Vice President - Intelligent Industries - Digital Construction

Capgemini; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - GBP 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital transformation consultancy is looking for a Vice President to scale their Digital Capital Delivery business within the Engineering team. The role combines deep domain expertise in capital projects with a strong commercial mindset to drive innovative solutions in infrastructure delivery. Responsibilities include engaging with senior clients, building a high-performing team, and developing transformative strategies in the capital asset lifecycle. This position offers a chance to lead significant change in a fast-growing consultancy environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Employee wellbeing programs

Opportunities for certifications

Qualifications

• Proven track record in leading technology-led transformations.
• Strong experience in defining and delivering digital strategies.
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with senior clients.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth within the Digital Capital Delivery business.
• Engage with C-Suite level clients on capital programmes.
• Lead talent development in Digital Capital Delivery.

Skills

Business Development

Team leadership

Digital transformation

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

Experience in a major Consulting firm

Understanding of capital intensive environments

Tools

BIM

Digital twin solutions

Data analytics

Job description

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Your Role

To drive both our growth and continued delivery success, we are looking for a Vice President to create and scale our Digital Capital Delivery business within the Digital Engineering team in our Intelligent Industry capability. The world of construction is changing rapidly with unprecedented spending on critical national infrastructure that must be delivered now. We need a radical reset: rethinking outdated models is essential to deliver critical national infrastructure faster, more cost effectively and safely than ever before.

In this context, Digital Capital Delivery enables asset developers, owners, and operators to reduce the total cost of ownership of their assets by embracing the application of modern digital technologies, techniques and new business models across the full capital asset lifecycle from planning and investment appraisal through design, construction, commissioning, operations and optimisation. A wide range of technologies will enable the transition to more integrated ways for working including BIM and asset information management systems, digital twins, common data environments, digital project controls; advanced analytics, AI and IoT. At Capgemini we integrate engineering, enterprise and operational systems to improve predictability, productivity, safety and long-term asset performance.

This role sits at a unique intersection of strategy, technology and engineering delivery. It requires deep domain credibility in capital projects and asset-intensive environments, combined with the commercial mindset and leadership capability to build a new line of business within a fast-growing digital transformation consultancy. You will work with colleagues from across Capgemini, including those in our Engineering team as well as those in the sectors we serve (particularly Energy & Utilities). You will be a key member of the Intelligent Industry leadership team within Capgemini Invent with accountabilities for people and capability development.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

This is a new role within Intelligent Industry, carrying end-to-end ownership for the development and delivery of this capability while working with colleagues in key sectors as part of our matrix organisation. You will be part of the Intelligent Industry leadership team to drive the strategic direction of the business and build a market leading Digital Capital Delivery team.

• Business Development: Engaging at C-Suite level clients, developing relationships and defining strategies and delivery roadmaps for capital programmes and asset portfolios. You will have accountability for originating and closing new opportunities, showing strong understanding of commercial levers and processes.
• Building a differentiated capability: There is considerable opportunity to scale our innovative Digital Capital Delivery capability. Working across our UK and Global teams you will lead the development of service offerings, delivery models, accelerators and intellectual property.
• Talent development: Leading the Digital Capital Delivery Capability, you will recruit, develop and lead a consulting team and work closely with other parts of digital engineering in digital continuity, engineering transformation and industrial data and AI. You will also work closely with colleagues across Intelligent Industry in key sectors and in our wider Engineering business line to optimise capability and career development for our people.
• Build and sustain senior client relationships: Working with current and target clients, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders responsible for capital investment and asset performance (e.g. CIO, CDO, COO, Capital Programme Directors, Heads of Engineering and Asset Management). Build long-term relationships grounded in credibility, delivery impact and measurable outcomes.

Your Profile

We are looking for a leader with a strong consulting/advisory track record with experience of building and scaling technology-led transformations in capital intensive environments. You will have lead work such as:

• Defining and delivering digital strategies for major capital programmes or asset portfolios
• Designing and implementing BIM, digital twin and data platform solutions at scale
• Transforming projects controls, cost, schedule and risk management through digital and analytics
• Establishing asset information models and digital handover into operations
• Building and leading teams, practices or propositions with clear commercial accountability
• Originating and leading complex, long-term transformation engagements

You have experience leading C-Suite level commercial negotiations and are excited to create a business that can scale to meet the needs of our clients and industry to deliver critical national infrastructure. At the same time, you will be comfortable working within a collaborative, client-centric environment where multi-disciplinary teams (drawn from across our organisation and from our network of partners) is the norm.

You will have experience of developing and leading high-performing teams in a professional services context and bring a demonstrable network of partners across relevant industry sectors. You can point to a strong track record of selling and delivering major transformation programmes (defined in either monetary value or impacts delivered) and will bring a digital mindset and an interest in innovation to demonstrate tangible outcomes and measurable value.

• Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a Consulting background Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery.
• Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be generating c.4m of consulting revenues (Vice President).

Need to Know

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

CSR:

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

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