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Birmingham, England, United Kingdom | Epsom, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Overview
Shape the Future of Digital Delivery.
At AtkinsRéalis, we're creating a smarter, more connected world through technical excellence, innovation, and collaboration. Our Complex Projects (CP) business delivers some of the UK's most challenging and high-profile projects, combining world-class project delivery, technical expertise, and management contracting capabilities.
To accelerate our digital transformation journey, we are seeking an experienced Digitalisation Strategy Lead to drive innovation, enable adoption of digital solutions, and shape how we deliver projects across our business. Reporting to the Chief Technical Director, this is a highly visible leadership role with the opportunity to influence strategy, improve business performance, and create lasting impact across the organisation.
As the Digitalisation Strategy Lead, you will lead the development and execution of our digital strategy, ensuring digital solutions deliver measurable business value and become embedded into everyday operations.
Working closely with business leaders, technical specialists, operations teams, and digital champions, you will identify opportunities to improve efficiency, elevate project delivery, and accelerate adoption of innovative technologies across the CP business.
This role is ideal for a strategic thinker who combines digital expertise with strong stakeholder leadership and a passion for driving transformational change.
Your role
- Lead and develop the CP Digital Team, fostering a high-performing and innovative culture.
- Own and evolve the CP Digitalisation Strategy, aligning initiatives with business objectives and growth priorities.
- Act as the senior authority for digital transformation initiatives, ensuring clear business value, investment justification, and successful delivery.
- Drive identification, development, and implementation of digital solutions across all CP sectors.
- Establish and monitor KPIs to measure digital adoption, performance, and business impact.
- Champion data governance, digital security, configuration management, and audit compliance.
- Promote consistent digital ways of working, collaborative platforms, and digital engineering best practices.
- Support major bids, technical reviews, and strategic business initiatives through digital innovation.
- Track emerging technologies and identify opportunities to enhance operational performance and client outcomes.
- Partner with UK & Ireland digital leadership to align transformation priorities and share best practices.
- Build strong stakeholder engagement across technical, operational, and leadership communities.
Location
Various locations
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-163522
Salary range
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Ankita Govind
Hi there, I'm Ankita Govind and I manage this role
About you
- Degree qualified in Engineering, Information Management, Digital Technologies, or a related STEM discipline.
- Significant experience leading digital transformation, innovation, or digital delivery programmes within complex infrastructure or project-based environments.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change across diverse teams.
- Strong commercial awareness, with an understanding of how digital investments create business value.
- Demonstrated success delivering measurable improvements through technology, process optimisation, or digital innovation.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
- Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills, capable of simplifying complex concepts for varied audiences.
- A growth mindset with a passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and transforming how businesses operate.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
Make it brilliant, a career with AtkinsRéalis
Our supportive, collaborative culture inspires us as a global community every day.
Watch this short film and imagine what you could achieve here, too.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Additional information
Security clearance
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.
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