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Digital Transformation Consultant

  2026-03-31     Jacobs     San Francisco,CA  
Description:

Jacobs is seeking a Digital Transformation Consultant to lead and deliver client-facing digital advisory and implementation services across infrastructure sectors, with a particular emphasis on water, wastewater or transportation infrastructure client sectors. This role blends strategic consulting, program and project leadership, and hands-on digital solution deployment to help clients modernize operations, improve decision-making, and realize measurable efficiency gains.

The ideal candidate is a trusted client advisor who can translate business and operational challenges into actionable digital roadmaps, guide technology-enabled transformation programs, and collaborate across engineering, IT, and operations teams. This role plays a critical part in positioning Jacobs for long-term, high-value digital programs while advancing adoption of Jacobs' internal digital tools and capabilities.

Responsibilities:

Client Digital Transformation & Advisory

  • Lead digital transformation engagements for public and private sector clients, including digital strategy development, technology master planning, and digital roadmap creation.

  • Serve as a primary client advisor, building trusted relationships with executive and technical stakeholders and guiding them through complex organizational and technology change.

  • Shape client digital visions that align operational needs, data, systems, and long term capital and operational planning.

  • Translate strategic advisory outcomes into implementable programs and phased delivery plans.

Program & Project Leadership

  • Act as Project Manager or Task Lead on digital advisory and implementation projects, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations are met.

  • Step into leadership roles during periods of transition to ensure continuity of service for key clients and programs.

  • Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across consulting, engineering, IT, data, and software development disciplines.

  • Manage risk, stakeholder expectations, and delivery quality

Digital Solutions & Tool Enablement

  • Support and advance adoption of Jacobs' digital tools and platforms (e.g., analytics, optimization, automation, and decision support tools)

  • Partner with technical teams to demonstrate digital solutions to clients and integrate them into broader transformation programs

  • Identify opportunities where digital tools can create measurable efficiency gains, cost savings, or performance improvements

Business Development & Growth

  • Contribute to proposal development, including technical approach, digital strategy, and delivery planning

  • Identify follow on opportunities within existing client relationships and support commercial growth strategies

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, information systems, computer science, business, or a related field

  • Experience delivering digital transformation, technology advisory, or enterprise system implementation within infrastructure, utilities, or adjacent industries

  • Demonstrated ability to lead client engagements and manage projects or task orders

  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage both executive leaders and technical teams

  • Experience translating complex technical concepts into clear business value propositions

Preferred

  • Experience in the water, wastewater or transportation (e.g., departments of transportation, tolling authorities, etc.) client sectors

  • Background in software development, data platforms, analytics, or enterprise systems

  • Experience supporting proposal development

  • Demonstrated success delivering measurable outcomes (e.g., efficiency gains, cost savings, improved service delivery)

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.


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