Digital Lead

Aecom; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global infrastructure consulting firm in the UK is looking for a Digital Lead to define and implement the digital strategy for their Program Project & Cost Consultancy business. This key role requires strong leadership skills, client engagement, and a deep understanding of digital tools in the consultancy sector. The successful candidate will drive innovation and integration across regional and global initiatives, promoting a culture of data-driven decision-making across the team.

Benefits

Flexible work options

Access to industry-leading technology

Career growth opportunities

Diversity and inclusion programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a digital leadership or transformation role within the built environment or consultancy sector.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate vision into action.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with experience influencing at senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Develop, own, and implement the PPC Digital Strategy.
• Represent PPC in client-facing digital discussions.
• Lead and coordinate a network of regional PPC digital superusers.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Understanding of digital tools

Client-facing experience

Education

Professional accreditation (e.g. RICS, APM ChPP, CIOB, ICE)

Tools

BIM

AI

Automation

Digital twins

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

At AECOM, we are currently recruiting for a Digital Lead to join us in one of Republic of Ireland and UK offices.

Here’s what you’ll do

Your day‑to‑day will include but not be limited to the following tasks and responsibilities;

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

We are seeking a strategic and visionary Digital Lead to shape and implement the digital future of our Program Project & Cost Consultancy (PPC) business. This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for defining the PPC digital strategy, driving innovation, and ensuring alignment with AECOM’s broader digital ambitions. The successful candidate will be client‑facing, collaborative, and capable of influencing at all levels across the business.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Develop, own, and implement the PPC Digital Strategy, ensuring alignment with regional and global business objectives.
• Act as the digital voice on the PPC Practice Board, influencing direction and championing innovation.
• Foster strong links with the wider AECOM digital ecosystem to ensure PPC is fully integrated and contributing to enterprise‑wide initiatives.
• Promote a culture of data‑driven decision‑making, innovation, and continuous improvement across PPC.

Client Engagement & Business Development

• Represent PPC in client‑facing digital discussions, including bid support (e.g. CCS, Scape).
• Promote and articulate the value of digital services to clients and stakeholders.
• Support the development of new digital offerings and service lines.

People & Collaboration

• Lead and coordinate a network of regional PPC digital superusers, ensuring consistent rollout and adoption of digital tools.
• Work closely with the disciplines to embed digital priorities into their remits.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration across regions and functions.

Technology & Systems Oversight

• Provide strategic oversight of core PPC digital platforms, including:
  • Project Advance
  • CostX (RIB)
  • Global Unite (UniPhi)
  • Nodes & Links
• Maintain relationships with software vendors and internal digital teams to ensure tools are fit‑for‑purpose and evolving with business needs.
• Support the enhancement and maintenance of systems, including setup, configuration, and feedback loops.

Digital Maturity & Adoption

• Track and report on digital adoption across PPC, identifying gaps and opportunities.
• Ensure teams are trained and supported in using digital tools effectively (leveraging superusers where appropriate).
• Lead initiatives to improve digital literacy and confidence across the business.

Data & Innovation

• Oversee data collection processes to support analytics, reporting, and AI‑driven insights.
• Explore and implement AI, automation, and emerging technologiesto enhance service delivery and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with service teams to digitise traditional processes and develop new digital‑first solutions.

Candidate Profile

Essential

• Proven experience in a digital leadership or transformation role within the built environment or consultancy sector.
• Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate vision into action.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with experience influencing at senior levels.
• Deep understanding of digital tools, data, and innovation in a construction consultancy context.
• Comfortable in client‑facing roles and contributing to business development.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

As the successful candidate, you will have experience working within the digital consultancy markets along with having the following qualifications and experience

• Familiarity with AECOM systems and structure (internal candidates encouraged to apply).
• Experience with BIM, AI, automation, and digital twins.
• Professional accreditation (e.g. RICS, APM ChPP, CIOB, ICE) is advantageous.

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public‑ and private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.