Digital Practice Director PMCM

KEO Group; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Athletic sponsorship

Study assistance sponsorship

Employee referral rewards

Job summary

KEO Group in the UAE seeks a Digital Practice Director to lead the PM/CM division’s digital strategy and adoption of BIM and AI-enabled solutions. Based in Dubai or Abu Dhabi, the role focuses on delivering advanced digital capabilities to optimize project delivery and client outcomes.

The candidate will drive technology deployment, foster innovation, and collaborate with leaders to align with the company’s digital vision while promoting excellence in professional and technical standards across

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience delivering BIM-based projects, preferably during construction stage.
• Bachelor's Degree in IT or a relevant engineering discipline.
• Strong track record in digital adoption within PM/CM environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead adoption and implementation of digital solutions for the PM/CM division.
• Develop and lead a strategy to promote excellence in PM/CM practices.
• Drive new technologies implementation in PM/CM division.
• Collaborate with PM/CM Leaders to align with the company’s digital vision.
• Create and maintain a knowledge database including guidelines and training."
• Pilot AI applications to support business operations.
• Ensure Health, Safety, Sustainability and Continual Improvement are embedded.
• Support project leaders in communicating services to clients and assist in bid reviews.

Skills

BIM expertise

Digital strategy

AI pilots

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or engineering

Tools

BIM software

Job description

Job Description:

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups.

In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include

• hybrid working arrangements,
• individual athletic sponsorship,
• study assistance sponsorship,
• employee referral rewards.

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Digital Practice Director to join our award-winning PM/CM Division based in Dubai OR Abu Dhabi, UAE. This position is responsible for leading the adoption and implementation of digital solutions to address PM/CM division needs and challenges.

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Develop and lead a strategy to promote and foster a culture of excellence through improving our professional and technical excellence in line with the PM/CM business practice.
• Develop software for specific tasks such as simplification of analytics.
• Driving new technologies implementation in PM/CM division.
• Work with PM/CM Leaders to deliver the professional and technical excellence strategy in a focused and effective manner that is linked to our client needs.
• Create a digital network and strategy to support company networking; promote the use of systems and technologies; and continually review and develop team capabilities in line with technological advancements.
• Working closely with Digital Advisory Services to ensure PM/CM division alignment with company-wide digital vision.
• Recommend and drive improvements to existing processes.
• Create and maintain knowledge database including guidelines, video tutorials and training sessions.
• Foster innovation for projects.
• Support Project Leaders in communicating our service offering to clients and co-create opportunities with our key clients.
• Provide input to proposals/take part in bid reviews for projects and work-winning opportunities such as client presentations.
• Undertake or support project reviews to ensure technical compliance and good practice are being followed.
• Conducts digital onboarding introduction to team members.
• Champions team reviews to lead an inspiring performance culture through sharing knowledge with others and /or leading a team.
• Overview and support multiple projects.
• Ensures that Health, Safety, Sustainability and Continual Improvement is embedded into all work practices.
• Piloting Artificial Intelligence application to support business operations

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include minimum 15 years work experience in delivering projects using BIM processes/technologies preferably during construction stage partnered with a Bachelor's Degree in IT or a relevant Engineering discipline.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.