Strategic Building Design & Growth PM - Dubai (Hybrid)

AECOM; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM seeks an experienced Project Manager – Building Design, Strategy & Growth to join our Buildings + Places team in the Middle East. The role targets professionals with hands-on delivery leadership, commercial acumen and a track record in leading multidisciplinary design pursuits.

This position offers exposure to major clients, strategic pursuits and senior leadership opportunities as you help shape pursuit strategies, pricing and client engagements across the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Project Management or a related built-environment discipline.
• Significant experience within a multidisciplinary building design consultancy.
• Demonstrable consultant-side experience as a Project Manager, Design Manager or in a comparable multidisciplinary role.
• Experience working within a Lead Design Consultant environment is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of the building design process and coordination of Architecture, Structures, MEP and specialist disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate major building design pursuits from opportunity qualification through proposal development, commercial review and submission.
• Review RFPs, client briefs and supporting information to establish scope, deliverables, programme, interfaces and key risks.
• Apply practical project management and LDC experience to develop robust delivery strategies for multidisciplinary building commissions.
• Work with Architecture, Structures, MEP, Design Management and specialist disciplines to establish project organisation, resourcing, man-hour estimates and delivery programmes.
• Develop and challenge scopes, assumptions, exclusions and interfaces to ensure proposals are commercially and operationally robust.
• Support development of fee and commercial strategies, balancing competitiveness with deliverability, risk and appropriate commercial return.
• Identify project, contractual, programme and commercial risks and coordinate appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate inputs from multidisciplinary teams, regional offices and other AECOM business lines.
• Participate in client engagement, technical workshops, presentations and commercial discussions during the pursuit process.
• Support opportunity qualification and go/no-go decisions through clear assessment of scope, resources, competitive position and risk.
• Coordinate subconsultant strategies, including scope, commercial evaluation and negotiations.
• Ensure compliance with AECOM governance, approvals, legal and risk-management requirements.
• Prepare and present pursuit strategies and recommendations to senior leadership and internal governance forums.
• Maintain accurate pipeline and opportunity information and support forecasting and business reporting.
• Capture lessons from project delivery and pursuits to continuously improve future project strategies and delivery models.

Skills

Project management

Multidisciplinary design

Client-facing communication

Leadership

Commercial awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture/Engineering/PM

Job description

AECOM seeks an experienced Project Manager – Building Design, Strategy & Growth to join our Buildings + Places team in the Middle East. The role targets professionals with hands-on delivery leadership, commercial acumen and a track record in leading multidisciplinary design pursuits.

This position offers exposure to major clients, strategic pursuits and senior leadership opportunities as you help shape pursuit strategies, pricing and client engagements across the region.