Defence Sector Operations Manager

AECOM
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Business OperationsSkills: ["Autonomy","Judgement","Stakeholder management","Influencing","Coaching"]

Own operational excellence across Defence programmes by managing governance cadence, tracking actions to closure, and improving meeting and sector processes. Maintain accurate trackers and evolve reporting with Salesforce, Power BI, and Excel dashboards to surface trends and risks for leadership. Ensure Defence SharePoint governance and framework compliance through evidence preparation and quality audits, while supporting MARCOMS events and coaching colleagues and new starters.

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Defence Sector Operations Manager

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Job Summary

Own operational excellence across Defence programmes by managing governance cadence, tracking actions to closure, and improving meeting and sector processes. Maintain accurate trackers and evolve reporting with Salesforce, Power BI, and Excel dashboards to surface trends and risks for leadership. Ensure Defence SharePoint governance and framework compliance through evidence preparation and quality audits, while supporting MARCOMS events and coaching colleagues and new starters.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Business Operations
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage the governance cadence end-to-end, including scheduling, agendas, papers, and outcomes.
  • •Record and track actions to closure, escalating delivery risks as necessary.
  • •Maintain sector trackers and registers, detecting and resolving data issues at source.
  • •Maintain Defence SharePoint as the authoritative knowledge base with standards, version control, and quality audits.
  • •Lead framework compliance processes by interpreting requirements, preparing evidence, and pre-empting gaps.
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience in operations or PMO roles within Defence, engineering, construction, or consulting with clear ownership of outcomes.
  • •Demonstrated ability to make judgement calls in ambiguous situations and design and implement process improvements.
  • •Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills to persuade cross-sector colleagues to adopt improved processes.
  • •Advanced proficiency with Excel, Power BI, and Salesforce (or equivalents), including building dashboards and deriving insights.
  • •Experience coaching peers or new starters and creating practical guidance such as playbooks, SOPs, and training.
Experience:DefenceEngineeringConstructionConsulting
Skills:AutonomyJudgementStakeholder managementInfluencingCoaching
Languages:English (UK)
Tech Stack:SalesforcePower BIExcelSharePoint

Eligibility

Security Clearance:UK Security Clearance

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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