Aviation Programme Director

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AECOM is seeking a strategic and commercially driven Programme Director to support and drive the growth and delivery of Aviation programmes across the UK & Ireland. Reporting to the Sector Director and working closely with the global Transportation leadership you will play a critical leadership role in shaping and delivering the sectors 3-year growth strategy while strengthening collaboration with the global Transportation business.

This role is focused on winning and delivering major projects (>$5M) building high-value client relationships and driving excellence in project performance safety and operational outcomes.

Heres what youll do:

Strategic Growth & Work Winning

• Support and drive the sectors 3-year growth plan across UK & Ireland in support of the Sector Directors strategy
• Lead positioning client engagement and bid activity to win Aviation opportunities $5M including early and enabling packages
• Manage the end-to-end work winning process for major programmes
• Define and implement the hybrid Enterprise Capability (EC) and. home country delivery model for bids
• Enhance AECOMs market presence and reputation with infrastructure owners operators and contractors
• Collaborate with global teams to support growth across Europe and India through capability knowledge and resource sharing

Project & Client Leadership

• Act as AECOMs senior representative in the delivery of major aviation programmes
• Own and lead strategic client relationships ensuring high levels of satisfaction and repeat business
• Drive continuous improvement based on client feedback and performance outcomes
• Lead collaboration with contractors partners and supply chain to ensure high-performing delivery teams

Delivery & Commercial Performance

• Accountable for successful delivery of Aviation Sector owned projects typically >$5M in revenue ensuring performance across:
  • Schedule cost and quality
  • Project governance compliance
• Drive strong commercial performance including:
  • Sales bookings and revenue growth
  • Gross/net revenue and margin
  • Cashflow and DSO performance
  • Optimisation of EC utilisation
  • High-quality project data and reporting
• Deliver programmes profitably and sustainably aligned with business objectives

Leadership & Capability Development

• Work within Transportation to build capability and capacity aligned to long-term growth
• Lead collaboration across Business Lines sectors and geographies to unlock opportunities and strengthen delivery
• Contribute to the development of a high-performing globally connected team
• Support the implementation of strategic workforce planning and resourcing models

Safety Health Environment & Wellbeing (SHE)

• Champion and actively lead the SHE & Wellbeing agenda across all major projects
• Ensure strong performance against both leading and lagging safety and sustainability metrics
• Act as a visible safety leader embedding best practice across delivery teams and partner organisations

Qualifications :

Heres what were looking for:

• Proven market leader with a strong track record of positioning leading and winning major opportunities
• Extensive experience delivering large-scale multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects profitably
• Demonstrated success working with infrastructure owners operators contractors and partners
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing financial performance and project metrics
• Experience operating within a global organisation collaborating across sectors and geographies
• Strong leadership capability with a focus on developing teams and building long-term capability
• Passionate about safety leadership wellbeing sustainable delivery quality and innovation

Additional Information :

We celebrate diversity including neurodiversity and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process please contact us at At AECOM we value everyones unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us we would be delighted to hear from you!

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Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1