Director, Information Technology Solutions

Hill International Inc; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill International is seeking a Director, Information Technology Solutions to support the Hill Advisory group within the United States. The role focuses on technology strategy, due diligence, and shaping technology investments for capital programs across multiple sectors.

You will lead engagements from pre-positioning through execution, defining standards, pricing strategies, and delivery approaches. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in advisory, project controls, and client-facing

Qualifications

• 15+ years of technology delivery and capital programs experience.
• 5+ years in client-facing consulting or owner's representative roles.
• Strong knowledge of PMIS platforms and project controls.
• Experience with data governance and capital program tech ecosystems.
• Ability to translate tech decisions into business impact.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders in a matrixed org.
• Strong communication and relationship management skills.
• Willingness to travel 30% to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as independent advisor on build, buy, and partner decisions.
• Lead technology due diligence for acquisitions and risks.
• Define ownership of scope, budget and change control.
• Shape opportunities before RFP and pre-positioned pursuits.
• Develop prototypes and solution strategies to generate demand.
• Lead, develop, and retain delivery teams and professionals.
• Structure commercial models including pricing and contracts.
• Build relationships across Hill's regional and sector leaders.

Skills

Technology delivery

Capital programs

PMIS

Data governance

BIM

Digital twin

Client-facing

Stakeholder influence

Business development

Travel 30-50%

Tools

PMIS platforms

Commercial modeling tools

Job description

Hill International is seeking a Director, Information Technology Solutions to support the Hill Advisory group within the United States.

Hill Advisory helps capital program owners leverage technology to improve program delivery. Our technology services practice specializes in AI-enabled project controls, data governance, BIM and digital twin strategies, PMIS strategy and implementation, geospatial intelligence, and cyber-physical security. We support owners managing complex capital programs across the utilities, energy, aviation, transportation, healthcare, and education sectors.

• Serve as the independent advisor on build, buy, and partner decisions for clients and Hill's internal technology investments.
• Provide objective, evidence-based recommendations, including advising against technology investments when warranted.
• Lead technology due diligence for acquisitions, assessing systems, software assets, technical debt, cybersecurity, and integration risks.
• Identify technology risks and liabilities that may not surface through traditional financial diligence and advise investment stakeholders accordingly.
• Resolve contractual and commercial ambiguity where technology scope is embedded within broader engagements.
• Establish clear ownership of scope, budget, decision-making, and change control; elevate unresolved issues as needed.
• Define and maintain the technical standards, positions, and recommendations of the Technology Services practice.
• Shape and qualify opportunities before RFP release, prioritizing pre-positioned pursuits and enforcing go/no-go criteria.
• Develop prototypes, proofs of concept, and solution strategies that generate demand and convert opportunities into paid engagements.
• Leverage Hill's subject matter experts to strengthen pursuits, solutions, and client outcomes.
• Structure commercial models for technical engagements, including pricing, rate structures, delivery approaches, and contract strategies.
• Build trusted relationships with regional and sector leaders to expand Technology Services opportunities across Hill.
• Own Technology Services pricing strategy, margin performance, and commercial discipline.
• Lead, develop, and retain delivery teams and senior client-facing professionals, creating pathways from delivery leadership to business development.
• Develop and maintain playbooks, methodologies, engagement templates, pricing standards, and reusable delivery assets.
• Represent and advance Hill's technology advisory services capabilities, strategy, and position across U.S. operations.

• 15+ years of experience in technology delivery and capital programs, including 5+ years in a client-facing consulting, advisory, or owner's representative role.
• Strong knowledge of PMIS platforms, project controls, data governance, and capital program technology ecosystems.
• Demonstrated commercial construction of technical scope including experience developing cost models, setting pricing strategies, and negotiating commercial terms with clients.
• Independent advisory judgment, including recommending against technology investments when warranted by the analysis.
• Ability to translate complex technical decisions into business impacts related to cost, schedule, risk, and operations.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive outcomes within a matrixed organization.
• Track record of originating, shaping, and closing new business opportunities.
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.
• Willingness to travel 30% to 50%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience leading technology due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, or strategic investments.
• Industry expertise within at least one of Hill's key sectors, including utilities, aviation, transportation/transit, healthcare, energy, or large-scale infrastructure programs.
• Experience advising executive leadership on technology strategy and investment decisions.
• Relevant professional certifications.

Depending upon your employment status, Hill's comprehensive benefits may include, Medical, Dental, Vision, Employer Paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurances, Business Travel Accident Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Commuter Benefits, Legal Assistance, Identity Theft Protection, Pet Insurance, Auto & Home Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Voluntary Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance. Paid Time Off (PTO), Holidays, 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan, Employee Referral Program, Professional Certification Incentive Program, Hill University Learning and Development, Tuition Reimbursement, EAP, Years of Service Awards Program.

Hill International, with more than 4,400+ professionals in over 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as one of the largest program management firms in the world. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at www.hillintl.com.

Hill is exclusively a program, project, and construction management provider, meaning we have one focus as a company: protecting client interests. Free of any potential conflicts, our entire business is geared towards helping clients achieve their desired outcomes. We are dedicated to exceeding expectations throughout the entire construction project lifecycle and adapt to the needs of each assignment to develop tailored approaches and solutions to meet those needs.

Hill is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI) family of companies. Learn more about GISI Consulting Group at www.gisiconsulting.com.

Hill International is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled

Note: This job description is intended to provide an indication of the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions to be carried out as part of fulfilling the role mentioned in the job title. Various other duties as required.

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