Deputy Travel Manager

We have a vacancy in our Europe & India Central Operations Team and currently have an opportunity for a Deputy Travel Manager to join us to support our existing team. The role would ideally suit an existing junior travel manager with experience managing programmes of $1 - $2m and looking to develop to lead larger programmes of up to $10 - $15m over three to four years.

Our Europe & India Central Operations Team manage a diverse range of business projects initiatives and suppliers which support the business in our region including travel and resilience. With this role you will be supporting our existing team in a deputy capacity gaining experience managing our Europe and India travel programme and helping to roll out our next 3-5 year travel contract. You will also help to manage our travel supply chain support traveller safety and well-being through our resilience programme and work with our Global Travel team to co-ordinate the regional programme within the Global portfolio. Being at the centre of travel for a region with around 10000 employees and part of a global team you will also learn how to handle some of the challenges of being an international business.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Supporting the existing team with the roll out of the new travel contract
• Preparing for meetings with travel suppliers and managing follow up
• Overseeing day to day management of vehicle hire suppliers
• Overseeing responses to traveller queries and complaints 
• Maintaining internal business systems 
• Communicating travel updates to employees 
• Support with incident response

As you develop you will have opportunity to:

• Take ownership of further travel supplier relationships
• Develop proposals to improve our travel offering to employees
• Manage travel finances and identify savings opportunities

This is a fantastic opportunity to further your career gaining valuable work experience within an established and successful consultancy and to develop skills within a supporting environment which encourages challenge and collaborative behaviour

Qualifications :

• Applicants should have experience in either the travel industry as a project manager or as a procurement manager ideally with responsibility for portfolios or programmes of at least $1-$2m/year.
• Good knowledge of European and Global travel systems and ideally the travel industry.
• Ability to work in a team and independently without losing initiative & focus.
• Ability to record and analyse data at scale efficiently and methodically with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and report writing skills with computer skills in the Microsoft toolset.
• A mindset to responsibly integrate AI into day-to-day workflows.
• Hard working and highly motivated individual.
• Client focused with good interpersonal skills and team approach.
• Willing and able to visit other locations on company business if necessary.
• Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team.

Additional Information :

To apply you will need to provide the following - if this information is not provided it will slow your application down and therefore you may miss out.

CV (Curricula Vitae) including details of experience in particular in the travel industry or as a project or procurement manager and your education including dates grades and what you studied.

Covering letter demonstrating your passion why you are interested in this position how your skills and education/qualifications support your application and where you would prefer to work.

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