Aviation Client & Programme Director

AECOM
United Kingdom
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Client relationship management","Commercial acumen","Strategic thinking","Stakeholder management"]

Lead AECOM’s Aviation growth across the UK & Ireland by shaping the sector strategy, winning major opportunities, and building executive client relationships. Own the end-to-end work-winning process for strategic pursuits and provide executive oversight of major aviation programmes to drive schedule, cost, quality, commercial performance, governance, risk, and client satisfaction. Build capability and future leaders while embedding safety, sustainability, and strong delivery performance.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
AECOM
AECOM
1 day ago

Aviation Client & Programme Director

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Lead AECOM’s Aviation growth across the UK & Ireland by shaping the sector strategy, winning major opportunities, and building executive client relationships. Own the end-to-end work-winning process for strategic pursuits and provide executive oversight of major aviation programmes to drive schedule, cost, quality, commercial performance, governance, risk, and client satisfaction. Build capability and future leaders while embedding safety, sustainability, and strong delivery performance.
Location: United Kingdom
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.
  • •Direct the end-to-end work-winning process for strategic pursuits, bringing together multidisciplinary teams to develop differentiated proposals.
  • •Act as executive client sponsor for key aviation accounts and major programmes, building executive-level relationships and driving account growth plans.
  • •Provide executive oversight of major aviation programmes, ensuring performance across schedule, cost, quality, commercial performance, governance, risk management, and client satisfaction.
  • •Build and develop the Aviation business capability and future leaders, while championing safety, sustainability, and exceptional client experience.

Key Requirements

  • •Proven success leading the pursuit, capture and conversion of major infrastructure opportunities with a track record of winning strategic programmes.
  • •Established aviation-sector relationships and credibility with airport operators, infrastructure owners, contractors, and delivery partners.
  • •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:InfrastructureAviation
Skills:LeadershipClient relationship managementCommercial acumenStrategic thinkingStakeholder management
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
Glassdoor
Glassdoor: 3.6
WebsiteLinkedInGlassdoor