Digital Lead, England & Wales

AECOM
United Kingdom
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder engagement","Leadership","Strategic planning","Client engagement"]

Lead digital optimisation and advisory for England & Wales water business projects, bridging hands-on delivery with client-facing consultancy. You’ll drive digital methods, data governance, platform adoption, and AI/data-science use cases to produce measurable outcomes. Partner with client account managers and regional delivery teams to shape digital opportunity pipelines, translate strategy into deliverable workplans, support bids and RfPs, and enable teams through tools, upskilling, and workshops.

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Digital Lead, England & Wales

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Job Summary

Lead digital optimisation and advisory for England & Wales water business projects, bridging hands-on delivery with client-facing consultancy. You’ll drive digital methods, data governance, platform adoption, and AI/data-science use cases to produce measurable outcomes. Partner with client account managers and regional delivery teams to shape digital opportunity pipelines, translate strategy into deliverable workplans, support bids and RfPs, and enable teams through tools, upskilling, and workshops.
Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead digital delivery across multiple projects and frameworks in England & Wales, ensuring teams have the right tools, methods, and capabilities.
  • •Develop and implement digital optimisation strategies with the core digital team and translate them into owned, deliverable workplans.
  • •Advise clients on digital transformation approaches, including data governance frameworks, operating models, platform adoption, and roadmap development.
  • •Identify AI, machine learning, and data-science opportunities to drive efficiency, insight, or innovation.
  • •Lead and support regional delivery teams adoption of digital solutions and contribute to bid responses (RfPs/ITTs/tenders) and client workshops.

Key Requirements

  • •Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline.
  • •Strong experience in a digital, data, or technology-focused role within the infrastructure or water sector.
  • •Proven track record of leading digital delivery across multiple programmes within complex, multi-disciplinary environments.
  • •Experience working with UK water sector clients and regulated industry frameworks.
  • •Strong data skills, including data governance and platforms such as Power BI and Azure, with scripting (e.g. Python) preferred.
Experience:InfrastructureWaterDataTechnologyDigital delivery
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder engagementLeadershipStrategic planningClient engagement
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AIMachine learningData sciencePower BIAzurePythonData governancePlatform adoption

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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