Executive Director, Global Digital Transformation & Data

JLL; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching

Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid parental leave

Paid Time Off

Daily Pay

Job summary

JLL is seeking an Account Digital Transformation Director to lead the technology, data, analytics, and BI agenda for a major multinational financial institution. You will own strategy, outcomes, and a multi-year transformation portfolio, shaping the organization and delivering measurable value for the client and JLL.

This embedded role requires leadership across teams, governance, and executive alignment to accelerate modernization, AI and data-driven decision making within enterprise-scale

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years owning a technology, data, or transformation function - strategy, roadmap, budget, and delivery outcomes.
• Proven leadership of teams driving enterprise change at pace: building structure, urgency, and delivering through others.
• Experience spanning strategy/advisory and hands-on delivery in corporate real estate, technology services, or consulting.
• Track record building C-suite relationships and delivering quantifiable business value.
• Delivery of data, analytics, and BI capabilities and enterprise data-platform modernization, with fluency in CRE platforms (IWMS, PropTech, smart buildings, IoT), AI/automation, and modern data architectures.
• Experience in, or serving, large financial-services or other highly regulated environments.
• Certifications in transformation, program leadership, or technology management (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Own the account's technology, data, analytics, and BI strategy, and translate it into a prioritized, outcome-based roadmap.
• Lead technology operations, performance, and governance - accountable for delivery and for measurable gains in efficiency, cost, risk, and user experience.
• Drive a multi-year transformation portfolio sequenced to measurable value and aligned to client and JLL objectives.
• Capture opportunities across automation, AI, data products, revenue growth, and digital enablement.
• Deliver a multi-year enterprise data-platform modernization on time and on budget, building a world-class data and AI foundation.
• Build executive business cases that lift client outcomes while strengthening JLL margin, scalability, and commercial position.
• Build and lead a future-ready team - realign to priorities and attract, develop, and retain the talent to deliver at pace.
• Own executive relationships across client, JLL, and technology stakeholders; shape strategic planning and renewal, and drive adoption of enterprise standards and data governance.

Skills

Transformation leadership

Executive presence

Data analytics

Commercial acumen

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

IWMS

PropTech

IoT platforms

Job description

JLL is seeking an Account Digital Transformation Director to lead the technology, data, analytics, and BI agenda for a major multinational financial institution. You will own strategy, outcomes, and a multi-year transformation portfolio, shaping the organization and delivering measurable value for the client and JLL.

This embedded role requires leadership across teams, governance, and executive alignment to accelerate modernization, AI and data-driven decision making within enterprise-scale