Digital Delivery Solutions Architect

HNTB Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 199,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation seeks a senior leader to establish and grow a team delivering digital solutions across planning, engineering, construction, and asset management. You will guide practice areas, connect data and workflows, and shape enterprise-wide information strategy.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, client advisory, and market-facing pursuits, with responsibilities spanning strategic planning and delivery excellence in national and international contexts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with significant experience or equivalent.
• Master's degree in a related field adds preference and depth.
• Experience connecting planning, engineering, and asset information across systems.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic guidance and analysis to pursuits and marketing efforts.
• Prepares technical materials and procurement documents for projects.
• Leads cross-functional workshops with executives and delivery teams.
• Develops operating models, governance frameworks, and implementation roadmaps.
• Collaborates with practice leaders to promote knowledge and apply solutions.
• Supports client development, scope, and fee discussions with senior teams.

Skills

Digital delivery

Data governance

Architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Proposal development

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Master's degree in relevant field

Job description

What We're Looking For

Establish, grow and lead a team focused on helping transportation organizations transform how project and asset information is created, connected, governed, and applied across the enterprise. This individual will combine digital delivery expertise, data-focused solution architecture, client advisory skills, and people leadership to move organizations from fragmented tools and project-specific workflows toward integrated, scalable, and broadly adopted ways of working. Aligned directly alongside a Programmatic Digital Delivery Team, this role is expected to shape and deliver solutions that connect planning, engineering, construction, geospatial, program management, and asset lifecycle information. Rather than focusing on a single platform or technology, the individual will work across people, processes, data, and systems to define practical future-state solutions, architect and guide implementation, and help users realize sustained value.

What You’ll Do

Applies technical expertise and guidance in area of practice. Acts as subject matter expert to provide strategic advice and analysis and engage in marketing and business development efforts for pursuits. Prepares technical materials for projects, including strategic analyses, commercial documentation, technical provisions, procurement documents, and other materials pertaining to applicable subject matter focus. Works with the line organization in a senior support role on strategically important client and project pursuits, providing technical input and market knowledge to navigate complex projects and enhance win probabilities and client satisfaction. Targets national and international associations, trade shows, etc., to help the division/region/office identify leads, win work and maintain industry recognition. Identifies, pursues, and executes high-level projects with assigned departments, agencies, and programs. Assists in the successful contracting and project execution process, working closely with regional HNTB staff and office leadership. Partners with National Practice Consultants and Leaders to develop and promote technical knowledge and applicability of practice area. Works with HNTB project leadership to manage client relationships and guides the application of HNTB services within a specific practice area to best serve the interests of the client and HNTB. Contributes to strategic planning in area of expertise and assists with thought leadership initiatives. Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field with 12 years of relevant experience
• Master’s degree in relevant field with 11 years of relevant experience
• In lieu of degree, 16 years of relevant experience

What You’ll Bring

• Experience leading digital delivery, digital transformation, information management, or connected data initiatives for transportation, infrastructure, engineering, construction, or asset-intensive organizations.
• Experience developing current-state assessments, future-state operating models, digital delivery strategies, governance frameworks, implementation roadmaps, or enterprise solution architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to connect information and workflows across BIM, GIS, common data environments, program management, construction, asset management, analytics, or related systems.
• Experience defining data standards, information requirements, governance responsibilities, integration approaches, and lifecycle information strategies.
• Experience guiding multidisciplinary solutions from discovery and architecture through implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional stakeholder workshops and communicating effectively with executive, business, technical, project delivery, and operational audiences.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary professionals while remaining actively engaged in client and project delivery.
• Experience supporting client development, proposals, scope and fee preparation, interviews, and delivery of professional consulting or technology-enabled services.
• Working knowledge of organizational change, stakeholder engagement, adoption planning, readiness assessment, training, communications, or related implementation-support practices.
• Familiarity with information management, systems interoperability, data governance, information security, solution architecture, quality assurance, and technology implementation principles.
• Experience working with public-sector transportation agencies, infrastructure owners, or major capital programs is preferred.
• Relevant professional certification or advanced training in engineering, architecture, planning, project management, information management, asset management, geographic information systems, BIM, systems architecture, organizational change, or a related discipline.

What We Prefer

• Enterprise and systems thinking: Understands how organizational goals, business processes, people, data, governance, and technology interact across the infrastructure lifecycle.
• Digital delivery architecture: Defines practical future-state solutions that connect project delivery requirements, information flows, platforms, integrations, and user needs.
• Data and information leadership: Understands data governance, ownership, standards, quality, interoperability, traceability, and lifecycle information management.
• Business and technical translation: Converts organizational needs into clear requirements and solution approaches while explaining technical concepts in language meaningful to leaders, practitioners, and users.
• Transformation and adoption leadership: Incorporates stakeholder engagement, readiness, communications, training, user experience, and sustained adoption into solution planning and delivery.
• Consultative problem-solving: Uses structured discovery, analysis, facilitation, and sound judgment to address complex and sometimes ambiguous organizational and technical challenges.
• Client leadership: Builds trust, listens actively, facilitates alignment, and maintains focus on client outcomes rather than individual technologies or products.
• Implementation orientation: Moves effectively from vision and architecture into prioritized actions, pilots, delivery plans, governance, and measurable outcomes.
• Collaborative leadership: Brings together engineering, technology, data, business, and operational specialists while creating clarity around responsibilities, decisions, dependencies, and results.
• People development: Coaches and develops team members, delegates meaningful responsibility, provides clear feedback, and builds multidisciplinary capability.
• Communication and facilitation: Communicates clearly in written, verbal, workshop, presentation, and executive settings and adjusts the message for different audiences.
• Quality and accountability: Establishes appropriate quality practices, manages commitments, identifies risks early, and follows through on decisions and expected outcomes.
• Strategic growth mindset: Identifies emerging client needs, develops reusable approaches, contributes to pursuits and thought leadership, and helps scale successful solutions across markets and programs.
• Adaptability and continuous learning: Maintains awareness of evolving digital delivery practices and technologies while evaluating them based on business relevance, feasibility, and client value.

Locations: Atlanta, GA, Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Indianapolis, IN, Kansas City, MO, Salt Lake City, UT, Seattle, WA (Downtown) . . . . The approximate pay range for Washington is $216,716.23 - $346,183.07. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state. . . . . The approximate pay range for Massachusetts is $216,716.23 - $346,183.07. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state. . . . The approximate pay range for Illinois is $198,656.54 - $317,334.48. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

At HNTB, we are harnessing the power of collaboration and innovation to establish a new vision for the future of mobility across our country. You don’t have to look far to see our impact. For more than a century, HNTB’s spark has connected people and places, expanded opportunity, and left a lasting impact on our communities. Our culture of integrity and inclusion, combined with groundbreaking solutions, has affirmed our reputation and positioned our firm as the industry leader in delivering extraordinary value. When you join HNTB, you are joining an employee‑owned firm founded on the values of integrity, collaboration, personal accountability, respect for others, and the development of all employees. We are committed to the continual improvement of an inclusive workplace. We encourage our employees to bring their whole and authentic selves to work, provide them a meaningful welcoming environment where they are valued, celebrated and respected. Diversity of thought and unique perspectives drives innovation, engagement and retention, which makes HNTB better and brings value to our clients and our communities. Equal Opportunity Employer HNTB is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other status protected by law. We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability where appropriate. Work Authorization In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, we will only employ qualified individuals legally authorized to work in the United States (if the position is or will be one which is subject to U.S. law). Verification of employment eligibility will be required. HNTB participates in E-Verify Know your rights: Right to Work