Senior Digital and Data Manager

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

We're looking for a Senior Digital & Data Manager to lead our digital transformation agenda, driving innovation, data excellence and emerging technologies to improve project delivery, performance and business growth.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you'll:

• Lead and deliver the @one digital and data strategy.
• Drive a data-led culture across the organisation.
• Oversee data governance, asset information management and compliance with industry standards.
• Lead the development of data platforms, business intelligence and reporting capabilities.
• Champion AI, automation and digital innovation to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Manage and develop a multidisciplinary Digital & Data team of circa 35 people.
• Build strong relationships with Anglian Water, alliance partners, suppliers and industry stakeholders.

• Degree qualification in Engineering, IT, Software, Digital Transformation or a related field.
• Significant leadership experience within digital, data or technology functions.
• Strong expertise in data and information management.
• Experience leading technology-enabled change and transformation programmes.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• A strategic mindset with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement.

• Experience with AI, automation technologies and digital products.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies and modern data platforms.
• Experience in Master Data Management and change management.

This is a rare opportunity to influence the digital future of one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes while helping deliver Anglian Water's vision of a more resilient and sustainable future.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.

Let’s transform society together at Sweco.