Stantec’s Water business is at the forefront of delivering resilient, sustainable, and transformational infrastructure across the UK and Ireland. As our clients increasingly rely on data-driven assets and digital transformation, robust information management is fundamental to how we design, build, and optimize critical water programs.
We are currently seeking a Regional Lead to join our Information Management team. Reporting directly to the UK&I Information Management Lead, you will provide strategic leadership, functional management, and technical governance across regional clients and major delivery frameworks. You will bridge project delivery with business-wide digital strategy—setting standards, developing capability, and ensuring robust governance across information, data, and requirements engineering.
About the Role
In this pivotal leadership position, you will drive operational governance and lead our regional information management community, utilizing the "plan, do, check, act" model to embed continuous improvement into project delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
- Governance & Standards: Co-develop and embed UK&I Information Management Standard Operating Procedures (IM SOPs), leading regional auditing, quarterly reporting to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), and corrective action planning.
- Delivery & Resourcing: Collaborate with Client, Framework, and Project Managers to resource standard and strategic projects using the 'right-person-right-job' principle.
- Client & Bidding Strategy: Serve as a technical SME on strategic bids and client presentations, partnering with Client Service Directors and Market Area Leads to translate complex data landscapes into tailored client solutions.
- Client Information Landscapes & Digital Product Enablement: Own the regional approach to information systems, managing client platforms, data dependencies, and digital enablement needs to ensure requirements are traceable and aligned with project outcomes.
- Team Leadership & Capability Building: Provide line management, mentorship, and career planning for local Information Management teams. Drive recruitment, host regional IM forums, and upskill the community in business analysis, process mapping, requirements definition, and systems thinking.
Your Impact
Youwill shape the maturity and performance of information management across our Water sector operations. By establishing transparent data governance and robust IM SOPs, you will give our leadership team and clients total confidence in project delivery standards and external accreditations.
You will nurture an agile, high-performing IM community, fostering cross-project collaboration and continuous learning. Your work will directly unlock the power of digital tools, turning client information systems into scalable, well-governed digital assets that protect the water environment for generations to come.
About You
You are a recognized leader in information management who thrives on driving digital standards, mentoring teams, and embedding governance within complex consultancy or engineering environments.
To succeed in this role, you will bring:
- Senior IM Leadership Experience: Demonstrated track record of leading information management, data governance, and requirements practices within a professional services or engineering consultancy framework.
- Governance & Audit Track Record: Hands-on experience establishing IM standard operating procedures, leading formal assurance/audit cycles, and applying continuous improvement principles.
- People & Capability Development: Proven success in direct line management, talent acquisition, and coaching teams across capabilities like business analysis, process mapping, and systems thinking.
- Client & Digital Acumen: Strong understanding of modern IM frameworks, client platform integrations, digital tools, and the ability to articulate technical data strategies during high-value bids and senior stakeholder presentations.
Why Join Stantec
- We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
- We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work for by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named 'Best Place to Work' and 'International Consulting Firm of the Year' at the NCE Awards 2024.
- We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.
- We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups).
- Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK and we want you to be part of it!
- Great benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection and life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.
- Hybrid / flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.