Principal Strategic Marketing Advisor, Environment

Company Description

Come grow with us.

AECOM's environmental practice is dedicated to helping industries, clients and governments meet their environmental responsibilities while protecting the natural environment. We provide advisory and technical services to ensure compliance, manage impacts, and reduce risks, including obtaining permits and approvals, decommissioning and restoring contaminated sites, and tackling climate change challenges and resilience. We focus on preserving habitats, water quality, stakeholder engagement and cultural resources, promoting a holistic approach to environmental impact management at every project stage.

Everyone belongs at AECOM

We're committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging - because great ideas come from diverse perspectives. AECOM is proud to be a Fortune 500 Most Admired Company, a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, #Work180 Equitable Workplace Awards 2025 Winner and an AWEI Bronze Tier LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employer.

We're seeking a relationship-driven marketing professional with a passion for strategy, storytelling, and client success. In this pivotal role, you'll join our marketing team to design and deliver tailored marketing strategies for AECOM's Environment business across Australia and New Zealand. Working closely with business leaders, you'll help elevate our brand presence through thought leadership, events, award submissions, and targeted industry engagement, all aligned with AECOM's regional and global growth strategies.

In the Clients & Marketing space, you'll help shape capture strategies for major bids and pursuits, develop strategic content and client-facing collateral, and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders including clients and account managers. You'll also contribute to our Client Experience program, embedding initiatives that foster purposeful connections, gathering feedback to drive continuous improvement, and helping to turn great client relationships into long-term partnerships.

Job Description

What will a day in this role look like:

• Develop and deliver a strategic marketing plans for the Environment business, aligned with AECOM's global and regional goals.
• Enhance brand visibility through thought leadership, high-impact events, industry award programs, and targeted industry engagement.
• Support major pursuits by shaping capture strategies, building relationships with key clients and stakeholders, and crafting compelling, tailored collateral.
• Lead client experience initiatives, embedding client care practices, gathering feedback, and driving continuous improvement across key teams.
• Collaborate closely with business leaders to bring growth campaigns to life, using creative content and marketing insights to support AECOM's strategic priorities.

Qualifications

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don't tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

The qualities that help you thrive

• Degree qualified in a related discipline, with 10+ years of experience in strategic marketing and relevant roles.
• A strategic mindset paired with a hands-on attitude — you're equally comfortable leading campaigns or diving into the detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a talent for building strong relationships across teams and stakeholders.
• A sharp eye for detail, brand consistency, and crafting compelling, on-message content.
• Proven ability to juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment, staying focused, deadline-driven, and client-obsessed.
• Advanced skills in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Express, Salesforce, and collaboration tools like Mural and Miro.

Additional Information

Why you'll love working with us

• Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options
• Swap public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
• Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities

Ready to push the limits of what's possible?

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.

Applications are reviewed as they come in, and the role may close earlier than expected, so if this opportunity sounds like you, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have 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.

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.

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