IDA Digital Practice Executive

Who We Are

Michael Baker International is a leading provider of Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting services, including design, planning, environmental, construction and program management. The company provides its comprehensive range of services and solutions to support U.S. federal, state, and municipal governments, foreign allied governments, and a wide range of commercial clients. Michael Baker’s more than 5,000 employees across 90 office locations are committed to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technological advancement to help solve challenges for clients and communities throughout the country. To learn more, visit https://mbakerintl.com/.

Integrated Design and Advisory (IDA)

Integrated Design and Advisory (IDA) is one of four (4) Business Verticals at Michael Baker International with more than 850 professionals located across the country. We unite architecture and engineering design expertise with strategic advisory services to deliver holistic and innovative solutions that address the business and project objectives of our clients. We serve market sectors, including industrial, defense contractors, data centers, aerospace, life sciences, healthcare, higher education, aviation, rail and transit, and the federal government.

Our multidisciplinary approach leverages the early involvement of all project stakeholders and key disciplines including planning, architecture, interior design, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural and fire protection (MEP+S+FP) engineering. Our Advisory capabilities provide solutions across the project life cycle along with sustainability and resilience. This service underscores the firm's proficiency across a range of domains including strategic consulting, planning, cybersecurity, building controls, cost management, commissioning, program management, construction support, building information modeling, digital twins, emergency response, disaster recovery, operational continuity, energy resiliency, among other areas.

Over the past 85 years, Michael Baker has built a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation, and integrity as we partner with our clients to solve complex built environment and critical infrastructure challenges. We have achieved success as a company by employing a solutions-oriented mindset and continually evolving our capabilities to best serve our clients. Integrated Design and Advisory supports our long-term growth strategy, enhanced capabilities, and unique areas of expertise that focus on high performance buildings, intelligent systems, and critical infrastructure. We are focused on an integrated approach, informed decision-making, and innovative solutions to aggressively pursue, win, and execute large, complex projects for government and private sector clients.

Position Description

We are growing and transforming our Digital Practice team! We are seeking a visionary Digital Practice Executive (Vertical CTO) to join our growing Integrated Design & Advisory (IDA) Vertical. This pivotal senior leadership role, reporting to the SVP/Architecture Practice Executive within our IDA Business Vertical, will oversee, guide, and develop Digital Practice resources across our multi-disciplinary practice and evolving market sectors. This role is ideal for a senior technologist with a unique blend of experience in architecture, engineering, and information systems, and a passion for delivering high-performance, resilient, and agile facilities. You will lead innovation across digital twin technologies, smart building systems, and facility lifecycle intelligence, helping clients modernize infrastructure portfolios and achieve operational excellence. This role integrates design, operations, cybersecurity, and data intelligence to ensure seamless facility performance from day one.

This leadership position provides oversight and direction across our multi-disciplinary Practice, as well as evolving Market Sectors; and encompasses establishing and implementing goals and objectives, developing, and promoting the Practice's values and strategic plans, and positioning for growth. Promoting a seller-doer culture, this leadership position is also focused on growing development, relationships, and opportunities related to emerging private sector markets, as well as protecting and growing established markets such as Federal, Aviation, and Transit in conjunction with our multi-disciplinary Practice leadership team.

The candidate must demonstrate strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to develop new, and strengthen existing, positive relationships, both internally and externally, with colleagues and new clients, respectively. Articulate, concise, and consistent communication is essential for collaborating with leadership and project resources to outline workplan, responsibilities, quality management, risk assessment, and scope of authority, all the while ensuring that project milestones and objectives are accomplished within the prescribed scope, schedule, and budget parameters, clearly documenting, and communicating project progress to team and leadership. In this role, the candidate will:

• Drive a transformative practice redefining how facilities are designed, delivered, and operated, ultimately building a team that includes Directors of Transformation (where and why) and Digital Delivery (how).
• Collaborate not only with Enterprise CTO, but also with the other Michael Baker verticals to assure Enterprise consistency while at the same time recognizing and accommodating the individual vertical/market nuances.
• Coordinate with the overall business leadership to get a clear understanding of the current operational state and help develop an inclusive framework for organizational change.
• Influence strategic decisions and help shape the future of resilient, data-driven infrastructure.
• Join a company with a proven track record in delivering high-tech, mission-critical infrastructure for federal, institutional, and private sector clients.

