Senior Manager, Digital Delivery and Innovation, GISI Ignite

Senior Manager, Digital Delivery and Innovation, GISI Ignite

About GISI Ignite and Palladium:

GISI is a global, employee-owned family of companies focused on
construction, infrastructure, earth and environment, and global development.
GISI Ignite is GISI's newly launched centralized technology and innovation
team, built to strengthen how our operating companies deliver projects and
provide expert guidance on AI, data, and digital solutions. We develop
scalable platforms, drive workflow modernization, and help operating companies
apply cyber-physical solutions that strengthen the performance, resilience, and
safety of major capital programs.

Palladium, a GISI company, works to design, develop and deliver
positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe;
broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring,
sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address
global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90
countries and have a workforce of 2,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff around
the world. This role is hired through Palladium, the operational platform
for Ignite.

This Opportunity:

GISI Ignite is
seeking a Senior Manager, Digital Delivery & Innovation to support
the delivery of technology-enabled solutions and innovation programs across
GISI's family of companies and client portfolio. The Senior Manager will advise
design, engineering, and construction management projects on the use of
technology to enhance delivery. The role helps internal and external clients
define problem statements, evaluate options, and implement impactful solutions
across architecture, engineering
and construction (AEC) domains for application in infrastructure and mobility,
government and society, and the natural world (earth and water).

The ideal candidate brings experience and understanding of AEC
disciplines, combined with the application technologies such as: design
automation, PMIS workflows, BIM/VDC, digital twins, agentic AI, and other emerging
technologies. The practitioner will translate real-world workflows into
scalable, technology-driven solutions.

This person will operate as a seller-doer, operating across
strategy and execution. Assignments will span internal operational efficiency
initiatives and external client engagements, working closely with GISI Ignite
Directors, Operating Companies (OPCOs), clients, and GISI's technical teams to
ensure innovation and digital transformation engagements are aligned with
business needs and deliver measurable value.

Location:

This is a full-time position based out of one of GISI's offices in these areas: New York, NY, Arlington, VA, Denver, CO, or Newport Beach, CA, with potential client travel.

GISI Ignite supports a hybrid schedule with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home. Candidates must presently be authorized to work in the US as sponsorship cannot be provided.

Compensation:

For our prospective employees in the United States, please note that the full-time equivalent annual base salary for this position is expected to range from $150,000 to $200,000.

Please be advised that a final salary offer will be based on various factors, including but not limited to your qualifications, education, experience, skills, seniority, performance, and GISI/Palladium's business or organizational needs.

Reporting Lines:

• The role reports to a Director, GISI Ignite
  
• Initially, this position will not include direct supervisory duties; however, these responsibilities may be introduced as the business evolves over time

Primary
Roles and Responsibilities:

Client Engagement & Advisory

• Serve as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders internal and external to GISI operating companies
  
• Lead discovery activities-including interviews, workshops, and field assessments-that surface project delivery, coordination, data, and workflow challenges
  
• Identify cross-company and cross-sector patterns related to digital delivery, model-based workflows, automation, and data integration
  
• Assess and improve project delivery workflows using technology, while balancing standardization with project realities

Solution Design & Innovation Delivery

• Lead strategy and development of innovation concepts, digital transformation pathways, and solution requirements, translating business needs into actionable solutions
  
• Translate business and operational needs into actionable requirements for software, data, and automation solutions, including BIM-enabled and model-based approaches
  
• Evaluate and advise on technology acquisition and delivery pathways, shaping the organization's innovation and digital transformation roadmap and investment priorities
  
• Evaluate and devise strategies that account for people, process, technology, and governance components for each engagement
  
• Conceptualize and deliver proofs of concept, prototypes, and pilot implementations, including model-driven, automation-enabled, or analytics-based solution
  

Program Management & Execution

• Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for multi-phase digital delivery and innovation programs across projects engagements, coordinating workstreams across GISI operating companies, technical teams and vendors
  
• Partner with OPCO and business stakeholders to define and develop standards for program controls and reporting
  
• Lead configuration, integration, and adoption of PMIS and data pipelines to enable reliable program reporting and decision-making
  
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies
  
• Ensure alignment between technical delivery, business objectives, and client expectations
  
• Identify risks, issues, and mitigation strategies, escalating complex challenges appropriately
  
• Establish mechanisms to ensure quality and consistency in deliverables and client communications
  

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead production of client-ready deliverables, including solution architectures, roadmaps, assessments, business cases, and implementation plans
  
• Define and track KPIs related to engineering efficiency, delivery quality, and adoption of digital tools
  
• Capture lessons learned and feed insights into GISI Ignite's innovation roadmap
  
• Represent GISI Ignite in client briefings, industry forums, webinars, and thought leadership
  
• Mentor technical contributors and support the development of best practices across Ignite

Essential
Criteria:

• 10+ years of experience in AEC delivery, engineering, construction program management, or technology strategy and delivery in a AEC environment.
  
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field
  
• Deep understanding of AEC delivery workflows such as PMCM practices and BIM/VDC/model-based delivery
  
• Ability to move fluidly between strategic framing and hands-on technical delivery
  
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary technology initiatives
  
• Demonstrated knowledge in emerging technologies and innovation methodologies including familiarity with AI, automation, and data integration platforms

Core
Abilities Required:

• Proven ability to cultivate relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to internal and external clients, providing recommendations and solutions that produce business value
  
• Demonstrated comfort leading projects across diverse industries and ability to engage with stakeholders with varying technical backgrounds
  
• Systems-thinking mindset, capable of integrating people, process, technology, and governance
  
• Curiosity and initiative to continuously explore emerging tools and methods in digital engineering
  
• Demonstrated track record of solving complex, enterprise-level challenges through innovative, systems-based approaches.
  
• Leads engagements fluidly between strategic framing and hands-on delivery, providing clarity, structure, and direction to teams and clients

Skills:

• Familiarity with a wide range of tools for BIM, VDC, PMIS and schedule controls
  
• Automation, scripting, or software development applied to engineering workflows
  
• AI, generative design, or data-driven decision support in AEC contexts
  
• Agile delivery, design thinking, or change management methodologies
  
• Data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel, analytics dashboards)
  
• Software prototyping tools (Figma, PowerApps, Cursor/Windsurf, Miro, or similar)

Applications will be accepted on a rolling
basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a
suitable candidate is found.

All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.

Should
you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or
you are a neurodivergent individual, or for any other circumstance, please
email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will
be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define
Safeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our
people, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committed
to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium
are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to
an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a
rigorous due diligence process.