Digital Buildings Engineering Manager

Lead the strategic transformation and growth of engineering delivery across Europe & France within the Digital Buildings Systems & Projects business.

Act as the bridge between Country organizations and the Global Engineering Centre (GEC), driving business growth, commercial success, operational excellence, stakeholder alignment, and engineering capability expansion.

The position is based in Europe and requires regular travel across the region to engage with leadership teams, support strategic initiatives, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and drive successful business outcomes.

Business Growth & GEC Expansion

• Develop and execute strategic growth plans with Country leadership and the GEC Leader.
• Expand adoption of offshore hardware design, software engineering, graphics engineering, and project delivery services.
• Identify opportunities from sales pipelines and live project backlogs.
• Establish annual growth plans, region/country targets, and savings forecasts.
• Drive business transformation initiatives that improve competitiveness and margins.

Executive Stakeholder Management & Leadership Engagement

• Build relationships with Country Presidents, Vice Presidents, Sales Leaders, Operations Leaders, Engineering Leaders, and Tendering Managers.
• Partner with VP Digital Energy Systems Europe & France to promote GEC adoption.
• Lead executive reviews and communicate business value, savings, performance, and future opportunities.
• Act as the primary liaison between regional leadership and GEC delivery teams.

Business Development, Sales Enablement & Commercial Support

• Identify and develop sales opportunities suitable for GEC-supported delivery.
• Support tendering teams with competitive costing, engineering estimates, and offshore delivery models.
• Partner with sales teams to improve competitiveness and win rates.
• Support customer pursuits through solution discussions and value-based propositions.
• Contribute to strategic account growth and engineering service expansion.

Forecasting, Resource Planning & Financial Performance

• Build monthly and annual forecasts of GEC engineering hours by country and region.
• Agree annual delivery targets with Country Vice Presidents.
• Develop labour savings forecasts and track realized savings.
• Support budgeting, workforce planning, and capacity management activities.
• Monitor forecast versus actual delivery performance.

Delivery Governance & Program Management

• Provide program management oversight for all Europe & France projects delivered through GEC.
• Ensure timely project execution, progress reporting, and accurate invoicing.
• Monitor schedule adherence, delivery performance, and issue resolution.
• Drive collaboration between Country and GEC teams to ensure successful project outcomes.

Quality Management & Customer Satisfaction

• Govern quality processes across all GEC-delivered projects.
• Ensure compliance with country engineering standards and requirements.
• Drive lessons-learned reviews and corrective actions.
• Measure internal customer satisfaction and implement improvement plans.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.

Performance Analytics & Business Reporting

• Build and maintain executive KPI dashboards.
• Report on delivered hours, savings achieved, forecast versus target, utilization, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Provide business insights and recommendations to leadership teams.

Engineering Capability Development

• Identify training and development needs for GEC engineers.
• Connect country SMEs with GEC teams to strengthen technical capabilities.
• Support competency development, succession planning, and workforce growth.

Required Experience

• Experience working within global and multicultural organizations.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience operating in matrix organizations.
• Strong technical, business, and financial acumen.
• Knowledge of tendering, estimating, engineering costing, and offshore delivery models.
• Working knowledge of pre-sales activities and project execution environments.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at engineering, management, and executive levels.
• Self-driven, result-oriented, and passionate about growth and efficiency.
• Experience driving transformation and implementing new initiatives.

Highly Desirable

• Experience leading engineering transformation programs.
• Experience in PMO, Program Management, Engineering Management, or Project Portfolio Management roles.
• BMS industry expertise and proven track record.
• Commercial leadership, business development, or strategic account management experience.
• PMP or equivalent certification.

Key Competencies

• Commercial Acumen
• Business Development
• Executive Influence
• Key Account Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Program Management
• Quality Management
• Resource Planning
• Change Leadership
• Strategic Thinking

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+9% organic growth

150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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Qualifications

Skills & Experience:

• Experience working with Global Teams will be important, Different Nationalities & Cultures.
• Strong Team Interaction & Collaboration skills
• Self-driven & Passionate about efficiency and growth
• Strong Technical, Business & Financial Acumen
• Good understanding tendering/estimating and cost management for BMS hardware design, software, and graphics.
• Working knowledge of pre-sales activities and project execution environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to influence and convince at Engineer, Manager and Leadership level.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to implement new initiatives
• Highly focused & results oriented Highly Desirable:
• Experience in managing change and leading transformation
• Experience in Project portfolio management (PMO type of role), Project Manager and/or Engineering Manager of BMS systems
• BMS Industry competence & proven track record
• PMP Certification any other Project Management, Program Management certification is a plus