Director, Digital Practice

About the role

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world. Job Description: Who You'll Work With You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment. When you join BW Design Group as a Director, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world's leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Architecture + Engineering + Construction (AEC) Business and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy. BW Design Group is seeking a Director, Digital Practice to join our team. The Director plays the primary role in shaping and driving the development, selection, and integration of a platform of digital tools, technologies, applications, and methodologies within our AE Design, Construction, System Integration, and Commissioning business and delivery processes. The Director will report to the Managing Partner of Architecture + Engineering + Construction with a dotted line to our Chief Information Officer. Our vision is to become the industry's first digital native design-build firm capable of designing, building, integrating, commissioning, and sustaining in digital parallel with our integrated project delivery. Operating at a strategic level, the Director, Digital Practice will establish the scope, vision, and direction for Digital Practice across BW Design Group inclusive of design, construction, system integration, commissioning, and project management. This includes a framework for the effective use of BIM and VDC implementation, promoting consistency, scalability, and alignment with industry best practices and standards. A primary goal is to author a living framework to assess the firm's digital practice maturity and use the framework and baseline findings to inform a roadmap to iterate our practical approach going forward. Our ideal candidate is an architect, engineer, or construction leader with a passion for and extensive experience leading the development and execution of digital practice solutions. They must be a seasoned professional who understands how buildings and their systems infrastructure come together, along with the design and construction value chains that comprise project delivery. This role requires a forward-thinking leader who can take a holistic view of the industry, align digital initiatives with strategic goals, and anticipate future trends and challenges.