Manager - Workplace Technology

About the role

GHD is a global professional services company working across engineering, architecture, environment and advisory, helping clients and communities meet the challenges of a changing world. Our Enterprise Strategy 2035, "We Master Technology," places technology at the heart of how we deliver, and our Information Services & Technology (IS&T) team is building the digital workplace that will carry GHD into the AI era.

As Manager - Workplace Technology, you will own both the strategy and the daily quality of the technology experience for every person at GHD. Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer with a seat at the IS Leadership Team, you will lead three teams (Device Management; Cloud Compute & Virtual Environments; and a new Digital Workspaces & Collaboration function you will help build) and steer GHD along Microsoft's three-mode journey: from Chat, to Cowork, to Digital Workers. This is a build-and-transform role for someone who wants to shape what comes next, not maintain the status quo.

Responsibilities

• Owning GHD's end user compute and digital workspace strategy and a three-year roadmap toward AI-augmented, agent-enabled working.
• Leading and growing three sub-teams across multiple geographies, and stand up the new Digital Workspaces & Collaboration function as a first priority.
• Driving M365 Copilot enterprise adoption, moving from persona acceleration to genuine process redesign.
• Establishing a digital employee experience (DEX) measurement framework and continuously improve the daily technology experience.
• Managing the device lifecycle, the Azure Virtual Desktop and Nerdio estate, and end user compute cost governance.
• Readying GHD's environment for AI agents and non-human identities, partnering with Cyber and Platform on workspace security.
• Representing the digital workplace at the IS Leadership Team and partner with Microsoft on the Copilot and Windows AI roadmap.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in end user computing at enterprise scale (10,000+ users, multi-geography), ideally within global professional services or engineering.
• Deep expertise across device lifecycle (Windows, macOS, mobile, BYOD), VDI/DaaS (Azure Virtual Desktop, Nerdio) and M365 administration (Teams, SharePoint, Exchange, Intune, Entra ID).
• A track record of leading Copilot or digital workplace transformation, from strategy through deployment to measured adoption.
• Experience building or running a DEX measurement programme, and strong people leadership through change.
• Commercial acumen to frame technology in terms of productivity, cost per user and business enablement.
• Genuine curiosity and daily, hands-on use of AI tools: you lead the change by living it.
• Certifications: Microsoft MD-102 and MS-102 or equivalent (required); AZ-140 and a Copilot or AI-related certification (desirable).

Benefits

• A genuinely strategic, high-visibility role reporting to the CTO, with influence at the IS Leadership Team.
• Ownership of Copilot, AI agents and the Digital Workers roadmap, at the leading edge of enterprise AI.
• The rare chance to build a new function and a multi-year roadmap from the ground up.
• Global scale and a strategic partnership with Microsoft.
• Purpose: your work is central to Strategy 2035 and to the daily experience of every person at GHD.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $180,000 - $220,000. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for GHD locations in its major city centers. Ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At GHD, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location.