Associate Director - Advisory

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 h 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're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

We are seeking an Associate Director to lead complex advisory and transformation engagements across the UAE and wider Middle East.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, operating model design, organisational transformation and implementation. You will work closely with senior client stakeholders to define future-state ambition, solve complex organisational challenges, improve performance and enable the successful delivery of strategic priorities.

This is not a traditional strategy consulting role focused solely on recommendations. We are looking for leaders who are equally comfortable shaping strategy, designing operating models, establishing governance arrangements, building organisational capability and supporting implementation.

You will play a key role in leading client engagements, developing high performing teams and delivering impactful outcomes across a range of sectors.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives and government leaders.
• Lead strategic discussions to understand client challenges, opportunities and objectives.
• Facilitate executive workshops, stakeholder engagement activities and decision‑making forums.
• Translate complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations and implementation plans.
• Build and maintain long‑term client relationships.

• Lead the delivery of strategy, transformation and organisational improvement engagements.
• Design capability‑led target operating models aligned to organisational objectives.
• Develop governance, performance and accountability frameworks.
• Lead organisation design and business architecture initiatives.
• Develop transformation roadmaps that translate ambition into delivery.

• Advise organisations responsible for major infrastructure, transport, mobility, utilities, energy and development programmes.
• Support organisational readiness and capability development linked to large‑scale investments and transformation initiatives.
• Connect organisational transformation requirements with programme delivery objectives.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated solutions across people, process, technology, governance and delivery.

• Support proposals, bids and client pursuits.
• Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships.
• Contribute to the development of advisory methodologies, and propositions.
• Support regional business development activities and market growth objectives.

• Lead and develop high performing teams.
• Coach and mentor consultants and managers.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Support recruitment, capability development and team…