Transportation Strategy & Growth Project Manager, Eur&I

AECOM; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global infrastructure consulting firm in Manchester seeks a professional to join their Transportation Strategy & Growth team. This role involves driving growth within Europe and India, managing key projects, and collaborating with stakeholders. The ideal candidate should have strong strategic and analytical skills with experience in the transportation sector. The position allows hybrid work options and emphasizes an inclusive workplace culture, providing comprehensive benefits for all employees.

Benefits

Hybrid work options

Comprehensive benefits program

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate a record of successful client engagement and growth initiatives.
• Experience in transportation market project's planning and delivery is essential.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support business growth in Europe and India.
• Manage the bid governance processes and facilitate collaboration.
• Monitor business development and investment budgets.

Skills

Strategic mindset

Analytical abilities

Collaboration skills

Project management

Education

Degree preferred

Job description

Company Description

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Job Description

You will be a key part of the Transportation Europe & India Strategy & Growth team.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Through working with this team, you will lead and support in growing our business and supporting the development and implementation of our strategy. Your key responsibilities will include developing and implementing market‑leading approaches related to clients, our sectors, our people, and business operations.

About You:

We are seeking a proactive, well‑organised, strategic thinking, professional to join the Transportation Strategy & Growth team in Europe & India. You will play a vital role in driving sustainable, profitable growth and success across our business line in the region. This will be achieved through implementation of strategic implementation, supporting key pursuits and leading part of our regional CAM program.

The position requires the ability to think strategically, manage complex projects, balance multiple responsibilities, and influence key stakeholders as well as a broad understanding of trends in the Transportation market. The position is based in the UK, and you may be required to travel meet colleagues in UK, Ireland, and across the Europe and India region

Working within the Transportation Europe & India Group:

• Growth & Strategy: Supports the Strategy and Growth Director and wider Strategy & Growth team to drive growth in Europe and India. Supporting the Regional Business Lines capability and capacity to deliver and harness our most significant pursuits.
• Governance Co‑ordination: Manage the bid governance processes across the region. Facilitate co‑ordination across work‑winning functions in the region.
• Collaboration: Facilitate collaboration within the Transportation BL and also between business lines
• Client Account Management (CAM): Be the Program Lead for a segment of the CAM programme for Transportation in the region. This would cover accounts with annual revenues of circa $3‑$5M. Co‑ordinate with the CAM program across the region. Work with all Client Account Managers to support opportunities for growth with existing clients and projects.
• Special Projects: Support special projects for transportation as needed to address specific business challenges or opportunities.
• Initiative Tracking: Support the tracking, monitoring and reporting of key initiative implementation and their return on investment across the Regional Business Line.

Role Responsibilities:

• Support collaboration across both the European & India region and with the Transportation Global Business Lines on key pursuits and areas affecting market growth
• Support key pursuits and growth opportunities through development of value propositions and support to pursuit teams
• Participate in pursuit Steering Committees providing insights on pursuit progress to the Transportation Leadership Team.
• Lead a segment of the CAM Program in Transportation EUR&I
• Work with business analytics to review key business and market trends and use this to inform strategy and growth activities.
• Work with key stakeholders to implement strategic initiatives.
• Monitor the Transportation EUR&I business development and investment budget and work with sectors and operations draw key trends that help improve Return on Investment
• Coordinate pipeline analysis to help ensure the Transportation EUR&I has an appropriate pipeline of opportunities to deliver its Business Plan targets with respect to Net Service Revenue and Gross Margin
• Promote use of AECOM’s Client Care Survey and lead business engagement with the client intelligence provided
• Provide information for Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and monthly SOFT reports, ensuring accuracy, insight, and timeliness

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A strategic and analytical mindset with a focus on driving positive results.
• Demonstrable record in the preparation / coordination of successful client engagement, growth initiatives, strategy or change programs
• Experience in the planning, design or delivery of projects in the transportation market sector with a clear understanding of the process and practices involved in the design and delivery of infrastructure projects
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate at different organisational levels
• Ability to challenge the norm and bring innovation and ‘blue sky thinking’ to business problems.
• Experience in implementing data lead performance improvements
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, management, and communications skills.
• Experience in research and analysis, strategic planning, financial analysis, and project management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding and experience of working in transport markets
• Degree preferred
• Member of recognised professional body relative to transportation markets

Additional Information

AECOM is the world’s 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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023.

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 you’re 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. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together — your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll 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 person’s potential, and we’ll 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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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