Business Development Account Director - MOD Enterprise Lead at Aecom USA

Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

29 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Business Development, Account Management, UK MOD Enterprise, Strategic Relationships, Capture Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Defence Leadership, Business Strategy, Sales Pipeline Management, Client Engagement, Business Acumen, Emotional Intelligence, Infrastructure Advisory, Security Clearance, Go/No Go Process, Value Propositions

Industry

Civil Engineering

Description

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 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. Job Description AECOM has an excellent track record of delivering programmes of critical national importance in defence, which has positioned the business as one of the leading professional services consultancies for the UK MOD and with the US DoD across Europe. With the sector of strategic importance to AECOM, and with a strong outlook for growth in 2026 and beyond, there is an opportunity for a new Business Development – Account Director to further elevate AECOM’s profile as a partner of choice by UK MOD and gain further market penetration and growth into the long-term. This is a key Defence leadership role and the successful candidate will be a key member of AECOMs Defence Leadership Team, reporting to the Head of Defence UK, Europe & India and working in partnership with our defence sector leaders and across business lines. Due to the nature of the work undertaken by our clients, the successful applicant will need to have an active UK Security Clearance or the ability to gain a UK SC level clearance (support will be provided through the application process) and be willing to apply for Developed Vetting clearance should the need arise. Regular travel to London and other UK offices will be required as part of this role. The UK MOD Enterprise Lead role has been created to spearhead strategic business development, building key strategic relationships with targeted clients within the UK MOD Enterprise, pre-positioning AECOM for key strategic major pursuits, leading on capture management with work winning teams and regular stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will act as the Senior Client Account Manager (CAM) across all of the UK MOD Accounts, working in synch with a UK Defence Nuclear Enterprise Lead, multiple MOD CAMs and be the focal-point for day-to-day communications between the Defence Leadership Team, facilitating the identification of future UK MOD strategic pursuits. Here’s what you’ll do: Leadership Providing the leadership for the UK MOD Enterprise accounts, reporting into the Head of Defence for UK, Europe India. Ensure effective relationships with internal stakeholders to achieve objectives, including (but not limited to) business units, end markets, other sectors, CAMs, commercial, work winning and strategic marketing and communications. Build effective relationships with counterparts across AECOM’s geographies (e.g. US DoD and input into global Defence equipment programmes). Accountable for setting and implementing UK MOD Enterprise account business strategies, objectives and financial outcomes. Sales and Growth Participates in developing the regional growth and business development defence strategy to define growth targets and prioritise pursuits, best practice and sales leadership, in collaboration with the Defence Leadership Team, Operating Unit Leaders and CAMs across all business lines. Contributes to the success and growth of the sector within the region and in collaboration with other regions. Responsible for business development and winning of strategic pursuits, excellence in delivery of professional services, and business compliance, in alignment to the Defence growth strategy, working in collaboration with Marketing and Capture Managers. Builds, monitors and orchestrates sales pipeline activities across the Defence portfolio to advance, invest in or divest of opportunities. Keeps abreast of Defence and Security challenges and leverages this knowledge to focus on sales activities. Leads the coordination of the forming of teams as part of major pursuits and mobilisation. Work with the regional teams to analyse and understand long, medium and short-term UK MOD Enterprise opportunities to advise strategic planning and pursuit prioritisation. Understand breadth and depth of global AECOM capabilities and bring regional and global expertise to major pursuits. Bring discipline and rigor to the Go/No Go process and capture management planning phase. Work in collaboration with Marketing to develop and execute strategic marketing campaigns that position AECOM around key opportunities. Qualifications The successful candidate will be an outstanding leader with extensive and relevant UK MOD experience at a senior level, in a fast-paced and complex commercial environment. You must be highly strategic with outstanding customer engagement, strong business acumen and the emotional intelligence to lead business lines to achieve its full potential while navigating a complex customer ecosystem. Here’s what we’re looking for: Experience of operating at a senior level within either infrastructure advisory, or a comparable consulting / professional services or engineering business selling into the Defence sector In-depth knowledge of the UK Defence sector; including UK government departments and agencies, government and industry frameworks and major industry OEM’s / suppliers to UK MOD Demonstrable experience of leading and securing individual consulting / professional service contract awards / wins in the region of $5m to $20m and experience of operating / servicing the larger CCS / MCF type frameworks favoured by UK MOD as a route to market Connectivity into the UK MOD and wider defence and security sector, including OEM, senior stakeholders. A natural networker, comfortable engaging with Government and global OEMs and speaking at relevant industry events Experience must demonstrate sales production metrics, demonstrated skills in business development strategy, team leadership, client discovery and development of compelling value propositions that meet client’s needs Additional Information About AECOM AECOM is the world’s 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 private-sector 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 you’re 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 well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. State/Province: London, City of Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Limited Business Line: Geography OH Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: International Primary Location: UK - London - Aldgate Tower

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Responsibilities

This role spearheads strategic business development within the UK MOD Enterprise by building key relationships, pre-positioning AECOM for major pursuits, and leading capture management efforts. The Account Director acts as the Senior Client Account Manager across all UK MOD Accounts, facilitating strategic pursuit identification.