Aviation Client & Programme Director

AECOM
Leeds
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Client management","Strategic planning","Commercial acumen","Team collaboration"]

Lead the aviation growth strategy across the UK & Ireland, owning client engagement and major work-winning pursuits from early influencing through proposal capture. Serve as executive client sponsor for key accounts, while providing executive oversight of flagship programmes—performance across schedule, cost, quality, governance, commercial results, and client satisfaction. Build a high-performing aviation business by developing future leaders, strengthening capability in capture and delivery, and championing safety, sustainability, and wellbeing.

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Aviation Client & Programme Director

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Job Summary

Lead the aviation growth strategy across the UK & Ireland, owning client engagement and major work-winning pursuits from early influencing through proposal capture. Serve as executive client sponsor for key accounts, while providing executive oversight of flagship programmes—performance across schedule, cost, quality, governance, commercial results, and client satisfaction. Build a high-performing aviation business by developing future leaders, strengthening capability in capture and delivery, and championing safety, sustainability, and wellbeing.
Location: Leeds
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver the aviation sector’s three-year growth strategy across the UK & Ireland by identifying and converting priority market opportunities.
  • •Own client engagement strategy for key aviation clients and lead the end-to-end work winning process for strategic pursuits.
  • •Act as executive client sponsor for key aviation accounts and major programmes, building trusted relationships that drive repeat business.
  • •Provide executive oversight of major aviation programmes, ensuring performance across schedule, cost, quality, governance, risk management, and client satisfaction.
  • •Build aviation business capability by developing future leaders and leading safety, health, environment, wellbeing and sustainability expectations.

Key Requirements

  • •Proven success leading the pursuit, capture and conversion of major infrastructure opportunities, with a strong track record of 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 the delivery of complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure programmes.
  • •Strong commercial acumen managing business performance, profitability and growth.
Skills:LeadershipClient managementStrategic planningCommercial acumenTeam collaboration
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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