Innovation Delivery Specialist

Job Summary

Are you someone who thrives on turning ideas into action and bringing structure to complex, fast-moving initiatives? Lerch Bates is seeking an Innovation Delivery Specialist to support the execution of strategic initiatives across business and IT. This role is responsible for ensuring that projects move efficiently from planning through delivery by coordinating across teams, maintaining momentum, and reducing execution friction.

The Innovation Delivery Specialist serves as a key operational partner,
translating priorities into clear action plans, tracking progress, and supporting delivery across multiple initiatives simultaneously
. This role requires strong organizational skills, proactive communication, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while keeping teams aligned and accountable. In addition, this individual will help establish delivery discipline, improve processes, and develop tools that enhance visibility and execution reliability across innovation efforts.

If you enjoy working cross-functionally, solving operational challenges, and helping teams deliver results in evolving environments,
we encourage you to apply.

Corporate

Lerch Bates (LB) is a global technical consulting firm focused on improving how buildings perform for owners, designers, and the people who use them every day. For more than 75 years we’ve partnered on some of the world’s most complex and high‑profile projects. Today we provide Total Building Performance expertise that pairs Building Science and Building Flow with one integrated team delivery.

Our work spans design, construction, investigation, repair, management and modernization with one consistent goal: helping clients make confident, well‑informed decisions in an increasingly complex Built Environment.

We are each 100% equal owners in the LB ESOP
, which drives our ownership mindset and shapes everything we do. At Lerch Bates, your expertise matters, your voice carries weight, and your work directly contributes to our shared success as OneLB. We invest in professional growth, collaboration, and technical excellence, supporting challenging and meaningful work alongside people who care about getting it right. If you’re motivated by solving real problems, working on impactful projects, and being part of a team that truly owns both the work and the outcome
, you’re ready to be more than an employee. You’re ready to be an employee-owner.

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed in this position. They are not intended to prescribe or restrict the assignments that management may make.

• Work closely with Innovation leadership, business stakeholders, and IT partners to translate priorities into actionable plans, defined milestones, and clear ownership.
• Support planning activities by clarifying scope, sequencing work, and aligning on delivery expectations.
• Support the execution of multiple innovation and technology initiatives concurrently.
• Monitor progress, track commitments, and proactively identify risks, delays, or dependencies that may impact delivery.
• Establish and maintain consistent delivery rhythms, including status updates, follow-ups, and coordination meetings.
• Ensure continued progress and accountability once decisions are made.
• Coordinate across business teams, Innovation, and IT to align expectations, dependencies, and timelines.
• Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure clarity and alignment.
• Identify execution risks and recurring delivery challenges early.
• Support the development of mitigation strategies and elevate issues when necessary to protect delivery timelines.
• Develop and maintain practical tools and resources such as go-live readiness checklists, dependency trackers, delivery templates, and workflow enhancements.
• Improve visibility, organization, and execution reliability across initiatives.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to the continuous improvement of delivery practices.
• Help translate insights into repeatable, scalable processes.
• Support identification and management of interdependencies across…