Senior Urban Advisory Director – Infrastructure & Growth

AECOM Middle East Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Professional development

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

ACECOM Middle East Ltd in Dubai seeks an Associate Director - Urban Advisory to lead urban development and infrastructure advisory programs across the region. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, shape transport, mobility, regeneration, and economic city initiatives, and advise senior clients on strategy and delivery.

The role requires a degree in economics or urban planning and 14+ years of experience, with proven leadership in complex advisory assignments, economic appraisal, and financial

Qualifications

• Degree in Economics, Urban Planning, Public Policy, or related field.
• 14+ years of professional experience in urban advisory and infrastructure consulting.
• Proven record directing complex advisory assignments.
• Strong capability in economic appraisal and financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Lead urban advisory, infrastructure strategy, economic development, and built environment consulting projects.
• Define project objectives, scope, methodology, deliverables, governance, and execution plans.
• Direct assignments from inception through analysis, stakeholder engagement, recommendations, and final delivery.
• Conduct market assessments covering demand, supply, demographics, economic conditions, land use, and investment trends.
• Lead feasibility studies for transport, mobility, infrastructure, regeneration, industrial, and economic city projects.
• Prepare economic appraisals and assess the wider social, commercial, and development impact of proposed programmes.

Skills

Urban advisory

Economic development

Infrastructure strategy

Urban planning

Financial modeling

Education

Degree in Economics, Urban Planning, Public Policy, or related field

Job description

ACECOM Middle East Ltd in Dubai seeks an Associate Director - Urban Advisory to lead urban development and infrastructure advisory programs across the region. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, shape transport, mobility, regeneration, and economic city initiatives, and advise senior clients on strategy and delivery.

The role requires a degree in economics or urban planning and 14+ years of experience, with proven leadership in complex advisory assignments, economic appraisal, and financial