Associate Director - Real Estate Digital and Tech Transformation & Strategy

Cambridge Credentials Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridge Credentials Limited is recruiting for an Assistant Director to lead infrastructure technology transformations for major public and private sector clients in the UK. The role focuses on delivering digital strategies, systems implementations, and data-enabled operating models across real estate and asset-intensive sectors.

You will mobilise multidisciplinary teams, shape opportunities, and translate strategy into practical delivery, engaging senior stakeholders and driving benefits

Qualifications

• Strong track record of leading complex digital, technology or data transformation engagements from strategy through implementation and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Mobilise and lead multidisciplinary teams across infrastructure, real estate, asset management, technology, data and change, bringing together the right capabilities for each client challenge.
• Lead complex client engagements spanning digital strategy, technology-enabled transformation, analytics and the implementation of systems, platforms and integrations.
• Take end-to-end accountability for engagement scope, quality, commercial performance, risk, governance and outcomes.
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior clients, translating strategic and operational challenges into clear digital priorities, investment cases, roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Lead implementation partner assignments, including programme mobilisation, requirements and solution definition, delivery planning, design assurance, integration, process alignment, testing, adoption and benefits realisation.
• Shape analytical delivery, working with data specialists to improve asset information, generate insight and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Build and sustain senior client relationships, identify new opportunities and lead proposals, propositions, scoping and fee discussions.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders, facilitate workshops and support organisational change, capability building and technology adoption.
• Provide visible and inclusive leadership, coaching team members and creating an environment in which people can perform at their best
• Contribute to the growth and direction of the team through market insight, proposition development, thought leadership, recruitment and collaboration with the firm's UK and global networks.

Skills

Leadership

Digital transformation

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic advisory

Programme delivery

Education

Numerate degree

Job description

Our client is a leading global advisory firm and they are currently recruiting for this assistant director position within their Infrastructure Technology division. This team is part of a wider business that advises major public and private sector organisations on the strategy, investment, delivery and operation of infrastructure and asset-intensive businesses.

Infrastructure and asset-intensive organisations are under increasing pressure to improve performance, make better investment decisions and deliver more value from their assets. Digital technologies, connected assets and better use of data are central to this agenda. This team works across sectors including real estate, transport, government, defence, energy, utilities, health and education, combining infrastructure expertise with digital, data and technology capabilities. For this role it is essential that the successful applicant, among other experience, has solid real estate or build environment sector experience.

This team helps clients define and deliver digital strategies, improve asset information and analytics, design technology-enabled operating models, and implement systems, platforms and integrations. Their work ranges from shaping technology investment priorities and roadmaps to acting as an implementation partner through solution design, process alignment, adoption enablement and benefits realisation.

As part of their continued growth, they are seeking a commercially minded leader who can develop trusted client relationships, shape opportunities and lead complex digital and technology-enabled transformation programmes. You will bring structure to ambiguous challenges, mobilise multidisciplinary teams and translate strategy into practical delivery.

Key responsibilities:

• Mobilise and lead multidisciplinary teams across infrastructure, real estate, asset management, technology, data and change, bringing together the right capabilities for each client challenge.
• Lead complex client engagements spanning digital strategy, technology-enabled transformation, analytics and the implementation of systems, platforms and integrations.
• Take end-to-end accountability for engagement scope, quality, commercial performance, risk, governance and outcomes.
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior clients, translating strategic and operational challenges into clear digital priorities, investment cases, roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Lead implementation partner assignments, including programme mobilisation, requirements and solution definition, delivery planning, design assurance, integration, process alignment, testing, adoption and benefits realisation.
• Shape analytical delivery, working with data specialists to improve asset information, generate insight and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Build and sustain senior client relationships, identify new opportunities and lead proposals, propositions, scoping and fee discussions.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders, facilitate workshops and support organisational change, capability building and technology adoption.
• Provide visible and inclusive leadership, coaching team members and creating an environment in which people can perform at their best
• Contribute to the growth and direction of the team through market insight, proposition development, thought leadership, recruitment and collaboration with the firm's UK and global networks.

Requirements:

• Strong track record of leading complex digital, technology or data transformation engagements from strategy through implementation and measurable outcomes.
• Experience delivering systems, platforms or integration programmes as an adviser, client-side leader or implementation partner.
• Ability to connect business, asset and user needs with technology, data, process and operating-model change.
• Strong consulting and client leadership skills, including senior stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation and production of clear, high-quality deliverables.
• Demonstrable experience of building trusted client relationships, winning new business and managing scope, resources, engagement economics, quality and risk.
• Experience in infrastructure or asset-intensive sectors; knowledge of real estate management, facilities management, asset management, digital estates, smart buildings, data platforms, analytics, digital twins, connected assets or emerging technology is advantageous.
• Numerate degree or equivalent professional experience.

Successful applicants will be contacted within 48 hours. Due to the high volumes of responses we are unfortunately not able to respond to those who are unsuccessful.