Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Senior Manager, to be based in Denver. The selected candidate will join the Economic Development & Urban Policy team within AECOM’s Economics + Advisory Practice. Remote options are available.

Our team helps clients understand market demand, identify industry sectors and clusters positioned for growth, and clarify economic and demographic disparities, equity concerns. We focus on evaluating the impact of pre-existing structural economic challenges that hold back regional economic performance across sectors such as tourism, green jobs, and advanced manufacturing, while also assessing strategies for Covid recovery across industry, labor force, and real estate.  

The successful candidate can lead quantitative and qualitative economic analysis, analyze policies and programs, evaluate industry sectors and clusters, and develop policy solutions in support of economic resilience and recovery projects as well as corridor plans, district plans, and framework plans. Additional day-to-day tasks will require business development activities and the direction of project teams to ensure top quality and timely work products which satisfy clients’ needs.

Our research efforts rely on statistical approaches to align trends across industries and clusters with occupations, factoring in skills, abilities, experience to clarify evolving workforce needs. Our strategies are enabled by a strong focus on implementation, leveraging stakeholder engagement to clarify regional strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities. In context with regional challenges linked to Covid recovery.

The position requires the ability to lead a team while working closely with other disciplines and balancing multiple projects and deadlines, delegating and mentoring staff, and communicating clearly with both clients and other team members.

EXAMPLE PROJECT TYPES:

• Post-Disaster / Post-Covid Economic Recovery Plans
• Regional Economic Development Strategies
• Funding and financing strategies for public sector investments
• Economic and Fiscal Impact
• Social equity analysis and equitable policy and strategy development
• Affordable Housing Strategies
• Workforce Development and Labor Force Analysis
• Freight and Goods Movement Analysis

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Urban Planning, Public Policy Analysis, Business, or a related field plus six (6) years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications :

• 10+ years of professional experience at a planning and economics consulting firm, or equivalent professional experience in urban economics, strategy, data science, urban planning, public policy analysis, or related fields
• Master’s degree from an accredited university in a related field
• Experience working closely and collaboratively with many disciplines, including all aspects of from urban planning, urban design, and architecture to urban infrastructure practice areas including transportation, water, environment, and energy
• Experience leading quantitative and qualitative economic analysis related to economic & community development, equity, public health, public finance, and/or resilience
• Experience presenting and developing content for proposals, interacting with clients, having leadership on multiple parallel projects, presenting professional work at meeting, workshops, and industry conferences
• Strong technical skills, including experience with one or more of the following software packages:
  • ArcGIS and other spatial analysis tools
  • Quantitative/statistical programs such as STATA, R, Python
  • Economic impact modeling tools such as RIMS II, IMPLAN, REMI

Additional Information

• Offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $125,000.
• AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D and disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, wellness and global well-being, and global EAP, Business Travel and Service Awards programs.

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.