At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.
That’s why we pledge to support and empower all our people to make a positive impact when working hand in hand with our business to drive change. We help our clients solve the world’s biggest challenges across energy, transport, utilities and urbanisation—delivering outcomes that matter today and for generations to come.
Within our growing Data & Insights capability, we embrace a start‑up mentality inside a global professional services organisation. We encourage autonomous decision-making, fresh ideas and agile thinking, supported by deep infrastructure expertise and strong collaboration across regions and disciplines.
Who are we looking for?
We are seeking experienced an Executive Advisor to join GHD’s Data & Insights Advisory team.
This is a senior leadership opportunity to shape, win and lead major client engagements, build repeatable advisory offerings, and grow high-performing teams aligned to GHD’s engineering and infrastructure strengths.
Working with a high-performing, globally connected team, you will:
- Lead and grow executive-level client relationships, positioning GHD as a trusted advisor for data, digital and AI-enabled transformation across infrastructure sectors.
- Shape and convert opportunities into funded work and multi-year programs, aligned to market demand and GHD’s core services.
- Act as Project Director / Executive Delivery Lead on major engagements, accountable for client outcomes, quality, and commercial performance.
- Provide executive and technical oversight to multidisciplinary teams, setting clear direction across strategy, architecture, delivery and value realisation.
- Translate complex technical, commercial and organisational challenges into clear decisions for senior stakeholders.
- Contribute to the growth and performance of the Data & Insights practice, including offer development, business planning, pipeline management and performance reviews.
- Build, mentor and retain high-trust teams, supporting recruitment, capability uplift and clear progression pathways.
What you will bring to the team:
- 20+ years’ experience with a strong track record in data, digital and analytics-led transformation, ideally within infrastructure or asset-intensive environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading executive client accounts, converting trusted relationships into sustained work programs.
- Proven capability in shaping strategy, business cases and roadmaps across data, analytics, AI and digital advisory.
- Strong leadership experience building and mentoring teams, with a focus on capability development and inclusive culture.
- Clear, confident communication and presentation skills, including at board and executive level.
- Experience reviewing, overseeing and producing high-quality executive-ready deliverables (reports, dashboards and presentations).
- Strong commercial acumen, with experience balancing work winning, delivery excellence and sustainable growth.
- A demonstrated commitment to inclusion and diversity, acting as a role model and leader of positive change.
Preferable experience in:
- Data & AI strategy, including user research, operating models, roadmaps and business case development
- Data governance, ownership, standards, lineage and compliance
- Data foundations and architecture, including cloud platforms, data management and security
- Data integration, data quality and modern DataOps / MLOps practices
- Decision intelligence, including BI, self-service analytics, ML, AI and GenAI
- Infrastructure sectors such as transport, water, energy, utilities or urban development
If you are an experienced leader who enjoys operating in ambiguity, building teams and shaping meaningful outcomes for clients and communities, we’d love to hear from you.
Interested?
For a confidential discussion please contact Zoe Ferguson - Talent Acquisition Team Leader
GHD is an equal opportunity employer, and we want everyone to be able to fully participate in our recruitment process. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all identities.
GHD embraces hybrid work arrangements to create a work environment focused on well-being, flexibility and productivity, balancing remote working with the value of face-to-face collaboration.
We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.
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About UsCome together and make a meaningful impact.
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.
That’s the #PowerOfCommitment
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.
