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Business Architect & Org Design Lead
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Business Architect & Org Design Lead
Senior Business Architect & Organisation Design Lead (Associate Director) – Strategy+
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 join a global team of over 50,000 across planning, design, engineering, science, digital innovation, program and construction management—and more.
We’re one global team driven by our common purpose: delivering a better world. Join us.
Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
We’re seeking a Business Architect & Org Design Lead (Associate Director) to lead complex client engagements and expand AECOM Advisory’s Strategy+ offer. This senior consulting role (equivalent to Manager in a traditional management consultancy) demands strong delivery expertise, execution skill, and a passion for globally impactful change.
You will work with infrastructure, public sector, and regulated-industry clients, transforming their strategies into tangible execution through operating model design, transformation, governance, organisation, and performance improvement.
About Strategy+
Strategy+ helps organisations solve system-level challenges by bridging strategy and practical, deliverable change. Our focus areas include:
- Capability-led operating model design
- Governance & change management
- Performance improvement
- Transformation across people, process, data, technology, and delivery
Our growth priorities centre on operating model design, change management, and performance improvement—especially in Energy, Water, and Defence sectors.
Key Responsibilities
Develop end-to-end complex consulting engagements or major workstreams:
- Set vision; define scope; execute rigorous delivery with stakeholder accountability
- Apply scalable, actionable methodologies for:
- Operating model development
- Organisation design
- Governance frameworks
- Business transformation
- Performance-related roadmaps
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Transform insights into decision-ready deliverables:
- Articulate complex analysis into precise, values-driven recommendations
- Lead workshops, facilitating cross-functional alignment on trade-offs and implementation.
Hands-on leadership and relationships:
- Build and maintain trust with senior client stakeholders—advising daily with confidence.
- Adopt a forward-looking perspective, spanning horizon scanning, market trends, and emerging client needs.
Lead multi-disciplinary teams and expertise placement:
- Connect clients with targeted AECOM specialists to assemble joined-up, tailored solutions.
- Manage projects proactively, mitigating risk early to uphold quality and commercial standards.
Drive business growth:
- Identify and target follow-on opportunities.
- Strengthen relationships in priority sectors and high-potential clients.
Develop talent:
- Mentor consultants and senior consultants, refined feedback on engagement structuring, analysis, and delivery persuasion.
Shape team capability:
- Align internal resources with client needs, balancing capabilities against business priorities.
Qualifications and Experience
What Sets the Right Candidate Apart
- Senior advisory or consulting background: Track record in operational transformation or strategy execution roles.
- Execution-driven leadership: Proven experience solving ambiguous, high-stakes problems in fast-paced timelines.
- Executive communication: Ability to simplify complexity and craft compelling narratives from data/analysis.
- Stakeholder pairing: Strong history of influencing decisions at senior levels.
Core experience domains:
- Operating model design, capability mapping, governance structures
- Auditable implementation roadmaps
- Operative experience within client budgets and structures.
Mindset and approach:
- Pragmatic and hands-on: Belief in real-world impact over theory.
- Scalable delivery mindset: Adaption of rigorous ways of working deliver efficiency gains.
- Strong self-direction: Thrives in rapidly evolving environments with high demand for integrated output.
- Confident decision maker: Credibility with challenging senior stakeholders.
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Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.
- Postgraduate or professional certifications add value.
At AECOM, you’re not just joining a team. You’re setting up for lasting impact—shaping global strategy consulting, driving transformation at scale, and deepening your own consultancy expertise. Your role? Define—and deliver—the future of infrastructure with clarity and agility.
Additional Information
Onboarding Commitment
In-person presence at an AECOM UK/IE office on Day 1 is mandatory to proceed with employment.
About AECOM
We’re the Fortune 500 leader in infrastructure consulting ($16B revenue in FY2025), delivering trusted expertise from advisory to construction. Our mission: build a better world through technical innovation, diversity-inclusive culture, and commitment to ESG.
Opportunities
- Flexible work model: Choose between AECOM offices, remote locations, or client site assignments.
- Trust and freedom: Integrity and creative thinking are our pillars.
- A scalable career: Your opportunities grow with AECOM’s global ambition.
- Equity, diversity and inclusion: Commit to belonging at work and amplifying collective success.
Income and benefits align with your last gained salary across a range of lifestyle, security and well-being offerings:
- A proven global workspace with transformational clients
- Flexible, inclusive benefits package
AECOM is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applicants. In alignment with the Disability Confident Employer Scheme, we guarantee interviews for candidates disclosing a disability or health condition, if they meet essential criteria.
For accommodation support, please use this email: [ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com](mailto:ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com).
Note: Information shared via application will be assured as confidential under EEO standards.
[ReqID] J10153991 Department: Advisory Business Group: DCS Strategic Unit: Europe & India Career Area: Consulting Services Work Location: Hybrid
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