(USA-IL-Chicago) Design Strategist / Business Transformation Consultant

**Company Description**

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 Description**

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 Design Strategist / Business Transformation Consultant to based in our Chicago, IL office. _This position is not remote_ . Strategy Plus, AECOM’s design consulting studio operates at the intersection of Business Transformation, Communications Dynamics and Place Strategies and is looking for highly motivated applicants who possess outstanding analytical, communication and design skills. The successful candidate will join our multidisciplinary team of talented management consultants and designers and be responsible for supporting our state-of-the-art consulting projects which encompass world class corporations, healthcare and cultural institutions, universities, and local and federal government.

Working as a collaborative team leader, this individual will be responsible for excellence in leading, managing and delivering projects, including client interaction, communication, planning, research, data analytics, visualization, workshop facilitation, presentation preparation coordinating one or more project teams, undertaking business development and report writing with oversight from a Project Manager and Principal in Charge.

**Desirable Knowledge and Expertise**

Candidates will be expected to possess deep expertise in one or more of the following:

+ Business strategy, data analytics and operations planning

+ Communication strategy, branding and marketing

+ Workplace strategy, planning and design

+ Familiarity with equity principles and DEI/JEDI concepts

+ User research, design strategy, and/or space programming

**Technical Skills Range**

Candidates will be expected to possess skills in on or more of the following:

+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel

+ Web based data analytics, visualization and presentation software

+ Project management, project work planning, scheduling and resource deployment

+ Business development, market planning and client relationships

+ Space programming, user research, design strategy and conceptual design

**Culture and Personality**

Candidates will be expected to possess as many of these attributes as possible:

+ Highly collaborative, highly communicative, creative team leader

+ Excellent presentation and communication skills – “Design Story Telling”

+ Comfortable in a fast-paced, open, creative environment

+ Ability to lead workshops, focus groups and presentations

+ Critical thinking and persuasive writing skills

+ Familiarity with research methodologies and processes

+ Commitment to social impact and equitable change

+ High degree of flexibility and the ability to lead multiple projects in multiple teams, across multiple markets

**Qualifications**

Minimum Requirements :

+ BA/BS + 6 years of related experience or AA/AS (US) + 8 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications :

+ 10 years relevant post education experience

+ Master’s degree in business, social science, architecture, engineering, planning, design or another relevant field

+ Experience creating and delivering change management strategies and organizational development plans

+ Experience in project and/or program management

+ Interest in or experience with strategies for sustainability or sustainable design

+ Experience in or familiarity with one or more of the following fields: architecture, engineering, planning, interiors, graphics, product design, web design

+ Adobe Creative Suite (specifically InDesign)

**Additional Information**

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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.

**ReqID:** J10066792

**Business Line:** B&P - Buildings & Places

**Business Group:** DCS

**Strategic Business Unit:** West

**Career Area:** Consulting Services