring continuous audit readiness.
Track and drive closure of governance, assurance, and audit findings.
Monitor governance effectiveness and drive continual improvement using quality management principles.
Key Interfaces
Executive leadership, Assurance (Quality/HSSE/ICT), and Audit, Risk and Compliance, Program and Portfolio leadership.
Key Deliverables
Quality based governance framework and operating model
Delegations of Authority and decision matrices
Committee structures and Terms of Reference
Assurance plans and governance reporting
Audit evidence and management responses
Success Measures
Clear and timely decision making
Positive assurance and audit outcomes
Reduced repeat findings and systemic issues
Leadership confidence in governance effectiveness
Knowledge & Experience
Demonstrated experience in:
Governance design and operation
Quality Management Systems
Assurance and audit environments
Experience operating in complex, regulated, or capital intensive environments.
Familiarity with recognized governance standards (e.g. ISO based frameworks).
Skills & Attributes
High level of professional independence and judgement
Strong stakeholder and executive engagement capability
Structured, analytical, and evidence driven mindset
Ability to balance governance rigor with operational pragmatism
Proven experience establishing and operating governance frameworks.
Direct experience interfacing with Internal Audit and External Audit, including audit preparation, execution, and response management.
Experience managing assurance and audit findings through corrective action and continual improvement.
Demonstrated experience operating in complex, regulated, or large-scale program environments.
Education Requirements
18+ years’ progressive experience in governance, quality management, assurance, audit, or related oversight roles.
Bachelor’s degree in: Construction, Engineering, Business, Management, Law, or a related discipline.
Postgraduate qualification desirable (e.g. MBA, MSc, or equivalent).
Professional certification in governance, risk, audit, or quality management is advantageous.
Experience operating within complex, regulated, or large scale program environments.
Demonstrated capability to engage and influence senior leadership and key stakeholders.
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