Senior Director - Cost Management - Commercial Development Sector Lead

Senior Director Cost Management Commercial Development Sector Lead

Our London South East Cost Management plans to continue to grow our existing 130 strong team as we successfully secure projects with many highprofile clients and as a direct result we are currently seeking a Senior Director in our London Cost Management team with a strong and proven track record in Commercial Office Development to help with our cost management profile work winning capability and growth.  

The role is market facing including leading client engagement business development marketing and PR to continue to raise the profile of AECOM and specifically the London Cost Management team. The role will include taking responsibility for the care and growth of both new and existing clients and development of Revenue on behalf of the business. 
 
As a Director the ability to successfully manage and deliver complex high profile projects and the Client Relationships those entail will be absolutely key none more so than in the commercial office and high rise portfolio of schemes which AECOM have successfully delivered.

The role will cover the whole project lifecycle from identifying opportunity initial inception and through the design and procurement process and onto the site delivery final accounts and post completion aftercare. You will be ultimately be responsible for the technical delivery of the schemes that you are leading for your Clients.

You will possess the skills and experience to actively support the internal team and manage both senior and more junior staff (including Associates project directors and regional directors) on technically complex projects typically ranging between 1000m to over 1bn.

You will help drive new and develop collaborative relationships with our existing and new clients and other professional colleagues within the industry. You will have day to day client point of contact responsibility for projects and indeed escalation where appropriate.  

The successful candidate will be connected in the London market organised and selfmotivated being able to successfully work with fellow Senior Leaders in a collaborative manner.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of AECOMs London South East Cost Management Leadership team and the wider Buildings Places Public Sector leadership working with other key disciplines across the business. 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Be the primary interface with AECOM clients (new and existing) with an emphasis on commercial offices development and central London Towers
• Proven ability of strong client relations ability to actively provide business development opportunities with existing and new clients ensuring these are identified and acted upon and generate winning new commissions including high profile connections with other delivery team members such as architects project managers and engineers
• Proven ability to lead manage and deliver business development opportunities through writing and converting bid commissions to the right quality standards and completed efficiently and on time.
• To win clients through strong business development skills
• Have extensive networks of connections and strong working relationships with other cost managers with an added focus on being able to bring in and drive new delivery teams
• Proven leadership within cost management business and provide leadership management and mentoring to the team
• Proven ability to develop long term relationships with all team members and effectively balance people and processes
• Manage the delivery of cost management outputs in accordance with agreed timescales and quality standards
• Coordination and signoff on all information produced by the cost management team prior to formal issue externally
• You will ideally be a selfmotivated individual from a consultancy or client organisation background with the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team
• Proven experience in a consulting environment/client organisation providing the full spectrum of Cost Management services
• Significant experience of Education Science and Commercial projects and clients is a priority

Qualifications :

• Degree Qualified BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management
• Professionally Qualified ideally Chartered Quantity Surveying Status with the RICS CIOB or other equivalent institutions

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About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds 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 privatesector 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 youre 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 wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industryleading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or longterm condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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