Water Business Group Digital Delivery Director

About the role

This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy. In the role of the Water Business Group Digital Delivery Director, we will count on you to:

• Provide Leadership and Vision
• Define and communicate the WBG digital delivery vision, priorities, and success measures aligned with business group objectives.
• Oversee the overall strategy of our Digital Delivery guiding Regional Digital Delivery Leads and Area Digital Delivery Leads in support of serving our wastewater, drinking water, water resources, and federal projects.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to WBG leadership, informing decisions on investment, staffing, and long-term digital delivery direction.
• Identify systemic challenges across people, process, and communication and guide development of scalable, organizational solutions.
• Establish and reinforce governance frameworks (e.g., Digital Delivery Plans, standards implementation) to drive consistency and quality across projects.
• Represent WBG in corporate-level discussions, aligning BG project delivery needs with broader digital initiatives.
• Coordinate the growth and structure of WBG digital design and delivery career paths at the area, national, and business class levels, in alignment with our strategic plan and annual alignment meeting initiatives.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Provide Leadership and Vision
• Define and communicate the WBG digital delivery vision, priorities, and success measures aligned with business group objectives.
• Oversee the overall strategy of our Digital Delivery guiding Regional Digital Delivery Leads and Area Digital Delivery Leads in support of serving our wastewater, drinking water, water resources, and federal projects.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to WBG leadership, informing decisions on investment, staffing, and long-term digital delivery direction.
• Identify systemic challenges across people, process, and communication and guide development of scalable, organizational solutions.
• Establish and reinforce governance frameworks (e.g., Digital Delivery Plans, standards implementation) to drive consistency and quality across projects.
• Represent WBG in corporate-level discussions, aligning BG project delivery needs with broader digital initiatives.
• Coordinate the growth and structure of WBG digital design and delivery career paths at the area, national, and business class levels, in alignment with our strategic plan and annual alignment meeting initiatives.

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you should have:

• A Master’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
• Demonstrated proficiency with 4D construction phasing, 5D Cost estimating, data acquisition, digital twins, and digital asset management platforms and capabilities.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as ISO-19650 for information management, specifically as they apply to infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading digital transformation programs, including adoption of new software, establishing training curricula, or pioneering proprietary tools.
• Recognition within the industry for delivering large-scale programs and innovative vendor coordination, supported by published articles, conference presentations, or related activities.
• A technical degree or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• A minimum of 5 years digital design (BIM element authoring) and 10 years digital delivery experience.
• A comprehensive understanding of all discipline relations and operations of building systems.
• Advanced skillset of 3D design software and document management infrastructure.
• Advanced skillset of 3D Coordination tools.
• Advanced skillset of Microsoft Office products and communication tools.
• Familiarity with industry standards and practices, along with discipline codes and specifications.
• Familiarity with basic automation and programming applications for efficiencies.
• Familiarity with 3D design software add-ins and supporting applications.
• Familiarity with content creation and management concepts.
• Superior client service, communication, and presentation skills are essential.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to effectively serve as a first line of technical support.
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail and leadership traits are essential.
• Strong organizational skills to establish priorities between technical support requests and project work.
• Enthusiastic, energetic, and an excellent work ethic.

Qualifications

• Technical degree or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• A minimum of 5 years digital design (BIM element authoring) and 10 years digital delivery experience.
• A comprehensive understanding of all discipline relations and operations of building systems.
• Advanced skillset of 3D design software and document management infrastructure.
• Advanced skillset of 3D Coordination tools.
• Advanced skillset of Microsoft Office products and communication tools.
• Familiarity with industry standards and practices, along with discipline codes and specifications.
• Familiarity with basic automation and programming applications for efficiencies.
• Familiarity with 3D design software add-ins and supporting applications.
• Familiarity with content creation and management concepts.

Skills

To excel in this role, you should possess:

• Leadership and vision.
• Strategic advisory skills.
• Systemic challenge identification and solution development.
• Governance framework establishment and reinforcement.
• Corporate-level discussion representation.
• Career path growth and structure coordination.
• Guidance to project managers and teams on digital delivery approach, staffing alignment, and execution expectations.
• Support of key or complex projects as a strategic advisor.
• Identification and sponsorship of new and innovative software solutions, workflows, and use cases.
• Led the preparation of digital design and BIM/CIM scope and fee proposals on significant pursuits.
• Advocacy for new and innovative software solutions, workflows, and use cases.
• Strategic growth and innovation identification and sponsorship.
• Collaboration with the Applied Technology Office (ATO) and HDR Technology Leadership Team to align WBG priorities with enterprise strategy, standards, and technology direction.
• Coordination with Program Delivery Service teams including Project Controls, Geospatial Information Management, and Visualization and Interactive Design teams to fully integrate digital delivery solutions into our project workflows.
• Partnership with BIM/CIM and digital design software vendor partners to manage HDR initiatives, coordinate software updates or enhancements, and advocate for project needs.
• Development and maintenance of BIM/CIM and digital delivery guidelines, standards, best practices, and templates.
• Sourcing, creation, and delivery of BIM/CIM and digital delivery-related training.
• Management of content creation and management concepts.
• Client service, communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and leadership traits.
• Organizational skills to establish priorities between technical support requests and project work.
• Enthusiasm, energy, and excellent work ethic.

Benefits

The benefits offered include:

• Medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $105,000 - $187,000 depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Schedule

Primary Location: United States-Nebraska-Omaha Other Locations: United States-Texas-Round Rock, United States-North Carolina-Charlotte, United States-Minnesota, United States-Wyoming-Cheyenne, United States-California-Long Beach, United States-Minnesota-Saint Louis Park, United States-Wyoming, United States-Florida-Fort Lauderdale, United States-Pennsylvania-Bethlehem, United States-Oregon-Salem, United States-Maryland-Baltimore, United States-Texas-Fort Worth, United States-Montana-Missoula, United States-District of Columbia-Washington DC, United States-Maryland-Lusby, United States-Texas-Houston, United States-Michigan, United States-California-Irvine, United States-Wisconsin-Madison, United States-Washington-Tacoma, United States-Nevada-Reno, United States-Colorado-Fort Collins, United States-Iowa-Des Moines, United States-New York-Albany, United States-California-Folsom, United States-Oregon-Portland, United States-Washington, United States-Texas-El Paso, United States-Colorado-Durango, United States-Utah, United States-Texas-Corpus Christi, United States-Washington-Seattle, United States-Nevada-Las Vegas, United States-Virginia, United States-Montana-Billings, United States-Texas-Dallas, United States-Montana-Helena, United States-Virginia-Arlington, United States-Iowa-Cedar Rapids, United States-Texa