Project Director Commercial and Masterplan Development

Heres what youll do:

As a Project Director within AECOMs London Project Management Team you will be working with a Regional Director to lead a team delivering managing large-scale built environment and construction projects from initiation to completion. Youll ensure their successful delivery while using your expertise to mentor a substantial team of professionals and win further commissions from new and existing particular we are seeking individuals with masterplan and major commercial / residential development experience to work on some of our largest most complex projects.

Your role will involve independently overseeing projects and business activities guiding junior team members and leading on client and consultant relationships. Additionally you will lead business development activities and contribute your expertise to AECOMs team technical practice boards and organisational growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Deliver: Drive project delivery on our project management commissions to meet time budget and quality requirements while fostering collaboration among clients consultants contractors and team members. Use your experience to take responsibility for our service delivery on large-scale projects.
• Client-Centric Excellence: Strengthen client relationships by delivering an exceptional service aligning project outcomes with client objectives and contributing to the business growth. Project Directors in our team have work winning responsibility and are expected to be market facing.
• Team Leadership and Development: Mentor and support Associates project managers and early career members of our team in their career development contribute to talent development initiatives and champion a positive high-performance team culture.
• Industry Engagement and Growth: Lead bids and business development activities engage with industry forums and networking events and take ownership of your professional growth and knowledge-sharing within the organisation.

If youre passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality AECOM welcomes you. Join our team where we dont just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

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Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM youll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle technical practice networks AECOM University and volunteering days.

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

• Extensive experience and technical knowledge in project management within the built environment or construction industry.
• Experience leading projects and client relationships with executive support self-directed and experienced in project delivery.
• Outstanding communication and organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple or major projects workstreams clients and stakeholders.
• Inclusive leadership skills and relationship management expertise.
• Proven work winning experience in a consultancy environment.
• Experience working on major masterplan and commercial / residential development projects for blue-chip clients
• Strong internal team leadership skills and ability to bring large internal teams together.
• Well-developed client account management skills and bring an established network of clients and consultants in the local market.
• Passionate about delivering high-quality consulting services and comfortable in the role of lead consultant.
• Able to mentor teams and support people at all grades in their career development.
• Lead on enhancing elements of our best-practice approach to project management.
• Able to lead major bids including strong commercial acumen and understanding of consultancy pricing structures.
• Be proactive solution-oriented and adaptable to changing circumstances.
• Lead elements of team management functions including line management and business development.
• Professional accreditation (e.g. RICS CIOB APM) achieved or commitment to achieve one.
• Ability to support the development of colleagues particularly towards professional qualifications (e.g. RICS CIOB APM).

If you meet some but not all of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us we would still be delighted to hear from you.

Additional Information :

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About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds 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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at 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 youre 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 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 benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll 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 persons potential and well help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time