Economics and Strategy Advisory Consultant

Economics and Strategy Advisory Consultant

21 Sep 2026
District of Columbia, Washington, 20001 Washington USA

Economics and Strategy Advisory Consultant

AECOM Advisory is seeking a dynamic Economics and Strategy Advisory Consultant to support our growing global Advisory business line. We are seeking talented management 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 metro areas: Boston, MA, New York, NY, Washington DC, Raleigh, NC,  Arlington, VA, Philadelphia, PA or Miami, FL.Join AECOM’s Economics Advisory team to shape decisions on some of the issues that define our lifetime: inclusive growth, climate resilience, the energy transition, and the future of cities, through the real projects AECOM delivers with its clients every day. You will tackle strategic challenges such as translating net-zero ambitions into bankable investment cases, quantifying the socioeconomic value for large-scale investments in energy, water, transportation, and AI infrastructure, and assisting public sector clients in shaping public policy and planning for their key investment and policy priorities.Building off AECOM’s considerable expertise in infrastructure design and implementation, AECOM Advisory is a trusted adviser to senior level clients and executive teams on their most pressing enterprise and strategic needs.Our team of 400 staff globally comprises business and policy analysts, economists, commercial strategists, technologists, as well as human capital and change management practitioners. We help our clients develop their strategy, improve their operational performance, and integrate digital systems to generate value for their stakeholders and impact for their communities. We serve the full value chain of clients active in infrastructure, the built environment, and community vibrancy, including: national governments, regulatory entities, city agencies, utilities, transit agencies, infrastructure operators, private corporations, developers and investors. The successful candidate will employ economics methods and rigorous analysis to lead quantitative and qualitative approaches to develop and/or evaluate strategies that address policy, infrastructure investments, supply chain and social challenges.We are a new category of consulting firm; one that builds off true operational and technical expertise of our broader platform to bring industry depth and capability-driven insight to the clients we serve.Reporting directly to the Vice President of Economics and Strategy, the consultant will oversee daily operations, manage technical delivery, and help drive the systematic expansion of this strategic service area.This role demands a blend of expertise in microeconomic analysis, specifically as it pertains to infrastructure, public policy, real estate, and project finance. It also requires consulting skills to offer strategic guidance to public entities, private companies, transportation authorities, and private asset operators and financing partners. The position involves effectively connecting upstream insights to AECOM's core business lines.As an Economics and Strategy Advisory Consultant in AECOM Advisory’s US East Region, your day-to-day role will be to define, lead and manage multiple tasks within a workstream as part of a larger engagement.The responsibilities include but not be limited to:Serve as the principal technical investigator on complex business cases, employing different methods of economic analysis, such as microeconomic modelling, econometric estimations and cost-benefit analyses (CBA), to analyze client problems.Conducting business modelling (market sizing, segmentation, penetration, adoption) and investment analysis by building custom discounted cash flow (DCF) models to calculate revenue, EBITDA, NPV, IRR, CAGR for client’s policies, projects and programs.Leveraging analytical and data visualization tools (e.g., ArcGIS, Costar, IMPLAN, REMI, Python, Tableau) to derive patterns, trends and insights from client and third-party datasets to inform client recommendations. The ability to code your own econometric models is a valuable assetConducting stakeholder interviews, including with C-suite clients and senior management stakeholders.Outlining, supervising and providing quality control over analytical tasks assigned to junior team members.Creating highly polished executive-ready decks as you work, to build buy-in and convey emerging data-driven insights.Synthesizing multiple inputs into coherent insights across a variety of formats; slide decks, written narrative, playbooks, dashboards and toolkits.In addition, you will also have the opportunity to contribute to business development, through:Solutions hypothesizing and economic and finance framework development to meet our clients’ needs.Technical writing and long-form narrative development.Creating pitch decks and defining AECOM Advisory’s value proposition.Bringing commercial acumen around client needs, budgetary requirements, researching client contexts.Supporting logistical and administrative processes to ensure risk management and compliance. 

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