Digital Delivery Manager

Job Details

Level: Experienced

Location:

P'DOR Portland - Portland, OR 97204
Position Type:
Full Time
Job Category:
Design
The Opportunity

PAE is looking for a dynamic Digital Delivery Manager to lead digital delivery strategy, standards, and execution across PAE’s Mission Critical sector, supporting the firm’s data center and other mission critical projects. This role assesses effort, develops project‑specific delivery strategies, forecasts resource demand, and supports proposals. The Digital Delivery Manager partners with project teams and Design Technology leadership to advance standards, delivery performance, staff development, and continuous improvement across PAE.

• Lead digital delivery across key projects within an assigned region or sector, ensuring alignment with project goals, schedules, deliverables, and quality expectations.
• Provide technical authority and oversight for digital delivery across assigned area, ensuring digital execution approaches align with firm standards.
• Analyze scopes of work to assess digital delivery needs, estimate level of effort, forecast resource demand, and support project proposals.
• Partner with Project Managers, discipline leaders, and firm‑wide Digital Delivery leadership to define scope and develop project‑specific Digital Delivery Plans and delivery strategies.
• Lead and manage the BIM group, including hiring, training, mentoring, and performance management, while promoting PAE’s culture and values.
• Guide project teams on digital workflows, model setup, coordination processes, and deliverable expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure consistent implementation of firm‑wide BIM standards, templates, content libraries, BIM Execution Plans, and digital delivery workflows across the assigned area.
• Ensure compliance with applicable quality management benchmarks across digital delivery processes and project execution.
• Manage project model environments and collaboration platforms, including ACC, BIM
  360, Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD, and related tools.
• Ensure project teams have the software, system access, and technical support needed to execute digital delivery requirements effectively.
• Monitor model health, coordination quality, and delivery performance across projects to identify risks, track trends, and support corrective action.
• Establish expectations, clarify accountability, and address risks that may affect quality, coordination, or milestone outcomes.
• Serve as the point of contact and primary escalation point for digital delivery support within the assigned region or sector.
• Coordinate staffing and align area demand with broader team resources in partnership with the Director of Design Technology and firm‑wide Digital Delivery leadership.
• Support the growth of Digital Delivery staff and champion process improvement, digital innovation, and broader use of tools supporting Digital Engineering, Asset Data, and Digital Twins.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of BIM, digital delivery, or related experience in the AEC industry.
• Demonstrated experience and success in people leadership and developing, coaching, and mentoring teams.
• Demonstrated success leading digital delivery on complex, multidisciplinary projects.
• Experience with staffing, workload planning, and resource coordination in a project‑based environment.
• Proven experience working with Project Managers, discipline leaders, clients, and firm leadership on digital delivery scope, coordination, and project outcomes.
• Relevant professional credential or advanced certification in BIM, digital delivery, Autodesk platforms, OR related technology preferred.
• Willingness to travel within the assigned region or sector and occasionally to other PAE offices or project sites.
• Strong leadership skills that support accountability, staff growth, and team performance.
• Ability to lead digital delivery across multiple projects while balancing quality, schedule, staffing, and operational priorities.
• Sound judgment, decision‑making, and problem‑solving in complex delivery environments.
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills with staff,…