Director of Innovation
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Posted on:
09-10-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Director of Innovation
Join us and use your expertise to drive innovation navigate complexity and deliver meaningful impact. The role ensures innovation contributes directly to growth building long-term client relationships enhancing our industry reputation and achieving return on investment.
Your Impact
As Director of Innovation you will drive the delivery of Aurecons Innovation Activation Plan ensuring our innovation efforts directly fuel business growth deepen client relationships and enhance our industry leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead champion and execute Aurecons Innovation Activation Plan by prioritising and implementing actions aligned with overall business objectives.
- Work closely with client and project teams to solve real client challenges and advance Aurecons opportunities.
- Partner with the Digital and IT teams deploy technology that captures connects and amplifies innovations that deliver measurable client and business value.
- Activate the Innovation network so that it is embedded in major pursuits and strategic projects.
- Capture and scale project innovations to position Aurecon as an industry leader.
- Partner with the executive team to integrate innovation into targeted growth areas.
- In collaboration with the Client & Growth team identify emerging client problems before they arise.
- Build and maintain partnerships with select universities.
- Lead a small team of innovation professionals.
What Were Looking For
You combine strong technical knowledge with commercial acumen and leadership presence. You excel in dynamic complex environments and have a history of delivering innovative commercially successful projects. Specifically you will bring:
- Demonstrated success in delivering complex and innovative high impact projects in consulting engineering or wider built environment industry with a strong focus on commercially positive outcomes.
- A strong understanding of our business and clients with the ability to shape and position innovation as a driver of business growth.
- A proven ability to identify and turn innovation into measurable client value through projects and solving client problems.
- An understanding of the trends and drivers of change in our industry.
- Demonstrated success in leading teams and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
How We Support You
At Aurecon your career journey is uniquely yours. We provide a collaborative culture personalised development pathways mentoring and the flexibility to design your growth. We celebrate diversity foster belonging and value every voice.
Our Offerings
- Flexible working arrangements
- Extended parental and cultural leave options
- Comprehensive wellbeing programs for you and your family
- Tailored professional development and leadership support
Who We Are
Aurecon is a team of curious adventurers and practical dreamers. With over 6500 professionals across Australia New Zealand and Asia we embrace complexity as an opportunity to listen imagine and growcreating positive lasting impact for generations to come.
Ready to Lead Innovation at Aurecon
If you are excited by this challenge and confident your experience aligns with our vision wed like to hear from you. For any recruitment process adjustments please contact .
Apply now and take the next step in your leadership journey with Aurecon
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
Aurecon is an engineering, design and advisory company, but not as you know it. We’ve reimagined engineering. Our clients’ ideas and aspirations drive all that we do. We work alongside them like no other firm to co-create clever, innovative solutions to some of the world’s most compl ... View more
