Senior Manager, Digital Delivery and Innovation

Senior Manager, Digital Delivery & Innovation

Hill International is posting for a Senior Manager, Digital Delivery & Innovation, for GISI Ignite in New York, NY, Arlington, VA, Denver, CO, or Newport Beach, CA, with potential client travel. Palladium, another GISI Company, is the hiring platform for this role.

GISI is a global, employee-owned family of companies focused on construction, infrastructure, earth and environment, and global development. GISI Ignite is GISI's newly launched centralized technology and innovation team, built to strengthen how our operating companies deliver projects and provide expert guidance on AI, data, and digital solutions. GISI Ignite develops scalable platforms, drives workflow modernization, and helps operating companies apply cyber-physical solutions that strengthen the performance, resilience, and safety of major capital programs.

Palladium, a GISI company, works to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. Palladium operates in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 2,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff around the world. This role is hired through Palladium, the operational platform for Ignite.

This Opportunity:

Support the delivery of technology-enabled solutions and innovation programs across GISI's family of companies and client portfolio. The Senior Manager will advise design, engineering, and construction management projects on the use of technology to enhance delivery. The role helps internal and external clients define problem statements, evaluate options, and implement impactful solutions across architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) domains for application in infrastructure and mobility, government and society, and the natural world (earth and water).

The ideal candidate brings experience and understanding of AEC disciplines, combined with the application technologies such as: design automation, PMIS workflows, BIM/VDC, digital twins, agentic AI, and other emerging technologies. The practitioner will translate real-world workflows into scalable, technology-driven solutions.

This person will operate as a sellerdoer, operating across strategy and execution. Assignments will span internal operational efficiency initiatives and external client engagements, working closely with GISI Ignite Directors, Operating Companies (OPCOs), clients, and GISI's technical teams to ensure innovation and digital transformation engagements are aligned with business needs and deliver measurable value.

Responsibilities

Client Engagement & Advisory

Serve as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders internal and external to GISI operating companies

Lead discovery activitiesincluding interviews, workshops, and field assessmentsthat surface project delivery, coordination, data, and workflow challenges

Identify cross-company and cross-sector patterns related to digital delivery, model-based workflows, automation, and data integration

Assess and improve project delivery workflows using technology, while balancing standardization with project realities

Solution Design & Innovation Delivery

Lead strategy and development of innovation concepts, digital transformation pathways, and solution requirements, translating business needs into actionable solutions

Translate business and operational needs into actionable requirements for software, data, and automation solutions, including BIM-enabled and model-based approaches

Evaluate and advise on technology acquisition and delivery pathways, shaping the organization's innovation and digital transformation roadmap and investment priorities

Evaluate and devise strategies that account for people, process, technology, and governance components for each engagement

Conceptualize and deliver proofs of concept, prototypes, and pilot implementations, including model-driven, automation-enabled, or analytics-based solution

Program Management & Execution

Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for multi-phase digital delivery and innovation programs across projects engagements, coordinating workstreams across GISI operating companies, technical teams and vendors

Partner with OPCO and business stakeholders to define and develop standards for program controls and reporting

Lead configuration, integration, and adoption of PMIS and data pipelines to enable reliable program reporting and decision-making

Develop and manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies

Ensure alignment between technical delivery, business objectives, and client expectations

Identify risks, issues, and mitigation strategies, escalating complex challenges appropriately

Establish mechanisms to ensure quality and consistency in deliverables and client communications

Team Leadership & Collaboration

Lead production of client-ready deliverables, including solution architectures, roadmaps, assessments, business cases, and implementation plans

Define and track KPIs related to engineering efficiency, delivery quality, and adoption of digital tools

Capture lessons learned and feed insights into GISI Ignite's innovation roadmap

Represent GISI Ignite in client briefings, industry forums, webinars, and thought leadership

Mentor technical contributors and support the development of best practices across Ignite

Qualifications

10+ years of experience in AEC delivery, engineering, construction program management, or technology strategy and delivery in a AEC environment

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field

Deep understanding of AEC delivery workflows such as PMCM practices and BIM/VDC/model-based delivery

Ability to move fluidly between strategic framing and hands-on technical delivery

Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary technology initiatives

Demonstrated knowledge in emerging technologies and innovation methodologies including familiarity with AI, automation, and data integration platforms

Proven ability to cultivate relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to internal and external clients, providing recommendations and solutions that produce business value

Demonstrated comfort leading projects across diverse industries and ability to engage with stakeholders with varying technical backgrounds

Systems-thinking mindset, capable of integrating people, process, technology, and governance

Curiosity and initiative to continuously explore emerging tools and methods in digital engineering

Demonstrated track record of solving complex, enterprise-level challenges through innovative, systems-based approaches

Leads engagements fluidly between strategic framing and hands-on delivery, providing clarity, structure, and direction to teams and clients

Familiarity with a wide range of tools for BIM, VDC, PMIS and schedule controls

Automation, scripting, or software development applied to engineering workflows

AI, generative design, or data-driven decision support in AEC contexts

Agile delivery, design thinking, or change management methodologies

Data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel, analytics dashboards)

Software prototyping tools (Figma, PowerApps, Cursor/Windsurf, Miro, or similar)

The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000. The offered salary will be based on the applicants qualifications, education, experience and work location.

About Us

Hill International, with more than 4,300+ professionals in over 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. Engineering News-Record magazine recently ranked Hill as one of the largest program management firms in the world. For more information on Hill, please visit our website at

Hill is exclusively a program, project, and construction management provider, meaning we have one focus as a company: protecting client interests. Free of any potential conflicts, our entire business is geared towards helping clients achieve their desired outcomes. We are dedicated to exceeding expectations throughout the entire construction project lifecycle and adapt to the needs of each assignment to develop tailored approaches and solutions to meet those needs.

Hill is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI) family of companies. Learn more about GISI Consulting Group at

Hill International is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled

Job Info

• Job Identification 15302
• Job Category Projects Management
• Locations New York, NY, United States Arlington, VA, United States Denver, CO, United States Newport Beach, CA, United States