Aviation Client & Programme Director

AECOM
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Client relationship management","Strategic planning","Commercial acumen","Leadership","Safety advocacy"]

Lead the Aviation business growth across the UK & Ireland by shaping and delivering the sector’s three-year growth strategy. Drive work winning and major opportunity capture while serving as executive client sponsor for key aviation accounts. Provide executive oversight of flagship programme delivery, accountable for schedule, cost, quality, commercial performance, governance, risk, and client satisfaction. Build capability and future leaders, strengthen long-term client relationships, and champion safety, sustainability, and wellbeing.

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Aviation Client & Programme Director

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Job Summary

Lead the Aviation business growth across the UK & Ireland by shaping and delivering the sector’s three-year growth strategy. Drive work winning and major opportunity capture while serving as executive client sponsor for key aviation accounts. Provide executive oversight of flagship programme delivery, accountable for schedule, cost, quality, commercial performance, governance, risk, and client satisfaction. Build capability and future leaders, strengthen long-term client relationships, and champion safety, sustainability, and wellbeing.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead delivery of the Aviation Sector’s three-year growth strategy across the UK & Ireland, identifying and converting priority opportunities.
  • •Own client engagement strategy for key aviation clients, building executive-level relationships and account growth plans.
  • •Direct end-to-end work winning for strategic pursuits, bringing together multidisciplinary teams to develop proposals and winning strategies.
  • •Provide executive oversight of major aviation programmes, ensuring delivery quality across schedule, cost, governance, risk management, and client satisfaction.
  • •Build a high-performing aviation business by developing future leaders and strengthening capability in client management, capture/bid leadership, and programme delivery.

Key Requirements

  • •Proven success leading the pursuit, capture and conversion of major infrastructure opportunities and winning strategic programmes.
  • •Established relationships within the aviation sector, with credibility with airport operators, infrastructure owners, contractors and delivery partners.
  • •Demonstrated experience developing client strategies, growing key accounts and securing repeat business.
  • •Extensive experience leading delivery of complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure programmes.
  • •Strong commercial acumen managing business performance, profitability and growth.
Experience:InfrastructureAviationTransportation
Skills:Client relationship managementStrategic planningCommercial acumenLeadershipSafety advocacy
Languages:English

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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