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AECOM Principal Consultant - Business Change & Transformation in Manchester, United Kingdom
Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We are recruiting for a Principal Consultant in Business Change & Transformation to join AECOM’s Strategy+ (S+) team in the UK and Ireland.
S+ is AECOM’s Management Consultancy arm. S+ assists clients to make sense of complexity, articulate their challenges and deliver solutions that improve performance. Drawing on the vast expertise of AECOM's capabilities, S+ crafts innovative approaches and offers guidance in planning and executing transformational changes.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
The Principal Consultant leads major client engagements, providing expert advice and guidance to drive strategic initiatives and deliver measurable value. This role involves designing and overseeing the implementation of tailored solutions, mentoring team members, and contributing to business development and the growth of the company's capabilities.
Here’s what you’ll do:
Client Engagement:
Emotional Intelligence, giving clients empathy as well as challenge to help them move towards their goals. Self-awareness to manage your own state and remain calm no matter how emotional the situation may appear.
Lead major client engagements, offering expert advice and strategic insights to address complex challenges.
Collaborate closely with clients to understand their needs and objectives, ensuring that solutions are aligned with their goals.
Story telling capability and the ability to stimulate hope and confidence in the face of some of the most complex and demanding challenges facing our clients.
Confident and capable facilitation of small and large group settings particularly those where there are multiple stakeholders with conflicting perspectives and priorities. The ability to design appropriate interventions and ‘hold space’ to guide the group to new insights, consensus and action.
Strategic Initiative Design and Oversight:
Systems thinking capability, able to synthesise as well as analyse the problem and solution space. The ability to think divergently and convergently and switch modes as required.
Design strategic initiatives that deliver measurable value to clients, ensuring projects meet or exceed expectations.
Oversee the implementation of strategic initiatives, monitoring progress and adjusting as needed to ensure successful outcomes.
Lead project teams and ensure that all deliverables meet the highest standards of quality.
Mentorship and Team Development:
Mentor and support senior consultants and other team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
Act as a role model and leader within the team, promoting best practices and a collaborative work environment.
Business Development:
Identify & pursue opportunities for new projects and services, contributing to the growth of Strategy+.
Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, enhancing the company's reputation and expanding its client base.
Capability Growth:
Support the continuous development of a top-performing Change and Transformation capability within the Advisory Services.
Knowledge of industry trends and innovations, integrating new approaches and methodologies into client & internal engagements
If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!
Come and grow with us
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Consulting Experience: Proven experience as a change and/or transformation consultant. Experience with infrastructure projects or organizations is a plus.
Communication and Stakeholder Management: Skilled in developing and implementing communication and stakeholder management plans.
Change Implementation: Capable of identifying the need for change, developing an implementation plan, and overseeing its execution to ensure success.
Complex Change Delivery: Experienced in delivering change in complex, collaborative environments.
Workshop Facilitation: Adept at facilitating workshops with internal and external customers across different seniority levels.
Change Methodologies: In-depth understanding of change methodologies (APMG, PROCI, etc.). Knowledge of organizational change and design is a plus.
Client Guidance: Able to guide clients and stakeholders through change in a patient and professional manner.
Problem-Solving Initiative: Initiative and desire to tackle complex problems, especially in helping teams navigate difficult conversations.
Handling Complexity: High capacity to manage complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity. Able to adapt your thinking on the spot while preparing for and forecasting likely scenarios.
Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrates emotional intelligence and self-awareness, adjusting your approach based on context to create a sense of hope and energy amidst complexity and uncertainty.
Flexibility: Willingness to work away from the office to meet client or business demands.
Professional Presence: The gravitas of a strategic advisor, the energy of a coach, and the empathy of a therapist.
Team Collaboration: Strong team player who thrives in low-hierarchy environments, working together to support and lift each other through challenging times.
Sector Experience: Experience in Aviation, Rail, Highways, Defence, Energy, and Water sectors is a plus.
Location and Travel: Based in the UK with the ability to travel regularly to other locations across the UK, Europe, and further afield as required.
Additional Information
About AECOM
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. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10113663
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Consulting Services
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited