LATAM Chief Operations Manager

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AECOM Latin America Region (LATAM) is actively searching for an exceptional, forward-thinking executive with the leadership skills and experience to serve as Chief Operating Officer (COO) . The COO is a strategic partner to the LATAM Regional Leader and key member of LATAM's senior leadership team. This position is responsible for transforming, optimizing and integrating sustainable systems and operations to support LATAM's extensive portfolio of projects and programs around the region. The COO will report to the LATAM Leader, working closely with him as a thought leader, an advisor, and a highly visible representative of LATAM Region's dynamic organization. In collaboration with the LATAM Leader and leadership Team, including the Country Managers, Business Unit/Industry Sector Leaders, the COO will develop and drive a strategy to define AECOM LATAM as a leading EPCM Company in the LATAM Region.

Responsibilities

• The COO will be responsible for leading and optimizing the LATAM REGION organization. S/he will oversee several of the core functions of the organization which are critical to organizational and program development, success, and alignment, including:
• Project Management and the overall project lifecycle
• Human Resources
• Legal
• Internal Audit
• Business Development
• Knowledge management
• Security and Travel
• Other initiatives and program enterprise support as may be designated

Other Responsibilities:

• Transforming LATAM Region's operating model to increase agility and impact in a rapidly changing EPCM environment. The operating model must flex to support emerging business models, technology shifts and evolving workforce needs and requirements.
• Partnering with leadership to identify emerging trends and recommend, triage and lead new initiatives to grow and/or increase the impact of the organization.
• Working with operational leaders to translate LATAM Region's vision and goals into effective global operational strategies and objectives.
• Embodying LATAM Region's People Philosophy and championing practices that ensure a highly effective organization that focuses on people, organization, learning and results.
• Providing wisdom and a strategic voice in integrating operational approaches, systems and models across the region.

Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree in Management, Planning, Engineering, Construction Management, or related educational background, or equivalent professional experience.
• 6+ years in a senior leadership role with oversight of an organization's business and/or operational functions (HR, Finance, IT, etc.). with a minimum of 15+ years of experience working in a multi-national EPCM or similar field, engineering, construction, procurement and maintenance company.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience leading change in an organization that operates in a complex, highly regulated and changing sector. A track-record promoting a culture of trust and transparency as a change agent.
• Multi-sector experience across the EPCM, public, and/or private sectors. Experience in large rapid growth EPCM organization.
• Fiscal oversight and experience leading strategies to improve operational and financial performance, and efficiency.
• Cultural sensitivity and experience in a Latin America, within a geographically dispersed organization.
• Proven track-record of developing, implementing and re-engineering systems to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and agility. Experience integrating and establishing systems across multiple business lines.

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

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. 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.

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.

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.

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.