Project Director - Controls Analytics

Overview

As Project Director, you will lead analytics-enabled controls across major infrastructure programmes, translating client challenges into scalable solutions and guiding multi-disciplinary teams. You’ll drive bids, shape propositions, and expand AECOM’s Controls Analytics offering with senior client stakeholders. You’ll balance delivery oversight, strategic advisory, and market-facing activities to improve governance and performance. This role offers impact at scale in a global, purpose-driven firm.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• comprehensive compensation and benefits
• well-being programs
• equal opportunity employer
• onboarding Day 1 at office
• global, inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor to Programme Directors, Sponsors and senior client stakeholders; provide strategic direction on controls analytics and data-driven decision-making
• Lead setup and oversight of Controls Analytics delivery across projects, programmes and portfolios; define operating models and governance
• Shape and implement integrated analytics approaches covering cost, schedule, risk, change and performance; develop executive dashboards and KPI frameworks
• Play a leading role in bids, proposals, and client pursuits; articulate compelling Controls Analytics propositions
• Lead, mentor and develop multidisciplinary teams; contribute to methods, tools and accelerators
• Ensure integration of risk, contingency and scenario analytics into controls frameworks; enable predictive insights

Key requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Finance, Data/Analytics or related discipline
• Typically 15+ years’ experience across project/programme controls, PMO leadership, and/or consultancy
• Strong track record in senior client engagement and delivery leadership
• Commercial awareness with experience contributing to work winning and account growth
• Deep understanding of project controls disciplines: cost, planning, risk, change and performance
• Experience across major infrastructure or capital programmes in transport, energy, water or defence
• leadership
• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• Power BI
• Primavera P6
• PRISM

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