Associate Director, Advisory – Preparedness Services

AECOM Advisory is seeking an Associate Director to build and lead a Preparedness Services offering within our Disaster Recovery practice. Preparedness Services helps governments, utilities, transit agencies, infrastructure operators, and other mission-critical organizations keep essential functions running through disruption, and recover them quickly when they cannot.

The role sits at the intersection of preparedness, emergency operations, and organizational performance, and it is designed for a leader who can both deliver and originate this work. As an Associate Director in AECOM Advisory’s Disaster Recovery practice, you will establish Preparedness Services as a distinct, growing line of business. You will originate and capture new work, lead the teams that deliver it, and shape the methods, tools, and thought leadership that define our offering.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining and executing pursuit campaigns for Preparedness Services
• Serving as Capture Manager for proposal responses
• Originating and shaping opportunities in continuity of operations, continuity of government, business continuity, emergency operations center (EOC) readiness, and preparedness exercises
• Leading multiple delivery teams across inter-dependent workstreams
• Designing and overseeing training, testing, and exercise programs
• Leading client interactions on delivery progress and insight validation
• Managing inputs upward and laterally from regional leadership, Directors, Client Account Managers, and technical experts

Required competencies include strong interpersonal skills, a client-service mindset, poise, maturity, and sound judgment in high-tempo environments. The ideal candidate will also have exceptional narrative development, written and verbal communication skills, and self-directed and anticipatory leadership abilities.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and at least 10 years of management consulting and/or related industry experience. An MBA or other Master's degree in Operational Research, Management, Management Science, Finance, Economics, Systems Engineering, and/or related fields is preferred.