The Program Director is the senior leader responsible for the overall strategy, direction, and success of a large, complex, and strategically significant program. The role sets the vision, shapes the delivery environment, and provides high‑level oversight to ensure program outcomes are achieved in alignment with client objectives and organizational priorities. The Program Director guides senior leaders across all functions, ensuring integrated delivery, robust governance, and strong performance throughout the program lifecycle. The role drives innovation, digital advancement, and continuous improvement, while cultivating a high‑performing culture focused on safety, quality, accountability, and collaboration. It also plays a key role in developing organizational capability and strengthening the firm’s market presence.The role has been established to strengthen leadership readiness for critical program management pursuits and to support long-term succession planning for our active programs, ensuring experienced program leadership is in place to transition seamlessly from pursuit through delivery.Due to the nature of this role, the initial work location may be flexible.  However, relocation to a program location may be required once a suitable program has been identified and awarded. Current program locations is Dallas, TX.Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Provide senior leadership and strategic direction for the program, ensuring alignment with client expectations, regulatory requirements, and long‑term objectives.</li><li>Establish, lead, and maintain the program’s governance framework, enabling effective decision‑making, assurance, and performance oversight across all workstreams.</li><li>Direct and guide senior delivery leaders responsible for technical, commercial, stakeholder, and operational aspects of the program, ensuring coordinated and integrated outcomes.</li><li>Shape the strategic approach to program initiation, defining delivery strategies, mobilization plans, and the systems and processes required for successful execution.</li><li>Lead engagement with clients, partners, stakeholders, and senior internal leadership, representing the program with credibility and influence.</li><li>Oversee design, delivery, and operational assurance frameworks, ensuring that teams maintain compliance, safety, quality, and technical integrity.</li><li>Hold senior accountability for program‑wide risk management, safety leadership, environmental stewardship, and quality outcomes.</li><li>Provide strategic commercial oversight, including contract strategy, commercial governance, supplier relationships, and program financial performance.</li><li>Champion innovation, digital strategy, and continuous improvement to enhance program effectiveness and long‑term value.</li><li>Develop and empower senior program management talent, fostering a high‑performing leadership culture and supporting capability development and succession planning.</li><li>Represent the program and organization in industry forums, strengthening reputation and fostering new opportunities.</li><li>Identify and support strategic business development initiatives aligned with the program and broader market growth.</li></ul>

AECOM is the world&rsquo;s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle &ndash; 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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