Senior Technical Advisor, Digital Practice

Senior Technical
Advisor, Digital Practice

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working 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. We operate in over 50 countries and have a workforce of more than 2,000 talented
and motivated staff around the world.

Palladium is part of GISI's global family of companies, which aims
to create solutions for the world's most complex challenges. With annual
revenues of $14 billion, GISI's approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in
projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project
management, and engineering consulting services.

This Opportunity:

Palladium's Digital Practice is seeking a Senior Technical
Advisor (STA) to lead multiple initiatives across our emerging portfolio of
US-based and infrastructure clients. This role provides digital
solution technical expertise and project management, including
public sector and commercial clients across industries such as architecture,
engineering and construction (AEC), transportation and energy. This role
will work closely with client engagement leads to analyze business processes
and client challenges, translating them into data and digital solutions. The
role will also work closely with software development teams and vendors to
manage product development and oversee end-to-end project delivery on client
engagements.

This role is highly flexible role, requiring adaptation to project
and client needs to ensure successful outcomes. This is an exciting
opportunity to apply a broad technology advisory skillset, working with modern
tools and methodologies (Atlassian suite, Microsoft Azure cloud, open-source
platforms, DevOps, Agile, AI/ML) to deliver impact.

Location and Compensation:

The position is based in Palladium's Arlington, VA office within
our Americas region.

Palladium supports a hybrid working model with 3 days in office, 2
days from home.

For our prospective employees in the United States, please note
that the full-time equivalent annual base salary for this position is expected
to range from $120,000 to $150,000. Please be advised that a final salary offer
will be based on various factors, including but not limited to your
qualifications, education, experience, skills, seniority, performance, and
Palladium's business or organizational needs.

Reporting Lines:

• The role reports to the Account Manager for emerging markets within the Digital Practice
  
• There are no direct supervisory reports at the outset of this role, but the advisor will lead and coordinate cross-functional project teams (developers, analysts) in a matrix environment
  
• The STA will work closely with in-house software development teams and vendors to oversee software product development and coordinate with clients and project stakeholders to deliver solutions

Primary
Roles and Responsibilities:

Client Engagement & Technology Advisory

• Provide
  overall advisory on the development and implementation of enterprise
  architectures, including system and interoperability frameworks and
  technology stacks
  
• Lead client
  business analysis activities, understanding both functional and
  non-functional requirements by engaging stakeholders and end-users to
  refine system design and ensure alignment with client goals
  
• Work
  with client engagement leads to produce rapid prototypes and configure
  product demonstrations to meet client requirements
  
• Conduct
  technology assessments to understand current systems, infrastructure and
  processes in order to produce product, implementation and governance
  strategies.
  
• Lead the
  development of client facing deliverables such as reports, strategies and
  technical documentation
  
• Serve as
  the primary liaison between clients/users and technical teams, translating
  client feedback and requests into actionable technical enhancements or
  features

Project Management & Product Ownership

• Manage
  the end-to-end solution delivery process for clients, working closely with
  client engagement leads and software development teams from discovery to
  closeout, including high level budget and deliverable tracking
  
• Analyze
  and develop product strategies, including development and oversight of product
  roadmaps for each initiative, ensuring alignment with client needs and
  strategic objectives
  
• Prioritize
  requirements across multiple clients into development sprints, while supporting
  user acceptance testing, and maintaining comprehensive
  documentation (use cases, process flows, specifications)
  
• In
  collaboration with software development project managers, plan and manage
  project execution using Agile methodologies, breaking
  down objectives into actionable tasks, overseeing sprint cycles,
  assigning resources, and monitoring progress to meet client deadlines
  
• Proactively identify and
  mitigate risks or blockers, and communicate project status and progress to
  clients, stakeholders, and management
  

Business Development Support

• Lead
  technical proposals, capability statements, and the formation of
  technology partnerships to support business growth, including technical
  inputs into budgets and pricing
  

Essential
Criteria:

• Master's degree in information systems, business administration, engineering, computer science or equivalent years of relevant experience
  
• 10+ years of experience working in technology advisory or professional services background for public sector or commercial clients; experience in the AEC, transportation, energy sector is an asset
  
• Demonstrated experience in project management of digital initiatives, including planning, execution, and delivery of technology solutions
  
• Proven experience leading
  client engagements and delivering complex solutions
  
• Strong communication,
  facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
  
• Demonstrated knowledge in
  emerging technologies and innovation methodologies including familiarity
  with AI, automation, and data integration platforms
  
• Proven ability to lead workstreams, manage client interactions, and deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives

Core
Abilities Required:

• Demonstrated track record of solving complex, enterprise-level challenges through innovative, systems-based approaches
  
• Demonstrated comfort with agile project management techniques, leading highly technical teams and projects across diverse industries and ability to engage with stakeholders with varying technical backgrounds
  
• Ability to oversee development teams and vendors, ensuring quality and timely delivery.
  
• Strong analytical skills to address complex technical and business challenges.
  
• Thrives in multi-stakeholder environments, translating diverse inputs into coherent solutions and action plans
  
• Inquisitive mindset, creative, and desire to take initiative to learn new industries systems, technologies, and skills and how they can be applied

Desirable
Criteria:

• Experience leveraging AI and emerging technologies to optimize business processes, automate workflows, and enhance decision-making; explore and prototype solutions using platforms, cloud-based AI services, and open-source frameworks to accelerate innovation and delivery
  
• Professional
  certifications such as PMP (Project Management Professional), Scrum
  Master/Product Owner, TOGAF (Architecture)

Applications will be accepted on a rolling
basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a
suitable candidate is found.

All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.

Should
you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or
you are a neurodivergent individual, or for any other circumstance, please
email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will
be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define
Safeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our
people, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committed
to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium
are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to
an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a
rigorous due diligence process.