Digital Delivery Lead

Mott MacDonald is looking for a Project Delivery Leader to help improve how complex infrastructure projects are planned, coordinated, and delivered across Southern California and North America. Based in Los Angeles, you will work with project leaders, technical specialists, and clients to drive better outcomes through digital delivery, information management, BIM, GIS, data analytics, and automation.

Our Digital Delivery team combines expertise in CAD, BIM, GIS, data analytics, information management, and project delivery to support major infrastructure programs. We are growing across North America and are looking for leaders who want to help shape the future of digital project delivery. This is an opportunity for someone ready to take the next step in their career, progressing from managing digital delivery to leading its direction, people, and impact on society.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with project leaders, discipline leads, clients, and delivery teams to translate project challenges into practical digital delivery solutions.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary digital delivery teams, including BIM, CAD, GIS, information management, document control, data analytics, and IT specialists.
• Establish and embed efficient, repeatable delivery processes that improve collaboration, reduce rework, support decision-making, and drive successful project outcomes.
• Support major pursuits and proposals by developing client-focused digital delivery strategies aligned with project requirements and business objectives.
• Work closely with project managers to integrate digital delivery into project planning, governance, risk management, and day-to-day execution.
• Provide structure to complex challenges through clear planning, prioritization, problem-solving, and stakeholder alignment.
• Share lessons learned, mentor emerging digital delivery leaders, and help grow capability across the Los Angeles and North America teams.

Team leadership responsibilities

• You will also contribute to the leadership of the Digital Services team by:
• Identifying opportunities to improve project performance through digital delivery and supporting strategic initiatives across the business.
• Supporting recruitment, mentoring, and development of digital delivery and project delivery professionals.
• Developing and promoting consistent delivery methods, playbooks, templates, and best practices across the North American Digital Delivery Network.
• Providing technical guidance, peer review, and problem-solving support to project teams.
• Helping foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture.

Candidate Specification

• We are interested in candidates who can demonstrate many of the following qualifications, experiences, and behaviors:
• 15+ years of experience in project delivery, project management, design management, digital delivery, infrastructure delivery, or a related engineering environment.
• Experience delivering complex projects requiring strong coordination, stakeholder management, information flow, planning, and problem-solving.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clients, senior leaders, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle delivery, including planning, governance, execution, and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of digital delivery tools and approaches, including BIM, GIS, information management, automation, data analytics, and connected delivery platforms.
• Ability to translate project delivery requirements into practical digital solutions.
• Experience driving process improvement, mentoring teams, and implementing consistent delivery practices.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities, with experience managing multiple priorities in complex environments.
• A collaborative, service-oriented mindset and commitment to continuous learning and inclusive teamwork.
• Comfortable working in hybrid, remote, and multidisciplinary environments.

Experience in one or more of the following areas would be helpful but is not required:

• BIM, VDC, GIS, information management, document control, data analytics, project management, or project controls.
• Common Data Environments (CDEs) such as Bentley ProjectWise, Autodesk Construction Cloud (BIM 360), SharePoint, Aconex, Procore, or similar platforms.
• BIM and information management standards, including NBIMS, BIMForum LOD, COBie, IFC, OmniClass, MasterFormat, and UniFormat.
• Transportation, rail, transit, aviation, water, energy, resilience, or other major infrastructure projects.
• Client-facing project delivery, proposal development, project mobilization, or major project setup.
• Experience working in Southern California or other large, complex infrastructure markets.

Benefits & Reward

At Mott MacDonald, our employees have a stake and a voice in our business, providing them with a direct connection to our success through our personal and group performance bonuses. We provide a comprehensive benefit package that includes 401k, medical, dental and vision insurance, short-term/long-term disability, paid holidays, PTO, parental leave, and company paid life insurance.

Individual pay is determined based on several factors such as work location, education, experience, and unique skills.

The expected salary for this position is $169,000-$207,000

Collaboration at Our Core
At Mott MacDonald, we believe great ideas happen when we’re together. Our hybrid approach centers on an in-office culture, with most of your time spent collaborating face-to-face and a minimum of three days per week in the office. We balance flexibility with connection, so you and your manager can choose how to meet client, team, and personal commitments.

Equal opportunity is the law.

We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status.