Director - Construction

Capgemini Invent; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Invent is seeking a Director to shape and scale Digital Capital Delivery within Intelligent Industry in the UK. You will drive end-to-end delivery across capital programmes, collaborate with CIOs and COOs, and lead cross-functional teams across engineering, digital, and advisory units.

The role blends strategy, technology and delivery, requiring deep credibility in capital projects, BIM, digital twins, and data platforms.

Qualifications

• Director with a strong consulting/advisory track record in capital-intensive environments.
• Experience defining and delivering digital strategies for major capital programmes.
• Experience BIM, digital twin and data platform solutions at scale.
• Proven ability to lead large transformation programmes with commercial accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Intelligent Industry VPD function and shape strategic direction.
• Engage senior and C-suite clients to define delivery roadmaps and sales targets.
• Scale Digital Capital Delivery by developing services, accelerators and IP.
• Build trusted relationships with CIOs, CDOs, COOs and Heads of Engineering.
• Oversee complex project delivery across Capgemini Invent and partner units.
• Support talent development, coaching and mentoring of consulting staff.

Skills

Strategy leadership

Capital projects

BIM & digital twin

Data platforms

Commercial leadership

Program delivery

Team leadership

Job description

To drive both our growth and continued delivery success, we are looking for a Director to help create and scale our Digital Capital Delivery business within the Digital Engineering team in our Intelligent Industry capability. The world of construction is changing rapidly with unprecedented spending on critical national infrastructure that must be delivered now. We need a radical reset: rethinking outdated models is essential to deliver critical national infrastructure faster, more cost effectively and safely than ever before.

In this context, Digital Capital Delivery enables asset developers, owners, and operators to reduce the total cost of ownership of their assets by embracing the application of modern digital technologies, techniques and new business models across the full capital asset lifecycle from planning and investment appraisal through design, construction, commissioning, operations and optimisation. A wide range of technologies will enable the transition to more integrated ways for working including BIM and asset information management systems, digital twins, common data environments, digital project controls; advanced analytics, AI and IoT. At Capgemini we integrate engineering, enterprise and operational systems to improve predictability, productivity, safety and long-term asset performance.

This role sits at a unique intersection of strategy, technology and engineering delivery. It requires deep domain credibility in capital projects and asset-intensive environments, combined with the commercial mindset and leadership capability to build a new line of business within a fast-growing digital transformation consultancy. You will work with colleagues from across Capgemini, including those in our Engineering team as well as those in the sectors we serve (particularly Energy & Utilities).

Overview of role

This is a new Director role within Intelligent Industry, with end-to-end responsibility for developing and delivering our Digital Capital Delivery capability across key sectors within our matrix organisation.

• Leadership: Join the Intelligent Industry VPD team, contributing to the strategic direction of the business and building a market-leading Digital Capital Delivery capability.
• Business Development: Engage senior and C-suite clients to develop relationships, shape strategies and define delivery roadmaps for capital programmes and asset portfolios. Originate and close new opportunities, with accountability against a formal sales target.
• Capability Development: Scale and differentiate our Digital Capital Delivery offering by working across UK and global teams to develop services, delivery models, accelerators and intellectual property.
• Senior Client Relationships: Build trusted relationships with leaders responsible for capital investment and asset performance, including CIOs, CDOs, COOs, Capital Programme Directors and Heads of Engineering and Asset Management.
• Programme Delivery: Lead complex projects and programmes with a high degree of autonomy, collaborating across Intelligent Industry, Invent Capability and Sector Units, and the wider Capgemini business.
• Talent Development: Support the development, recruitment and retention of consulting talent through performance management, training, coaching and mentoring.

Your profile:

We are looking for a Director with a strong consulting/advisory track record, experienced in building and scaling technology-led transformation in capital-intensive environments.

You will have experience of:

• Defining and delivering digital strategies for major capital programmes and asset portfolios.
• Implementing BIM, digital twin and data platform solutions at scale.
• Transforming project controls, cost, schedule and risk management through digital and analytics.
• Establishing asset information models and digital handover into operations.
• Building and leading teams, practices and propositions with commercial accountability.
• Originating, selling and delivering complex, large-scale transformation programmes.

You will be comfortable operating at C-suite level, including commercial negotiations and senior client relationships, and leading multidisciplinary teams across complex organisations and partner ecosystems.

You will bring a strong track record of developing high-performing professional services teams, a relevant industry network, and delivering measurable value through digital transformation and innovation.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion; we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy. Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester, Newcastle or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.