Smart Cities - Digital Delivery Specialist

About the role

AESG, an award-winning engineering, planning and advisory firm with offices in London, Riyadh, Singapore, Dubai, Cape Town, Cairo and Sydney, is looking for a Digital Delivery Specialist for its Smart Cities and Smart Buildings consultancy. The role supports business development, revenue generation and client relationships, builds pipelines of Smart City and digital advisory opportunities, and leads multidisciplinary assignments on masterplans, districts and infrastructure. It also covers client-facing digital advisory, AI and data services.

Key responsibilities

• Lead Smart Building strategies, briefs and advisory commissions, defining digital connectivity, building systems, BMS, IoT, data, analytics, controls, digital twins and smart-building platforms, and translating them into design criteria, specifications and procurement requirements.
• Review designs and technology proposals and coordinate with MEP, Sustainability, Security, Commissioning and Digital O&M specialists to deliver integrated Smart Building solutions.
• Lead Smart City strategies for masterplans, districts and infrastructure, including baseline and maturity assessments, use cases, design guidelines, implementation roadmaps and procurement scopes.
• Maintain a Smart City requirements register, design review tracker and implementation risk register.
• Deliver client-facing digital advisory and AI services, advising on digital strategy, data governance, interoperability, digital twins, IoT and analytics, and identifying practical AI use cases with attention to governance, privacy and cybersecurity.
• Manage project scope, programme, budget, margin, quality and risk, and lead multidisciplinary teams and workshops.

Required profile

• Master's degree in engineering, architecture, urban planning, IT, computer science, sustainability or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing Smart City strategies, maturity assessments, use-case portfolios, design guidelines and implementation roadmaps.
• Experience across ICT, mobility, sustainability, utilities, public safety, governance and city operations, and engaging government entities, developers, operators and technology providers.
• Strong commercial, proposal-writing, project-management and client-engagement capabilities; highly experienced in leading complex projects and managing departmental performance.

Required skills

• Digital infrastructure, data platforms, IoT systems, BIM, digital twins and systems integration.
• Familiarity with ISO 37120, ISO 37122, ISO 37123, ISO 37106 and other Smart City standards; knowledge of SmartScore and WiredScore is advantageous.
• Practical understanding of AI applications in the built environment.