Digital Business Relationship Manager - Water

Job Overview

Are you a proven Business Relationship Manager (BRM) with strong experience in the UK Water Sector? Stantec is looking for two talented professionals to help connect our business strategy with our digital and innovation capabilities. Join us and help shape our digital vision and roadmap for APM8!

In this role, you'll work closely with our teams to ensure digital initiatives align with AMP8 priorities whilst delivering value, improving efficiency, and enhancing outcomes for our clients. You'll play a key part in scaling successful digital solutions across the water business. Your focus in this role will be highly strategic and impact-driven.

• Strategic Alignment – translating high‑level business objectives into clear, outcome‑driven digital initiatives, and managing the value portfolio to ensure all technology investments deliver measurable benefits.
• Adoption & Change – actively supporting digital transformation across our water business, helping teams embrace new tools and ways of working.
• External Engagement – building strong relationships with key client stakeholders, showcasing Stantec’s digital capabilities and representing the firm at important industry forums.
• Opportunity Capture – identifying high‑value client challenges and curating tailored solutions that leverage cutting‑edge technologies, including AI, automation, and advanced analytics, to deliver profound and measurable results.

You will have a relevant degree and qualifications as well as the following:

• Strong experience as a Business Relationship Manager, consulting, or digital transformation role, ideally within the AEC/Water sector.
• A good understanding of the UK water market drivers (TOTEX, resilience, net zero).
• Proven expertise in Benefits Realisation, Stakeholder Management, and Change Adoption.
• Highly credible with senior leaders and proficient in building compelling, data‑driven value cases.
• A passion and drive for innovation in the digital space.

Our employees are designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers–innovators driven by a purpose to design with community in mind. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients' vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights.

• Purpose‑Driven Work – Engage in meaningful projects, including a leading presence on major frameworks like the Amp8 Cycle, shaping the future of essential infrastructure and the built environment.
• Collaborative Environment – Join a truly friendly and close‑knit team known for its supportive and integrated approach across diverse disciplines.
• Global Recognition – Consistently recognized as a leader in sustainability (e.g., Top 10 Corporate Knights Most Sustainable Companies in the World) and celebrated for our project delivery and culture (e.g., International Consulting Firm of the Year and Best Place to Work – Large Consulting Firms at the 2024 NCE awards).
• Flexible Working – Flexible work arrangements to support a healthy work‑life balance.
• Comprehensive Benefits – A competitive compensation package including salary, pension plan, generous holidays, free private medical insurance, discounted gym membership, and more.
• Professional Growth – Access to industry‑leading training and development programmes, mentorship opportunities, and paid professional subscriptions to advance your career.

We have more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents, and a strong presence in the UK.