Company DescriptionWork 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 DescriptionAECOM is seeking a highly experienced and results-oriented practice/market leader for its national data center practice to lead AECOM’s growth in this sector. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven and experienced leader to grow a multidisciplinary, multi-national team, leveraging the breadth of AECOM’s global capabilities. This leader will have the ability to take what has already been built and organize, grow, and take it to new levels of service and revenue.The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
High quality, timely, and profitable delivery of US national data center due diligence and design project portfolio.
Influence and implement a US data center market strategy, utilizing AECOM’s global teams and capabilities
Manage or provide oversight on a portfolio of projects or programs of significant size and complexity, and significant financial impact.
Lead and grow data center due diligence, design, and construction administration team and practice
Work closely and collaboratively with AECOM’s Global and Regional Market Sector Leaders (Europe, India, MEA, Asia, ANZ, etc.) to share resources, augment capabilities, and bring the best of AECOM to each and every project.
Hire new staff and cross-train existing staff to deliver data center due diligence and design projects, fostering a culture of trust, accountability, leadership, and ownership within the team
Grow existing clients in partnership with global technology market sector leader and technology client account managers
Participate in and help drive innovation workstreams to differentiate AECOM and address market changes, challenges, and opportunities (i.e. design automation, decarbonization, renewable energy, liquid cooling, rack densification, etc.)
Oversee production of winning proposals (both technical and cost)
Prepare and lead client presentations and interviews
Refine existing delivery strategies to improve predictability, quality, and efficiency.
Serve as point of escalation for all US data center client issues.
Collaborate with Project and Program Management (PPM) business line to create synergies with AECOM’s construction management, commissioning, and quantity surveying practices.
Collaborate with Environment business line to deliver site selection due diligence services.
Build US relationships with senior leaders at global data center companies alongside the global technology market sector leader and technology client account managers
Attract and secure new data center clients and build the opportunity pipeline alongside the global technology market sector leader and technology client account managers
Travel as-needed to support project, client, and team needs.
KPIs for this role would include project bookings, executed net service revenue, gross margin, and quality.
Provide thought leadership ideas internally and externally.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical or related Engineering/Architecture
12 years of progressively increasing responsibility and experience delivering large and hyper-scale data center designs
About AECOMAECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.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 OpportunityYou 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
