Manager, Technology and Innovation, GISI Ignite
About GISI Ignite and Palladium:
GISI is a global, employee-owned family of companies focused on construction, infrastructure, earth and environment, and global development. GISI Ignite is GISI's newly launched centralized technology and innovation team, built to strengthen how our operating companies deliver projects and provide expert guidance on AI, data, and digital solutions. We develop scalable platforms, drive workflow modernization, and help operating companies apply cyber-physical solutions that strengthen the performance, resilience, and safety of major capital programs.
Palladium, a GISI company, works to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 2,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff around the world. This role is hired through Palladium, the operational platform for Ignite.
This Opportunity:
GISI Ignite is seeking a Manager, Technology and Innovation to support the delivery of technology-enabled solutions and innovation programs across GISI’s family of companies and client portfolio. This role serves as the connective tissue between strategy and execution — translating client needs into structured work plans, guiding solution development, overseeing pilot implementations, and ensuring multidisciplinary teams deliver high-quality outcomes.
The ideal candidate has experience in stakeholder engagement, consulting, engineering, and/or technology-based roles, in addition to being passionate about solving complex problems and driving change through digital transformation and innovation.
This is a consulting role and it is expected to serve both internal and external clients – work will be assigned in an agile way based on the experience and expertise of the individual. Projects with internal clients will focus on leading internal operational efficiency initiatives, serving stakeholders within GISI companies. Projects with external clients will require engagement with senior-level client stakeholders across a diverse range of GISI sectors. Both will rely on foundational skills in business analysis, technology design and implementation, and project management.
Managers operate confidently across multiple projects, balancing client engagement, delivery leadership, and internal coordination. They play a key role in shaping the client experience and advancing GISI’s innovation capability across regions and operating companies.
Location and Compensation:
The is a full-time, hybrid position based out of GISI’s Newport Beach, CA or Denver, CO office, with potential client travel.
For our prospective employees in the United States, please note that the full-time equivalent annual base salary for this position is expected to range from $120,000 to $150,000.
Please be advised that a final salary offer will be based on various factors, including but not limited to your qualifications, education, experience, skills, seniority, performance, and GISI/Palladium’s business or organizational needs.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the compensation for this position, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We value your interest in our company and appreciate the opportunity to discuss this opportunity with you.
Reporting Lines:
- The role reports to a Director, GISI Ignite
- Initially, this position will not include direct supervisory duties; however, these responsibilities may be introduced as the business evolves over time
Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
Client Engagement & Advisory
- Manage trusted relationships with mid- to senior-level client stakeholders internal and external to GISI operating companies
- Lead solution discovery activities including interviews, workshops, and field assessments to surface operational challenges and transformation needs
- Support engagement teams to identify cross-company and sector patterns, strategic themes, and high-impact digital transformation and innovation opportunities
Solution Design & Innovation Delivery
- Support development of innovation concepts, digital transformation pathways, and solution requirements, translating business needs into actionable solutions
- Conduct market research and evaluate technologies to inform solution design based on available products on the market
- Carry-out detailed requirement gathering activities for technology solutions, business process enhancements, and system integrations by collaborating with internal and external clients to translate operational needs into scalable digital solutions.
Assess and propose solutions that account for people, process, technology, and governance components of potential solutions
- Develop proof of concept solutions and prototypes to garner client buy-in and to translate concepts into actionable software or data products
Program Management & Execution
- Manage day-to-day delivery of client innovation engagements, coordinating workstreams across GISI operating companies, technical teams and vendors
- Develop detailed project plans, manage dependencies, track milestones, and ensure alignment with client expectations, coordinating with technical delivery and vendor teams as needed
- Develop change management strategies and oversee their implementation, working closely with internal and external stakeholders
- Identify risks, issues, and mitigation strategies, escalating complex challenges appropriately
- Ensure quality and consistency in deliverables and client communications
Team Management & Collaboration
- Provide coaching, structure, and direction to junior team members, serving as engagement managers as assigned
- Foster cross-functional collaboration, ensuring input from engineering, analytics, operations, and technology experts
- Contribute to development of methodologies, frameworks, and playbooks that strengthen team capabilities and support scalable delivery
Analysis, Insights & Reporting
- Lead preparation of client-ready deliverables including assessments, business cases, process maps, and solution architectures
- Track engagement KPIs, client satisfaction, and initiative outcomes to inform future phases of work
- Generate insights on market trends, client needs, and technology developments that may influence GISI’s priorities
Essential Criteria:
- 6+ years of experience in consulting, digital transformation, technology, or business analysis-related roles
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Technology or related fields; Masters degree preferred
- Demonstrated knowledge in emerging technologies and innovation methodologies including familiarity with AI, automation, and data integration platforms.
- Proven ability to lead workstreams, manage client interactions, and deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives
Core Abilities Required:
- Strong experience with multi-disciplinary problem solving, systems thinking, and structured analysis
- Demonstrated comfort working across diverse industries and ability to engage with stakeholders with varying technical backgrounds
- Operates fluidly between strategic framing and hands-on delivery, providing clarity, structure, and direction to teams and clients
- Thrives in multi-stakeholder environments, translating diverse inputs into coherent solutions and action plans
- Inquisitive mindset, creative, and desire to take initiative to learn new industries systems, technologies, and skills and how they can be applied
Skills:
- Design thinking practitioner or Agile / change management certified (or equivalent experience)
- Business process and system mapping and scenario planning
- Software prototyping tools (Figma, PowerApps, Cursor/Windsurf, Miro, or similar)
- Data analytics & visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, Excel)
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual, or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [email protected] and we will be in touch to discuss.
Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
