AECOM is seeking an experienced Portfolio Delivery Leader (PDL). The PDL will report directly to the Practice Operations Lead, will serve as Project Director, and will be responsible for overseeing a portfolio of projects in our EHS and Air Practice within our Environment Business Line. The PDL will work closely with the Project Managers responsible for these projects to grow their financial acumen, project management capabilities, and drive overall project performance. The PDL will support the Practice Operations Lead in meeting Business Line objectives in the areas of financial profitability, project delivery, risk management, commercial terms evaluation, and budgeting and forecasting.
*This is a remote position; however, we will need the candidate to reside within the Western region of U.S.
The ideal candidate for this opportunity has a natural drive and ability to communicate effectively with all levels of stakeholders, both internally and externally. The ideal PDL must have the ability to present information in a confident and concise manner to stakeholders. This opportunity requires someone who enjoys building relationships, is a team player, operates and responds in a fast-paced environment with less than complete information, is well-organized to understand priorities, and is familiar with the challenges projects with a variety of scopes and contract types bring.
Responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
- Accountability for the planning, safe execution, and delivery of a portfolio of Environment projects at As Sold or better financial KPIs.
- Evaluating day-to-day project delivery performance, pricing strategies, risk management, forecasting and budgeting, and performance reporting for a ranging portfolio of Environment clients and projects.
- Interpreting project performance figures to support risk evaluation and financial forecasting.
- Providing proactive and hands-on support to project managers to support strong financial monitoring, prevent project issues, address risks, and make recommendations to improve project performance. This includes analyzing project costs, billings and schedules, driving cash flow, trouble-shooting problems both common and unique, supporting mitigation measures, and being “root cause oriented” in the resolution of issues.
- Ensuring appropriate scheduling tools and processes are in use by the project team and are supported by the Project Controller (PC) and/or PDL.
Providing support to Project Managers (PM) by:
- Fully understanding applicable contracts.
- Leading comprehensive project reviews covering scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, resourcing, and client-focused agenda topics.
- Engaging project team at all milestones.
- Proactive management of change (cost, revenue budget, schedule, etc.).
- Supporting dispute resolution, where required.
- Supporting timely and accurate Estimate-at-Completion (EAC) preparation and review
- Proactively engaging project stakeholders.
- Identifying and implementing appropriate tools to track physical % complete and translate to Earned Value Management.
- Developing strong deputy project managers.
- In partnership with Project Controls leadership, mentoring and directing the work of Project Controls staff to appropriately support both the common and unique needs of their assigned portfolio.
- Assisting in the development and review of proposal resource plans, schedules and pricing that aligns with business line objectives and individual bid strategies. Supporting the client service/business development staff on key pursuits (e.g., initial evaluation of terms and conditions, commercial risk, and competitive advantage).
- In coordination with the Department or Program Manager, providing guidance in assigning projects and pursuit efforts to project managers.
- In partnership with the Department or Program Manager, continually evaluating performance of project managers within the portfolio, and mentoring project management staff to ensure timely, effective, and efficient performance of responsibilities.
- Fostering career growth of project managers.
- Developing PM risk competencies, including a strong contractual understanding of risk and contingency management.
- Supporting project managers and project team members with invoicing and cash collection strategy. Reviewing unbilled/accounts receivable portfolios and making recommendations for improved performance to drive appropriate Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
- Driving consistent project management practices and procedures aligning with AECOM PM requirements.
- Evaluating and driving AECOM delivery excellence practices including Healthy Start project reviews.
About AECOM’s Environment Business Line
Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it. We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.
AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems.