Company Description
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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
AECOM is seeking a Global Digital leader to direct the digital evolution for our Global Program Management business line in 4 key areas:
Maturing the digital delivery of the program management services.
Creating new digital capabilities to accelerate the Program Management business growth.
Enable the business to win new business through competitive differentiation.
Supporting our Program Management business clients on their own digital transformation journey.
The Global Digital Leader for Program Management will report to the Vice President and Corporate Digital Leader and directly support the Program Management Global Business Line. This is a fully remote work opportunity that can be located anywhere within the United States.
The Global Digital Leader will develop and lead the execution of a global digital strategy that both accelerates transformation and delivers growth, working backwards from both the needs of customers and the business line to form the appropriate strategy. The global digital leader will be well versed in determining business value as well as digital technologies and architectures that deliver value for the global program business and its customers. This role will be responsible for developing strategic plans for the business, driving alignment across teams, determining the proper technology directions, leveraging AECOM resources and partners to execute the strategies to scale solutions across business lines and geographies, while supporting bids for critical opportunities. This leader will also serve as a thought leader internally and externally, assisting our commercial teams in winning new business through differentiating AECOM’s position in the market.
This role will be working with teams across the world to create new tools, standardized platforms, frameworks, and workflows, as well as forming new digital consulting service offerings leveraging cloud, AI/ML, advanced analytics, and IoT technologies. Providing compelling business cases, the global digital leader will secure funding based on measurable business impact and will track progress through adoption. In addition, this leader will leverage and evolve a digital partner network to accelerate innovation for the business line.
As a member of the global digital leadership team this role will work with professionals around the world to advance AECOM’s global digital strategies and priorities. The global digital team includes strategy, solution management, hosted services delivery, and consulting services.
The global digital leadership team works closely with our global digital capability center and IT groups for the development and delivery of our program management digital delivery system and supports the regional program management teams adopting digital solutions.
About Digital @AECOM
Global Program Management line of business
At AECOM, we’re united by a common purpose of delivering a better world. Our Global Program Management business provides the structure, tools, techniques, and process to deliver on this vision.
By connecting our expertise across services, markets, and geographies, we manage outcome-driven projects that deliver social, economic and environmental value. These include programs of critical national importance in defense, transport, water, clean energy, environmental clean-up, international development and disaster recovery, as well as the shaping of many of the world’s major cities.
Partnering with public and private asset owners as development and delivery partners, we help shape early thinking to deliver transformational change. Committed to service to society and the legacies of the programs we manage, we offer ongoing engagement through the program lifecycle, from day zero to delivery and beyond.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide strategic leadership for the design, implementation, adoption, and support of new software applications and enhancements to the Program Management digital delivery system.
Work with Program Directors, Global Business line team, and across multiple business teams, providing solutions to deliver major programs.
Develop business cases to justify investment in new digital capabilities. Conduct Build/ Buy/ Partner analysis.
Develop business requirements for product and technology teams.
Collaborate across global regions and business lines to ensure strategy adoption and scaling of digital solutions.
Convey thought leadership and industry expertise to teams, clients, and external audiences.
Work closely with Program Management teams to ensure successful system delivery by meeting program needs on budget and schedule.
Maintain clear lines of communication with program teams and clients to ensure project deliverables meet defined quality standards.
Provide support to Business Development and pursuits teams as required, including presentations to key clients and prospects.
Provide effective and clear presentations of strategy and status to business executives.
Identify and collaborate with key technology partners to provide the optimal solutions for teams and clients.
Identify digital talent from across the business line globally to accelerate adoption of digital tools and solutions.
Attributes/skills:
Self-starter with the ability to work as a positive, energized and adaptable global team member.
Flexible with work times to align with colleagues in different time zones.
Capable to dive deep into areas of importance and to ensure initiatives are successful.
Highly developed written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and influence senior leaders.
Extremely strong relationship building skills.
Demonstrated ability to champion and drive ideas/programs/solutions.
Ability to work in periods of ambiguity and create clarity for stakeholders.
Excellent organizational and time management skills, able to work under pressure and prioritize effectively
Able to demonstrate passion, energy and drive, especially in the face of resistance.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
BA/BS plus at least 15 years of relevant experience in digital solution delivery or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including at least 6 years of leadership experience.
Demonstrated experience growing a digital business (or business line).
Very strong knowledge and experience in cloud, AI/ML, advanced analytics, and reporting technologies and vendors.
Demonstrated experience with the top-tier technology vendors to deliver solutions.
Demonstrated collaborative influencing skills across business lines or teams.
Exceptional interpersonal and stakeholder management skill.
Knowledge of financial reporting (return on investment).
Experience working in international teams.
Experienced presenting to executive audiences and clients.
Ability to travel up to 25%.
Preferred Qualifications:
Degree in Engineering or Information Management.
MBA or other business degree (desirable).
Experience working in the industries AECOM serves.
Additional Information
Offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. Bonus opportunities are tied to both company and individual performance and vary from year-to-year. The salary range for this position is $220,000 - $300,000. Please note that this role can be based anywhere in the United States.
AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
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 you’re 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll 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 person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10100898
Business Line: Corporate
Business Group: Corporate
Strategic Business Unit: Office of CSO
Career Area: Digital & Engineering Technology
Work Location Model: Remote