Digital & AI Transformation Director Asset Management

Arcadis•Highlands Ranch, CO

About The Position

Arcadis is seeking a Digital & AI Transformation Director for Asset Management. This role is responsible for integrating digital, data, and AI capabilities into core delivery workflows, decision-making, and operating rhythms within Asset Management. The goal is to enhance value delivery to clients by improving decision-making, reducing risk, and increasing quality and outcomes.

Requirements

Extensive leadership experience building and scaling global digital, AI, automation or technology-enabled capabilities within the AEC or related professional services industry, with clear accountability for capability maturity, business value and enterprise impact.
Experience embedding responsible AI principles, including governance, transparency, human oversight, risk mitigation and regulatory alignment into enterprise AI adoption and operational practices.
Proven strategic leadership in defining and executing a global Digital & AI capability vision aligned to business goals, enterprise priorities and long-term transformation objectives.
Deep expertise in digital, AI, automation and emerging technologies, with a strong understanding of how these can be applied to improve delivery models, business performance and client outcomes within complex organizational environments.
Demonstrated experience driving organizational change and broad adoption of new digital and AI capabilities, tools and ways of working across global and local teams.
Strong track record of identifying, sponsoring and scaling successful innovations, pilots and proof of concept initiatives into practical, repeatable and value-adding business capabilities.
Proven ability to influence and align senior stakeholders across global, regional and local teams, building commitment to shared priorities and securing support for transformation roadmaps and implementation plans.
Strong understanding of scalable delivery models, process optimization and operational excellence, with experience designing approaches that improve consistency, efficiency and quality in digital and AI-enabled services.
Governance and risk management experience, including understanding of data privacy, AI ethics, information security and relevant compliance requirements, with the ability to embed these into capability design, deployment and ongoing management.
Demonstrated talent and capability development experience, including building learning programs, enabling skills development and fostering communities of practice that strengthen digital, data and AI capability across the organization.
Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to connect cross-functional teams around a unified transformation agenda and deliver outcomes across a complex matrixed environment.
Demonstrated strategic judgment and execution discipline, with the ability to translate vision into clear priorities, practical roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
Leadership style that empowers Arcadians, promotes accountability and continuous improvement, and supports a healthy, inclusive and high engagement culture aligned to the Arcadis Leadership profile of being curious, driving success and igniting passion.
Degree level education in a relevant technical or commercial discipline such as digital technology, data science, artificial intelligence, computer science, engineering, business or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred such as an MBA or a relevant Master’s in artificial intelligence, data science, digital transformation, technology management, engineering, business or a related field, or equivalent executive level experience in complex global organizations.

Responsibilities

Set the Digital & AI direction for the Service Line, creating a specific strategy aligned with the company's vision and priorities.
Define and update "digital must-win" areas through competitor and gap analyses.
Identify Asset Management delivery domains and workflows requiring redesign.
Establish collaboration rhythms with Digital Intelligence, investment governance, and change networks.
Set clear transformation objectives linked to Asset Management performance metrics.
Own the Opportunity Portfolio, sourcing digital opportunities and use cases.
Initiate and participate in AI studios to validate and prototype opportunities.
Collaborate with Digital Intelligence on buy/build/partner and start/continue/stop decisions.
Stop initiatives that do not demonstrate clear value, adoption potential, or strategic fit.
Participate in client conversations to understand needs.
Act as the primary interface and product sponsor for product managers.
Redesign end-to-end Asset Management delivery workflows to embed digital and AI.
Support adjustments to new ways of working with Service Line leadership.
Build a network of digital & AI champions within each Service Area Group.
Strengthen foundational digital skills and AI usage within the organization.
Set up adoption campaigns for new tooling, digital products, and ways of working.
Turn the global data strategy into an actionable plan for the service line.
Create knowledge and data libraries within Communities of Practice.
Set up data governance and measure adherence and progress.
Define other prerequisites for digital innovation and integrate them into the transformation plan.
Own the Asset Management Digital and AI innovation backlog and roadmap.
Drive investment prioritization and portfolio transparency within the Innovation governance framework.
Champion digital adoption across the Asset Management workforce and project delivery.