Digital Transformation Manager

Milton Park, Abingdon

Permanent

Role Purpose

The Digital Transformation Manager is responsible for driving the strategic adoption of digital tools, data solutions, and modern ways of working across the Project & Engineering organisation. This role ensures that transformation initiatives are aligned with business objectives, improve project delivery performance, enhance efficiency, and enable a culture of digital excellence. The role acts as the bridge between engineering teams, IT, business stakeholders, and programme delivery functions to ensure coordinated and sustainable digital change.

Why Nuvia

Nuvia - a subsidiary of VINCI construction - is an international company that operates across highly regulated sectors including Civil Nuclear and has a strong presence and history of delivery at nuclear sites in the UK and internationally. 

Nuvia is a performance-driven company that is committed to the development of its people within a culture of safety, innovation, and excellence. 

Reports to

Head of PMO

Key Responsibilities

Digital Strategy & Roadmap

Develop and maintain the organisation’s digital transformation roadmap aligned with PMO strategy and wider business goals.
Identify digital solutions, tools, and processes that improve project execution, engineering operations, reporting, and governance.
Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend innovations that bring measurable value.
Project & Programme Delivery

Lead digital transformation projects from ideation through delivery, ensuring clear scope, benefit definition, risks, and success criteria.
Integrate digital initiatives into PMO governance frameworks, ensuring alignment with project lifecycle processes.
Support engineering teams in implementing digital solutions, driving adoption and removing barriers.
Stakeholder Engagement

Work closely with engineering, IT, data teams, and business leaders to understand pain points and opportunities for digital improvement.
Facilitate cross-functional working groups and workshops to co-create solutions and embed new practices.
Communicate progress, benefits, and outcomes of transformation initiatives to senior leadership.
Process Improvement & Data Enablement

Analyse existing processes and workflows to identify inefficiencies and digitalisation opportunities.
Champion data-driven decision-making by improving data capture, integration, visualisation, and reporting across projects.
Support the rollout and optimisation of systems such as project management platforms, engineering design tools, and collaboration systems.
Change Management & Capability Building

Develop and deliver training, guidance, and communication materials to support user adoption.
Promote digital literacy within the PMO and engineering functions through coaching, support, and continuous improvement activities.
Embed new ways of working to ensure long-term sustainability of transformation initiatives.

Skills & Experience

Essential

Proven experience in digital transformation, change management, or technology-led business improvement.
Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies (e.g., waterfall, agile, hybrid).
Experience working within or alongside engineering, technical, or infrastructure-focused organisations.
Ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships and influence without direct authority.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead projects, manage resources, and deliver measurable outcomes.
Desirable

Experience implementing project management and collaboration tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, Power BI, SharePoint, Jira, digital field tools).
Understanding of systems engineering or engineering lifecycle processes.
Knowledge of data governance, analytics, automation, digital twin technologies or AI.
Relevant qualifications (e.g., APMG, Agile, PRINCE2, PROSCI, PMI, Lean Six Sigma).

Personal Attributes

Delivery orientated experience with ability to think strategically.
Understanding of technical software solutions.
Proactive problem-solver with strong analytical skills.
Collaborative team player who can influence cultural change.
Comfortable working in environments with ambiguity and evolving priorities.
 

The Job Description is a broad statement of the purpose, scope, and responsibilities essential to performing within the role to a required standard.  The role and responsibilities defined within will change with technology, working practices and redefining of roles, and the process will be reviewed as changes demand.  The format does not require every single task to be recorded, instead the Job Description is written in a ‘generic’ style that permits flexibility but defines the boundaries of responsibility and accountability.

Nuvia UK is committed towards equality in employment.