Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced Digital Design Delivery Manager to lead, govern, and advance Digital Design delivery across our Buildings Design business.
This senior role will be responsible for setting and implementing digital delivery strategies, improving multidisciplinary design workflows, and embedding current and emerging technologies across Architecture, Engineering, Project Delivery and Design Management teams.
The successful candidate will combine deep technical knowledge of BIM, Revit-based Delivery, Parametric Design, Design Automation, Digital Twins, and Data-Led Workflows with the leadership capability to drive adoption across a consulting engineering environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the digital delivery strategy for Buildings Design projects, ensuring consistent, efficient, and high-quality delivery across multidisciplinary teams.
- Assist/Input into the production, oversee the implementation, and ensure maintenance of BIM execution plans, digital delivery standards, model production protocols, information management workflows, and quality assurance procedures.
- Champion ISO 19650-aligned information management, Common Data Environment governance, model federation, clash detection, issue management, data validation, and structured digital handover processes.
- Provide leadership to the BIM Managers for Revit-based design delivery across architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, public health, and specialist design disciplines.
- Drive the adoption of parametric and computational design workflows using tools such as Rhino, Grasshopper, Dynamo, Python, and related scripting or visual programming environments.
- Identify opportunities to convert analogue or repetitive design, checking, reporting, and coordination processes into automated digital workflows.
- Lead the implementation of design automation tools that improve productivity, reduce rework, enhance quality, and support more consistent design outcomes.
- Guide project teams in the development and implementation of Digital Twin strategies, including asset data structuring, model readiness, operational data requirements, and lifecycle information handover.
- Evaluate and integrate emerging digital delivery technologies, including AI-assisted design workflows, model checking platforms, automated reporting tools, data dashboards, reality capture, cloud collaboration platforms, and Digital Twin environments.
- Work closely with design directors, project managers, discipline leads, BIM managers, and delivery teams to align digital solutions with business objectives and project requirements.
- Establish training, mentoring, and upskilling programmes to improve digital capability across design teams.
Act as the senior digital delivery point of contact for clients, partners, subconsultants, contractors, and internal leadership teams. - Ensure any new protocols align with the wider Stantec Group policies and procedures.
- Engage with Global initiatives for standardisation of Stantec workflows and standards, representing Buildings Middle East.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Computational Design, Digital Design, or a related built environment discipline.
- Professional certifications in BIM, Digital Delivery, Information Management, or relevant software platforms are highly desirable.
- ISO 19650 training or certification is preferred.
- Autodesk Certified Professional, Revit certification, Computational Design training, or equivalent technical credentials would be advantageous.
Required Maximum Experience:
- Minimum 10–15 years of progressive experience in BIM, digital delivery, design technology, or related roles within an engineering consultancy, architecture practice, multidisciplinary design firm, or major built environment organisation.
- Able to engage at a Client facing level.
- At least 5 years in a leadership role managing BIM, digital delivery, computational design, automation, or information management teams driving adoption and transformational change at a regional business level.
- Proven experience delivering complex Buildings Design projects across multiple disciplines and project stages, from concept design through detailed design, tender, construction support, and handover.
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing BIM standards, digital delivery frameworks, automation strategies, and project-specific digital execution plans.
- Strong understanding of engineering consultancy workflows, design coordination requirements, project delivery governance, and client-facing delivery expectations.
Technical Knowledge and Software requirements:
- Advanced knowledge of BIM authoring and coordination tools, particularly Autodesk Revit, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud, BIM 360, BIM Collaborate Pro, and related Autodesk ecosystem tools.
- Strong working knowledge of model federation, clash detection, issue tracking, model auditing, information exchange, and digital QA/QC workflows.
- Advanced understanding of parametric and computational design platforms such as Rhino, Grasshopper, Dynamo, and associated plug-ins or scripting environments.
- Knowledge of design automation approaches using Dynamo, Grasshopper, Python, C#, APIs, custom Revit add-ins, Rhino.Inside.Revit, Speckle, Power Automate, Power BI, and other workflow automation platforms.
- Familiarity with Digital Twin development and implementation, including asset information requirements, data schemas, model classification, IoT integration concepts, operational readiness, and integration with facilities management or asset management systems.
- Experience with Common Data Environments and collaboration platforms such as Autodesk Construction Cloud, ProjectWise, Trimble Connect, BIMcollab, Revizto, SharePoint, and similar project delivery environments.
- Awareness of current and emerging tools for reality capture, laser scanning, photogrammetry, AI-assisted model checking, generative design, automated code checking, data dashboards, and model-based reporting.
- Strong understanding of ISO 19650 principles, BIM Execution Plans, Exchange Information Requirements, Asset Information Requirements, naming conventions, classification systems, and information delivery milestones.
Design and Automation Competencies:
- Ability to identify repetitive design, documentation, checking, scheduling, quantity extraction, reporting, and coordination tasks that can be automated.
- Experience developing or leading automation workflows that improve speed, accuracy, consistency, and design quality.
- Ability to translate analogue processes, spreadsheet-based tools, manual checking routines, and discipline-specific workflows into scalable automated solutions.
- Strong understanding of data-driven design, computational logic, interoperability, open data exchange, and integration between modelling, analysis, reporting, and project controls systems.
- Ability to evaluate new technology against business value, project needs, user adoption, risk, cost, and measurable productivity benefits.
Leadership and Business Competencies:
- Strong leadership capability with experience managing, mentoring, and developing BIM, digital delivery, and design technology teams.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage senior leadership, clients, project managers, discipline leads, and technical production teams.
- Commercial awareness and the ability to link digital delivery improvements to productivity, quality, risk reduction, margin protection, and improved project outcomes.
- Ability to influence change and drive digital adoption across multidisciplinary teams with varying levels of digital maturity.
- Strong project governance mindset, including planning, workload management, delivery assurance, risk management, and quality control.
- Ability to prepare digital delivery strategies, implementation roadmaps, business cases, training plans, technical standards, and performance dashboards.
- Collaborative, proactive, and solutions-focused approach with a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.