Governance Manager

Overview

Job Description

Governance Manager

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.
• Executive leadership, Assurance (Quality/HSSE/ICT), and Audit, Risk and Compliance, Program and Portfolio leadership.
• 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

Hat Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in: Construction, Engineering, Business, Management, Law, or a related discipline.
• 18+ years’ progressive experience in governance, quality management, assurance, audit, or related oversight roles.
• Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management.
• 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.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• 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.
• Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
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