Essential Digital Practice Responsibilities

• Drive Innovation: Lead the integration of digital twin platforms, BIM standards in collaboration with our Digital Delivery team, and smart building technologies into design and operational workflows.
• Bridge Design and Operations: Collaborate with design teams to ensure facilities are operationally aligned, enabling real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and adaptive performance.
• Embed Cybersecurity: Apply frameworks like NIST RMF to embed cybersecurity into facility design from inception in close collaboration with our Secure Intelligent Systems team.
• Deliver Lifecycle Intelligence: Champion facility lifecycle strategies that unify data across IWMS, CMMS, BAS/SCADA, and OT cybersecurity systems.
• Foster a culture of innovation, data fluency, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Employ a unique blend of AEC knowledge and information systems strategy to help agencies bridge the gap between design intent and operational excellence. 
• Bold leadership through performance management, accountability, flexibility around unexpected issues/challenges, conflict management, and empathy.
• Balance technical alignment with staff, projects, and clients. Coordinate throughout IDA leveraging the strength and diverse array of talents throughout our organization to effectively meet our client’s needs.
• Foster a continuous learning culture by encouraging communication and the sharing of ideas and technical knowledge through mentoring, in-house presentations, case studies, and continuing education opportunities.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships to enhance solution delivery.
• Build rapport and establish positive relationships with existing and prospective clients to ensure client-focused performance.
• Empower Clients with actionable insights, predictive capabilities, and agile infrastructure solutions that support long-term resilience and efficiency.
• Advise Clients: Provide strategic advisory services to guide solution selection, training, and governance - empowering clients, not creating dependency.

Key Project Delivery Responsibilities

• Develop multi-disciplinary Building Information Modeling (BIM) processes specific to project scopes of work and client requirements. 
• Lead a team of BIM Management/Coordination experts and advise on project-specific workflows and solutions.
• Support maintenance of IDA Revit libraries and build on library families, and library management.
• Continually recommend improvements to standards and methods with a focus on IDA vision and project goals. 
• Manage submissions and compilations of drawing documentation. (i.e., drawing index, PDF bookmarks, client sheet data, etc.) through practice resources.
• Maintain Revit model health and ensure clash detection, submissions, file exchanges, and reports via Navisworks and BIM360. 
• Review and approve BIM Execution Plans (BEP) developed by staff.
• Ensure initial BIM kickoff meetings for all project teams and participate in BIM coordination meetings run by reporting staff.
• Review proposals pre-award for scope, estimated hours, and areas of concern.
• Assist with onboarding inexperienced staff regarding standards, workflows, and BIM policies.

Experience Requirements

• Strong leadership with a minimum of 15 years in A/E/C, infrastructure, and/or federal facility operations, and the design, documentation, and execution of multi-disciplinary architecture/building engineering projects, including technology strategy, digital transformation, and/or smart infrastructure delivery within the AEC industry.
• BS/BA Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, MS/MA Architecture, Engineering, or related field.
• The successful candidate must demonstrate creative problem-solving, organizational skills, strong BIM-focused production management capabilities, and a thorough understanding of construction documents and constructability.
• Expertise in BIM (Autodesk Revit), facility management systems, cybersecurity frameworks, digital twin platforms, and smart building systems, including Autodesk and Bentley platforms, and understanding of their application in creating digital twins and integrating data for asset management.
• Facility Assessment and Planning: Experience with facility assessment, planning, and operational data integration, including long-range maintenance planning and the handoff to work execution tools like Maximo and SAP-based platforms.
• Asset Management Systems: Strong background in asset management systems like IBM Maximo™, Tririga™, Power BI, and Tableau.
• Certifications in enterprise architecture, project management, or innovation frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, PMP, Lean Construction).
• Experience supporting federal agencies such as DoD, DOE, DHS, or NNSA.
• Strong business leadership and financial acumen.
• Proficient experience and understanding of interdisciplinary relationships between technical resources, clients, and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills exhibited through the ability to articulate ideas, both verbally and in writing; personable and outgoing in work relationships, both externally and internally; highly precise, detailed, and self-organized; frank and candid during all business relationships.
• Business development experience is highly preferred, including research and developing responses to Requests for Proposals (RFP), as well as an oversight of written and graphic marketing materials.
• Travel (15%+/-) is anticipated based on program/project responsibilities.

Compensation

The approximate compensation range for this position is $225K-$280K per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location. The role is eligible for performance bonus commensurate with performance and metrics established upon joining Michael Baker. 

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability
• Professional and personal development
• Generous paid time off
• Commuter and wellness benefits

 

 

 

 

 

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Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 85 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with over 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.

We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.

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