Senior Director, Digital Delivery

What You Will Do:

GFT is seeking a visionary and results-driven Senior Director, Digital Delivery to lead the next evolution of digital project delivery across our enterprise.

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, this newly created leadership role will serve as the enterprise hub leader for digital delivery—transforming GFT's digital strategy into scalable capabilities, standards, technologies, and operating practices that create measurable value for our clients and our business.

This is an opportunity to help define how a leading infrastructure firm works in an increasingly digital future.

The Senior Director will partner across GFT's businesses and corporate functions to identify common needs, prioritize high-value investments, accelerate adoption, and establish consistent approaches to digital delivery. From common data environments and platform solutions to automation, AI, data, and emerging technologies, this leader will help ensure that innovation translates into better project delivery, stronger business performance, and differentiated value for our clients.

We're looking for a transformational leader who understands that business should drive technology—not the other way around. The successful candidate will combine digital fluency with business acumen, operational discipline, change leadership, and the ability to influence across a complex organization.

What You'll Be Challenged to Do

- Lead GFT's enterprise Digital Delivery Hub, establishing strategy, priorities, resources, services, and performance expectations aligned with the CTO's vision and GFT's broader business objectives.
- Lead GFT's enterprise digital delivery transformation, translating strategy and evolving client needs into scalable capabilities that improve project delivery and create measurable business and client value.
- Own and prioritize the enterprise digital capability roadmap and backlog, balancing strategic priorities, business needs, client expectations, resource capacity, dependencies, risks, and expected value.
- Partner with business, technology, operations, sales, and functional leaders to identify shared needs, prioritize high-value opportunities, resolve competing priorities, and accelerate adoption across GFT.
- Oversee the development and continuous improvement of reusable enterprise capabilities, including digital delivery standards, specifications, common tools, platform engineering solutions, templates, and Common Data Environment (CDE) architecture.
- Establish an enterprise service model for digital delivery, including technical guidance, quality enablement, deployment support, specialist resources, capacity planning, and surge support for priority projects and programs.
- Create governance and performance-management frameworks that establish clear decision rights, prioritization criteria, KPIs, resource allocation, risk and dependency management, executive reporting, and escalation processes.
- Champion the responsible application of AI, automation, data, digital platforms, and emerging technologies to improve productivity, quality, collaboration, decision-making, and client outcomes.
- Partner with project and business leadership to identify opportunities where digital capabilities can differentiate GFT in strategic pursuits and enhance the delivery of complex infrastructure programs.
- Lead change management, communications, training, and enablement strategies that help teams successfully adopt common standards, tools, platforms, and digital delivery practices.
- Establish meaningful measures of digital performance and value, using data and insights to evaluate adoption, business impact, client outcomes, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Build alignment across organizational boundaries, influencing leaders and teams to embrace enterprise solutions while balancing innovation with appropriate governance, security, privacy, compliance, and operational controls.

Education | Experience:

What You Will Bring to Our Firm

- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, Digital Transformation, or a related field. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered in lieu of formal education.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise digital delivery, digital transformation, technology strategy, product or platform management, engineering technology, operations, consulting, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated success leading an enterprise digital delivery, technology, product, platform, shared-services, or center-of-excellence function across multiple businesses or operating groups.
- Proven experience leading complex, enterprise-wide transformation initiatives and translating strategy into measurable business outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and prioritize digital capability, technology, or product roadmaps based on enterprise strategy, operational requirements, client needs, expected value, resource capacity, risk, and dependencies.
- Experience establishing governance and service-delivery models for complex portfolios, including resource allocation, prioritization, risk management, executive reporting, performance measurement, and issue escalation.
- Strong understanding of modern technology, data, automation, AI, enterprise platforms, cybersecurity, and digital operating models—and how they can be applied to improve business and project performance.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex business and operational challenges into practical digital strategies and scalable solutions.
- Proven ability to lead through influence, navigate ambiguity, resolve competing priorities, and drive accountability across complex cross-functional organizations.
- Strong change-leadership capabilities with demonstrated success driving adoption of new technologies, processes, standards, or operating models.
- Exceptional executive communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex information, develop clear recommendations, and influence both business and technology leaders.

What You Prefer You Bring

- Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Digital Transformation, Construction Technology, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.
- Experience working within or closely supporting a CTO, CIO, enterprise transformation, innovation, digital delivery, or strategy organization.
- Digital delivery experience within the architecture, engineering, construction, infrastructure, or professional-services industry, with a strong understanding of project delivery workflows and client expectations.
- Experience establishing or scaling enterprise digital-delivery capabilities across geographically dispersed and multidisciplinary organizations.
- Experience developing and deploying Common Data Environments, digital engineering standards, platform solutions, automation, data strategies, or other enterprise project-delivery technologies.
- Experience managing shared technical resources, including capacity planning, resource prioritization, specialist deployment, and surge support for strategic projects.
- Experience applying AI and emerging technologies within a responsible enterprise governance framework.
- Relevant program, product, technology, or change-management certifications such as PgMP, PMP, Prosci, SAFe, Agile, ITIL , or comparable credentials.
Compensation: The salary range for this role is $250,000 - $275,000. Salary is dependent upon experience and geographic location. Featured Benefits: Hybrid (in-person and remote) work environment. Comprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. Tax-deferred 401(k) savings plan. Competitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual. Tuition reimbursement for continued education. Commitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations Incentive compensation for eligible positions.

Company Overview:

At GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life. We measure our success by the strength of our relationships – thats why were the employer of choice for 5,000+ of the industrys brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.

Our clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch. Backed by over a centurys experience, together were building a lasting legacy for future generations: stronger communities, a healthier planet, and better lives.

GFT: Ingenuity That Shapes Lives is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans status or other characteristics protected by law.

Unsolicited resumes from third party agencies will be considered the property GFT.

GFT does require the successful completion of a criminal background check for all advertised positions.

Location: Remote or Hybird
Core Business Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Employment Status: Full-Time

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles- Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Applicants in the City of San Francisco- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Applicants in the State of California -Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act.