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 – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

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.

AECOM is seeking a Strategist for our practice in Toronto. Strategy+ is AECOM’s design-led management consulting studio that operates at the intersection of Business Transformation, Organizational Dynamics and Place Strategy. This position is based out of any of our GTA offices.

Job Summary:

We’re looking for someone that is comfortable blurring the lines between strategy, business, people and the built environment, qualitative and quantitative data, 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.

Some of Our Work

• U.S. National Lab Digital Twin
• America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 Grants Compliance Support Services
• Cyberworx
• Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) Integrated Human Resources Plan (IHRP)

Once You Are Here You Will

• 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

About You

A T-shaped individual that asks thought provoking questions, are comfortable wading into ambiguous problems and can take ownership, are a critical thinker, and has specialized experience in one or more of the following areas and possesses a broader comfort and ability to work within many of these areas:

• Management consulting and / or corporate strategy
• Data analytics & modeling
• Communications strategy, branding and marketing
• Urban planning and space programming
• Change management, people operations, organizational design & development
• User research, synthesis of qualitative data and generating insights
• Design background in architecture, urban planning, and interiors

You’re comfortable and ready to hit the ground running as soon as you get here and are:

• 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

Technically, you are skilled in one or more the following:

• 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

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.

Minimum Requirements

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

It would be a bonus if you are:

• Experience 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

Application Instructions

The following materials are required for your application to be considered

Resume Cover letter (yes, we read them!) explaining why you are interested in AECOM and Strategy+, and how your skills and experience align to this opportunity Project Example To get to know you and your experience better, attach an example of work that you’re proud to help us understand your process, learnings & insights, why you made particular decisions, and most importantly, what was interesting or unexpected! Be visual, because the majority of communication with clients is visual and keep it to a max of 4 pages – fewer slides will not be penalized

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.