Aviation Growth & Programme Director

AECO; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Job summary

AECOM seeks an Aviation Client & Programme Director to lead growth across the UK & Ireland, reporting to Sector Director and collaborating with global Transportation leadership. You will win major opportunities, build executive-level relationships, and guide delivery of flagship aviation programmes to strengthen client confidence.

Leading cross-functional teams, you will shape growth strategies, expand client accounts, and drive profitability while maintaining safety and sustainability as core

Qualifications

• Proven success leading the pursuit, capture and conversion of major infrastructure opportunities, with a strong track record of winning strategic programmes.
• Established relationships within the aviation sector and credibility with airport operators, infrastructure owners, contractors and delivery partners.
• Demonstrated experience developing client strategies, growing key accounts and securing repeat business.
• Extensive experience leading the delivery of complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure programmes.
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing business performance, profitability and growth.
• Experience operating within a global organisation, leveraging international capability to deliver client value.
• Inspirational leadership with a passion for building high-performing teams and developing future capability.
• A visible advocate for safety, sustainability, innovation and client excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive oversight of major aviation programmes, ensuring successful delivery that reinforces client confidence and supports future work winning.
• Be accountable for the performance of Aviation-owned projects, ensuring excellence in schedule, cost and quality, commercial performance, project governance and risk management, client satisfaction.
• Drive strong business performance across sales bookings and pipeline conversion, revenue growth and profitability, gross and net margins, cashflow and Enterprise Capability utilisation.
• Ensure programmes are delivered safely, sustainably and profitably while creating opportunities for future growth.
• Build a high-performing Aviation business capable of delivering sustained market growth.
• Foster collaboration across Transportation, Business Lines and global regions to maximise opportunities and strengthen integrated delivery.
• Develop future leaders and strengthen capability in client management, capture, bid leadership and programme delivery.
• Support strategic workforce planning to ensure capability aligns with market demand and growth ambitions.
• Champion a culture where safety, wellbeing and sustainability are fundamental to every client engagement and programme.

Job description

AECOM seeks an Aviation Client & Programme Director to lead growth across the UK & Ireland, reporting to Sector Director and collaborating with global Transportation leadership. You will win major opportunities, build executive-level relationships, and guide delivery of flagship aviation programmes to strengthen client confidence.

Leading cross-functional teams, you will shape growth strategies, expand client accounts, and drive profitability while maintaining safety and sustainability as core