Project Director - Controls Analytics

Overview

As a Project Director in Controls Analytics, you lead strategic client engagements and define analytics-enabled controls solutions for complex infrastructure programmes. You’ll shape delivery across portfolios, mentor multidisciplinary teams, and drive growth in the Controls Analytics proposition. You act as a trusted advisor to senior client executives, turning data into actionable insights and improving governance and outcomes. This role blends delivery oversight with strategic bidding and market-facing responsibilities to elevate our controls practice.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office
• competitive compensation, benefits and well-being programs
• access to leading technology and digital tools
• global opportunities and collaboration across markets
• inclusive, equal-opportunity employer

Responsibilities

• Strategic client leadership and advisory to senior stakeholders
• Oversee delivery of controls analytics across projects, programmes and portfolios; define operating, reporting and governance models
• Shape integrated controls analytics approaches spanning cost, schedule, risk, change and performance
• Lead bids, propositions and client pursuits to win work and grow accounts
• Develop and mentor multidisciplinary teams; advance methods, tools and accelerators
• Integrate risk, contingency and scenario analytics; enable forward-looking insights and decision support

Key requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Finance, Data/Analytics or related discipline
• 15+ years experience in project/programme controls, PMO leadership or consultancy
• Senior leadership experience and strong client engagement track record
• Commercial awareness with experience contributing to work winning and account growth
• Deep understanding of cost, planning, risk, change and performance controls
• Experience with PMO delivery models and governance structures
• Familiarity with data integration, modelling and insight generation in analytics environments
• Ability to guide teams on analytics and dashboards without hands-on build
• leadership and people development
• client engagement and influencing senior stakeholders
• strategic thinking and advisory mindset
• Controls analytics solutions and dashboards
• Power BI
• Primavera P6

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