AECOM Looking for Strategist at Ontario Full Time

Job Summary

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – over 50,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

AECOM is seeking a Strategist for our growing Strategy+ practice in Mississauga, ON. Strategy+ is AECOM’s design-led management consulting studio that operates at the intersection of Business Transformation, Organizational Dynamics and Place Strategy. We’re looking for someone that is comfortable blurring the lines between strategy and creative, is a strong communicator, comfortable tackling diverse projects across differing industries, is highly motivated, engagingly collaborative and possesses outstanding analytical and creative problem-solving skills.

You will join our multidisciplinary team of talented strategists, organizational designers, change managers, architects, data analysts, organizational psychologists, planners, and designers to support projects which encompass world class corporations, agencies, institutions, universities & colleges, and local and federal government.

Job Responsibilities:

• Generate new opportunities by thinking creatively about financial and operational impacts, risks, experiments, data and other drivers

• Be passionate about trying new things rather than focusing on best practices

• Collaborate with other strategists to hack together new approaches that live at the intersection of multiple disciplines

• Explore how approaches commonly adopted by corporate strategy and design might inform value creation for our clients

• Inspire specialists, architects and engineers through business, strategy and design practices to think and act differently

• Engage with clients through user research, visualize qualitative and quantitative data, and facilitate workshops to drive new ways of thinking

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, analytics, computer science, architecture, urban planning, design, or another relevant field plus 2 years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications

• Experienced in entrepreneurship, team / practice building within large consulting firms / organizations

• Skilled in graphic design and visual communication

• Experienced in infrastructure / the built environment

• Have been a part of digital transformation

• Highly collaborative, communicative and a creative team player

• A creative storyteller

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, open, and creative environment

• Able to contribute to facilitation of workshops and presentations

• A Critical thinker with persuasive writing skills

• Familiar with research methodologies and processes

• Flexible and the able to work on more than one project in more than one team

• Microsoft Office (specifically Excel and PowerPoint)

• Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Illustrator and InDesign)

• Revit or other space planning / design CAD systems

• Web based data analytics, visualization, and GIS

• Project management, planning, and scheduling

• Design-thinking, Lean Startup and design-led strategy

• Business model generation and business case development

Additional Information:

• Relocation is not available for this position.

• Sponsorship is not available for this position.

What We Offer

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business. We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career. When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Job Category Cost Management and Consulting Services

Business Line B&P – Buildings & Places

Business Group Design and Consulting Services Group (DCS)

Strategic Business Unit Canada

Country Canada

Position Status Full Time

Requisition/Vacancy No. 276525BR

Virtual: No

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.