Digital Business Relationship Manager - Water Sector

STANTEC; Exeter; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Business Relationship Manager experienced in the UK Water Sector. This role involves aligning digital initiatives with strategic business objectives, driving digital transformation, and engaging with key stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have strong experience in managing relationships, benefits realisation, and a passion for innovation in the digital space. Join this consultancy to help shape the future of water and make a significant impact on essential infrastructure projects.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive benefits package

Professional growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Business Relationship Manager within the AEC/Water sector is essential.
• Understanding of UK water market drivers is necessary.
• Proven expertise in Benefits Realisation and Change Adoption is critical.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with teams to ensure digital initiatives align with AMP8 priorities.
• Translate high-level business objectives into outcome-driven digital initiatives.
• Champion digital transformation across the water business.

Skills

Business Relationship Management

Stakeholder Management

Change Adoption

Data-driven value cases

Digital Innovation

Education

Relevant degree

Job description

Locations:

Nationwide (Regions - 1 North and 1 South)

Are you a proven Business Relationship Manager (BRM) with strong experience in the UK Water Sector?

Stantec is looking for two talented professionals to help connect our business strategy with our digital and innovation capabilities. Join us and help shape our digital vision and roadmap for APM8!

In this role, you’ll work closely with our teams to ensure digital initiatives align with AMP8 priorities whilst delivering value, improving efficiency, and enhancing outcomes for our clients. You’ll play a key part in scaling successful digital solutions across the water business.

Your focus in this role will be highly strategic and impact-driven. A key responsibility is Strategic Alignment, which involves translating high-level business objectives into clear, outcome-driven digital initiatives, meticulously managing the value portfolio to ensure all technology investments deliver measurable benefits.

Crucially, you will champion Adoption & Change by actively supporting digital transformation across our water business, helping teams embrace new tools and ways of working. Success also hinges on External Engagement ; you will build strong relationships with key client stakeholders, effectively showcasing Stantec's digital capabilities, and actively representing the firm at important industry forums.

Finally, you will drive Opportunity Capture by identifying high-value client challenges and curating tailored solutions that leverage cutting-edge technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation, and advanced analytics, to deliver profound and measurable results.

ABOUT YOU

You will have a relevant degree and qualifications as well as the following:

• Strong experience as a Business Relationship Manager, consulting, or digital transformation role, ideally within the AEC/Water sector.
• A good understanding of UK water market drivers (TOTEX, resilience, net zero).
• Proven expertise in Benefits Realisation, Stakeholder Management, and Change Adoption.
• Highly credible with senior leaders and proficient in building compelling, data-driven value cases.
• A passion and drive for innovation in the digital space.

Why Join Stantec?

Our employees are designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers—innovators driven by a purpose to design with community in mind.

• Purpose-Driven Work: Engage in meaningful projects, including a leading presence on major frameworks like the Amp8 Cycle, shaping the future of essential infrastructure and the built environment.
• Collaborative Environment : Join a truly friendly and close-knit team known for its supportive and integrated approach across diverse disciplines.
• Global Recognition: We are consistently recognized as a leader in sustainability (e.g., Top 10 Corporate Knights Most Sustainable Companies in the World), and celebrated for our project delivery and culture (e.g., International Consulting Firm of the Year and Best Place to Work – Large Consulting Firms at the 2024 NCE awards).
• Flexible Working : We offer flexible work arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.
• Comprehensive Benefits: A competitive compensation package including salary, pension plan, generous holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym membership, and more.
• Professional Growth: Access to industry-leading training and development programs, mentorship opportunities, and paid professional subscriptions to advance your career.

Ready to shape the future of water?

Apply now to join Stantec’s dynamic Digital & Innovation team.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.