Senior Director, Program Management, Clean Energy

3 Weeks ago • 12 Years + • Program Management • $200,000 PA - $275,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Senior Director, Program Management to lead a major clean energy infrastructure initiative. This role involves overseeing a multi-billion-dollar program with high strategic value, execution complexity, and public visibility. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership, foster a high-performance culture, and ensure delivery excellence across the program lifecycle. Responsibilities include leading large-scale, complex infrastructure programs, providing technical leadership, championing ethical and safe working practices, driving innovation in program management and digital delivery, building high-performing integrated delivery teams, mitigating risks, developing long-term strategies, ensuring financial performance, and supporting talent development.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, or project management.
  • 12+ years in large-scale infrastructure programs.
  • 4+ years in senior leadership.
  • Proven ability to manage complex, high-value programs.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
Good to have:
  • Experience in hydroelectric programs.
  • PMI-PgMP, APM-RPP or CMAA-CCM Certification.
  • Professional Engineering License.
  • Ability to build consensus to change program strategy.
Perks:
  • All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Job Details

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.

At AECOM, we understand that large programs require the management, coordination and integration of multiple, concurrent projects. By connecting our expertise across services, markets, and geographies, we manage outcome-driven projects that deliver social, economic and environmental value. These include programs of critical national importance in defense, transportation, water, clean energy, environmental clean-up, international development and disaster recovery, as well as the shaping of many of the world’s major cities.

Job Description

At AECOM, we’re united by a common purpose of delivering a better world.

Our Global Program Management business provides the structure, tools, techniques and process to deliver on this vision.

By connecting our expertise across services, markets, and geographies, we manage outcome-driven projects that deliver social, economic and environmental value. These include programs of critical national importance in defense, transport, water, clean energy, environmental clean-up, international development and disaster recovery, as well as the shaping of many of the world’s major cities.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Director, Program Management to lead a major clean energy infrastructure initiative. This role will oversee a multi-billion-dollar program with high strategic value, execution complexity, and public visibility. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership, foster a high-performance culture, and ensure delivery excellence across the program lifecycle.

This is a rare opportunity to shape and deliver one of the most significant clean energy programs in North America. The role involves deep collaboration with public utilities, Indigenous communities, and other stakeholders to drive integrated planning, risk management, and innovation.

Whilst the nature of program management requires an element of flexibility on location, your initial role will involve leading on a key strategic clean energy program based in Quebec, Canada.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage a large-scale, multi-phase, complex infrastructure program with significant strategic importance.
  • Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for program delivery.
  • Champion ethical, inclusive, and safe working practices.
  • Drive innovation in program management methodologies and digital delivery.
  • Build and lead a high-performing integrated delivery team.
  • Identify and mitigate high-risk areas to ensure program success.
  • Develop and implement long-term strategies and workforce planning.
  • Ensure financial performance and value-for-money outcomes.
  • Support talent development, succession planning, and capability building.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, or project management.
  • 12+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure and ideally hydroelectric programs, including 4+ years in a senior leadership role.
  • Proven ability to manage complex, high-value programs and multidisciplinary teams.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and consensus-building skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to set long-term strategies and manage interdependencies.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PMI-PgMP, APM-RPP or CMAA-CCM Certification (or equivalent) preferred but not essential
  • Preferred Professional Engineering License / Chartered status or equivalent may be required for certain roles.
  • Able to develop strong relationships and manage all client stakeholders (internal and external).
  • Demonstrates exemplary leadership attributes that provide role modelling for others.
  • Able to build consensus to change program strategy in challenging situations.

Additional Information

  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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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.


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