Project Director - Strategic Procurement at AECOM

Here’s what you will do:

• Lead project delivery: Serve as the strategic procurement lead on major infrastructure projects, providing visionary advice on delivery models, contract strategies, and commercial frameworks aligned with client objectives.
• Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, acting as a key adviser on procurement strategy and execution, ensuring alignment with market conditions and client goals.
• Oversee Procurement Processes: Manage the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, including supplier engagement, tender development, evaluation, and negotiation, ensuring high-value, multi-disciplinary solutions are delivered.
• Drive Business Growth: Contribute to the growth and evolution of AECOM Advisory, identifying opportunities for expansion and leading work-winning activities, including proposal development.
• Champion Quality and Innovation: Ensure quality assurance and continuous improvement in project outcomes, representing AECOM as a sector leader in strategic procurement through participation in industry forums and thought leadership initiatives.

Qualifications

Here's what we're looking for

• Demonstrable experience leading complex programmes and projects at scale and pace within a consultancy or inhouse team.
• Significant post-qualification experience of procurement for complex construction and infrastructure projects with sector experience in infrastructure, specifically Energy, Defence, Transportation and Water desirable.
• Leadership experience in the provision of strategic advice to lead clients through the process of designing the optimum delivery model, contract strategy, commercial model and route to market for their project.
• Experience in leading competitive procurement processes including market engagement, supplier shortlisting, tender document development, tender management, evaluation and negotiation.
• Experience in developing, reviewing, or delivering high value procurement advice which aligns to client objectives and strategic priorities whilst satisfying value-for-money assessments.
• Experience of delivery throughout the procurement lifecycle, from strategy development, through sourcing actions and into the contract management and supplier engagement phases.
• Experience working with and interpreting public procurement regulations legislation and regulatory frameworks, with the ability to incorporate these into procurement design and strategic recommendations.
• Experience of supporting work winning activity including contributing to proposal documentation.

Applicants should be a able to demonstrate the following:

• Strong interpersonal skills, client service mindset and ability to act as a trusted advisor to clients.
• High emotional intelligence and self-awareness of your behaviours in different situations and among complex stakeholder environments.
• A team player who can work within a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals.
• A demonstrable track record of having delivered high-quality, strategic procurement and commercial advice to major infrastructure clients on their flagship projects.
• A leader in your profession, evidenced when you are responsible for delivery, but also when you are working as part of a wider collaborative team.
• An experienced facilitator of stakeholders. Where you encounter conflicting perspectives or priorities you can adapt to ensure you still gain insights, consensus or action.
• Engage in lifelong learning, adapting to emerging trends and technologies to stay at the forefront of industry changes.
• A mentor to your colleagues enhancing the wider team’s knowledge of delivering major projects and programmes, operating in ambiguity and delivering a pace to build a resilient skill base and culture of continuous learning.
• A proficient internal and external networker identifying and pursuing opportunities for both the service offer and client growth of Strategic Procurement.
• Possess strong people skills and be an effective communicator, able to influence, challenge and establish yourself as a trusted advisor.