Principal Management Consultant

About the Role

In this role you will work with public and private sector clients on complex organisational challenges, planning and delivering strategy‑led change initiatives in ambiguous environments. You will own stakeholder relationships, collaborate with senior leaders, and ensure alignment of change plans with business cases and organisational objectives. • Shape client change and transformation plans aligned with business cases. • Lead day‑to‑day advisory engagements, managing delivery and senior stakeholder relationships. • Apply strategic analysis to solve complex, ambiguous problems. • Challenge assumptions and propose persuasive alternatives for decision‑making. • Collaborate with delivery teams across the UK, UAE and USA. • Build cross‑functional relationships with programme management, economics, procurement, engineering and architecture. • Deliver consultancy services from executive advising to workshop facilitation and high‑quality outputs. • Maintain strong client relationships, including on‑site work in the UK and UAE. • Mentor and develop junior team members to enhance transformation capability. • Design and track behavioural change initiatives, influencing culture and branding. • Facilitate conversations across mixed seniority levels, driving clear outcomes. • Lead teams collaboratively in fast‑paced, creative environments.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸change planning
• ▸strategic analysis
• ▸workshop facilitation
• ▸behavioural design
• ▸stakeholder management
• ▸team leadership

What You Bring

We are seeking curious, personable strategic and change thinkers to join our growing Advisory team. Our team blends the analytical discipline of management consulting with deep, practical infrastructure experience, working closely with senior decision‑makers across public and private sectors. Trusted relationships sit at the heart of how we work, enabling us to shape bespoke solutions that deliver meaningful outcomes. Our Advisory services focus on strategy and transformation, operational excellence, and change management, supporting clients through critical decisions and periods of change. We bring decades of industry experience, strong commercial judgement and a client‑focused culture to every engagement. The ideal candidate has experience working with public‑sector clients and exposure to private‑sector environments, and has built trusted relationships within complex, multi‑partner stakeholder ecosystems. Experience designing and delivering behavioural change initiatives, a solid understanding of business strategy and operating‑model design, and strong facilitation and communication skills are essential. • Demonstrate experience with public‑sector clients and exposure to private‑sector environments. • Communicate effectively in person, virtual meetings and written briefings.

Requirements

• ▸public sector
• ▸private sector
• ▸change management
• ▸strategy
• ▸facilitation
• ▸stakeholder

Benefits

AECOM offers hybrid work options, allowing flexibility to work from an office, remotely, or on client sites. We foster an inclusive, safe and respectful workplace, provide comprehensive compensation, benefits and wellbeing programs, and support initiatives such as the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. As a Fortune 500 firm, we are committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and ESG priorities. • Leverage hybrid work flexibility and comprehensive benefits to achieve high performance.

Work Environment

Hybrid