Senior Consultant - Intelligent Buildings

Role description

Arcadis seeks a Senior Consultant for its Intelligent Buildings team to lead client-facing strategy development and programme delivery for smart building projects, combining strategic consultancy, commercial rigor and practical programme management to translate client vision into business value outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy development for clients' Intelligent Building ambitions, including stakeholder mapping, maturity assessments, target operating models and implementation roadmaps.
• Develop robust business cases and investment appraisals that quantify benefits such as operational efficiency, occupant experience, carbon and energy reduction, and revenue opportunities.
• Define personas, user journeys and prioritised use cases that link building data and technologies to tangible user and operational outcomes.
• Design and implement governance, commercial and delivery frameworks (steering groups, change controls, scope management, procurement routes) to de risk delivery and enable predictable outcomes.
• Act as Project Manager for multi disciplinary Intelligent Building projects, coordinating with architects, MEP, IT/OT, cybersecurity, vendors and contractors to meet scope, budget and programme requirements.
• Translate complex technical inputs into commercial and operational implications for non technical stakeholders, demonstrating strong communication skills and ensuring clear decision making points and acceptance criteria.
• Advise clients on relevant smart building accreditations and support achievement of levels such as SmartScore, WiredScore or NABERS.
• Support procurement and vendor selection by developing evaluation criteria, facilitating commercial negotiations and assessing supplier delivery capability against strategic objectives.
• Support business development and sales activities: prepare proposals, present strategic approaches to clients, and help convert opportunities into projects.
• Champion Intelligent Buildings within internal stakeholders and Account Leaders to support knowledge share, create opportunities for cross selling and best practice.
• Play an active role in the Arcadis Intelligent Buildings Community of Practice and development of Thought Leadership Material.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, building capability in strategic advisory, programme management and stakeholder engagement.
• Maintain awareness of market trends, relevant standards, certification schemes and emerging technologies to inform client strategy and ensure Arcadis' proposition remains competitive.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline, preferably with membership of a professional body such as RICS, APM, IMechE, IET, ICE, or CIBSE.
• Demonstrable experience in programme or project management on digital or smart building initiatives, preferably across strategy, business case development and delivery phases.
• Proven track record developing business cases, prioritised use cases and roadmaps for digital/IoT enabled building solutions.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience with procurement, supplier evaluation and contract structures for technology delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting to senior client sponsors and running governance forums.
• Familiarity with Intelligent Building technologies and architecture (BMS, EMS, BOS, IoT platforms, analytics, OT/IT convergence) sufficient to interrogate technical proposals and align them to strategic objectives.
• Experience delivering change programmes, including user adoption and benefits realisation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; adept at simplifying complex topics for executive audiences.
• Project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, APM, PMP) or experience of Agile delivery frameworks is advantageous.
• Experience in related accreditations such as SmartScore, WiredScore, WELL, LEED, NABERS.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to/foster a diverse and inclusive workforce. All decisions are made without regard to age, disability, faith, gender, LGBT+, or race.