Manager, Advisory – TOD Advisory at AECOM in Austin, TX

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM Advisory is seeking a dynamic Manager to support our growing global Advisory business line with a particular focus on transit-oriented development (TOD), real estate, and housing. We are seeking talented consultants to join AECOM Advisory who are mission-driven for the role of our clients in supporting economic, environmental and social vibrancy. We are recruiting for this role in the following locations: Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Dallas, TX; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Boston, MA; Washington D.C; Minneapolis, MN.

Building from AECOM’s considerable expertise in infrastructure design and implementation, AECOM Advisory is a trusted adviser to senior level clients on their most pressing enterprise and strategic needs. Project examples include developing comprehensive affordable housing strategies for local and regional governments; building TOD program implementation capacity for transit agencies; conducting financial feasibility analysis and due diligence for public landowners to determine suitability for TOD, housing, and economic development projects; and supporting public agencies on transactions including solicitation documents, proposal evaluation, selection, and negotiation.

We serve the full value chain of clients active in infrastructure and the built environment, including national governments, states, cities, transit agencies, utilities, regulatory entities, investors, and other clients. Our team of 400 staff globally comprises transaction advisors, business and policy analysts, economists, commercial strategists, technology architects, and change management practitioners. We help our clients generate value for their stakeholders, mission, and specific policy goals, whether economic development, housing access, transit ridership, cost savings, asset monetization, or other objectives.

We are a new category of consulting firm; one that builds off the operational and technical expertise of our broader platform to bring industry depth and capability-driven insight to the clients we serve.

You will join a fast-paced and supportive team of diverse consulting professionals. We pride ourselves on our strong culture of mentorship and collaborative problem-solving, our mission of addressing our clients’ most complex and impactful problems, and our career pathways that nurture professional development and personal growth.

Role:

As a Manager in AECOM Advisory, your day-to-day role will be to develop, lead and manage client engagements. These tasks will include, but not be limited to:

• Serve as trusted advisor for clients seeking real-world experience from a peer agency, developer, or investor perspective to inform their decision-making on relevant topic areas and challenges, including TOD, real estate, and housing transactions.

• Provide clear and informed perspective on project feasibility and implementation to clients, including market conditions, feasibility factors, risk management, and next steps in the transaction process.

• Build client relationships and manage interactions throughout the engagement lifecycle, including establishing and managing expectations, providing actionable recommendations in our work, and building client trust for continued engagement.

• Coordinate teams of junior staff, senior staff, and technical experts required to deliver tasks or projects for clients, as technical lead, task order lead, task lead, or project manager, including outlining required work, managing schedules and interim milestones, and providing quality control.

• Upwardly/laterally manage the inputs from regional leadership, Directors, Principals, Client Account Managers, and technical experts to flag key delivery choices, considerations and risks as they relate to technical scope, client satisfaction, and commercial constraints.

• Independently tailor existing/proven analytical frameworks and methodologies for client-specific needs, including structured thinking, financial and analytical models, and deliverable templates.

• In collaboration with leadership, create new analytical frameworks and methodologies for novel client-specific needs, including tools that could be applied to future engagements.

• Conduct strategic planning and manage stakeholder interactions between state, regional, and local government agencies and various outside stakeholders required for project understanding and delivery.

• Develop policy and program guidance for clients, which may include specific external policy recommendations and justification, internal policies and procedures, and supporting analytical tools for long-term capacity building.

• Draft and finalize memos, reports, executive presentations, and other deliverables and take ownership of deliverable quality.

• Proactively coach and mentor junior staff on developing core consulting and analytical skills, including understanding transaction process and providing executive-level recommendations.

• Contribute to business development, through supporting Capture Managers with specific elements of proposal responses, creating pitch decks and defining AECOM Advisory’s value proposition, and bringing commercial acumen around client needs, budgetary requirements, and client contexts.

Required competencies include:

• Strong interpersonal skills, client-service mindset and ability to act as a trusted adviser to clients.

• Ability to collaborate with internal teams across broad geographies and numerous different business lines

• Work in a high-tempo, high-context client-facing environment, with the ability to maintain poise, maturity and work well under pressure.

• Able to be self-directed, anticipatory and responsive to iterative feedback.

• Outstanding attention to detail.

• Exceptional numerical reasoning and quantitative skills.

• Sharp analytical, logical reasoning and structured problem-solving skills, employing abstraction techniques to solve ambiguous client problems, and ingest and parse out large volumes of client information.

• Strong commercial acumen and willingness to have an informed point of view, grounded in an interest in enterprise challenges (people, process, technology) and solid understanding of client industries and their context.

• Solid verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights to C-suite and senior management audiences.

• Collegial team player who can work within a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals.

Desired competencies include:

• Functional experience in at least one of the following areas desired, but not required:

• Affordable housing financing, development, and/or policy.

• Transit agency joint development, real estate, or TOD organizations

• Supporting real estate disposition, leasing, or acquisition transactions from feasibility to financial close, including procurement strategy, RFQ and RFP documents, market soundings with bidders and capital providers, evaluation of bids and developer proposals, and negotiation support.

• Proficiency in financial modelling, including developing and reviewing Excel-based models, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and evaluating the financial feasibility of real estate projects and programs.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree and at least 5 years of real estate development, finance, capital markets, management consulting, or similar experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Real Estate, Finance, Management, Economics, Public Policy, Planning, and/or related fields.

Additional Information

• Sponsorship is not available at this time for this role.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.

What makes AECOM a great place to work

You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you’ll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you’ve always envisioned. Here, you’ll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community—where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.