Manager / Senior Manager

Atkins Realis Group

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of consultants, ensuring quality delivery across multiple projects.
• Manage end-to-end smart city advisory engagements, from scoping and mobilization through to delivery and closeout.
• Integrate the smart city deliverables into masterplan and infrastructure design phases, ensuring full alignment with design disciplines.
• Define and specify smart city systems and services requirements and develop appropriate phasing plans for construction and implementation.

Client Engagement & Advisory:

• Act as the primary client interface, managing relationships with senior stakeholders across government, developers, and operators.
• Translate client vision into strategies, functional/technical requirements, and implementation roadmaps.
• Provide subject matter expertise in smart city platforms, vertical solutions, and command & control centers.
• Advise clients on aligning urban infrastructure and built industry projects with smart city delivery objectives.
• Lead workshops and stakeholder engagements to capture needs, resolve challenges, and align expectations.

Procurement, Vendors & Commercial:

• Lead the preparation of MSI/DSI RFPs, technical specifications, and evaluation criteria.
• Conduct vendor assessments, technical and commercial evaluations, and scoring methodologies.
• Provide cost-benefit analyses and business cases for smart city technology investments.
• Support budgeting, financial oversight, and commercial governance throughout project lifecycles.
• Advise on procurement strategies, contracting models, and supply chain management specific to the smart cities sector.

Smart City Governance & Implementation:

• Develop and implement Smart City Governance Frameworks, cover roles, processes, KPIs, and oversight mechanisms.
• Monitor and coordinate smart city implementation across multiple workstreams during construction and operations.
• Support integration of smart city platforms and services with urban infrastructure and operational systems.
• Provide risk management, issue resolution, and dependency tracking for smart city delivery.

Business Development & Growth:

• Lead and contribute to RFP responses, proposals, and fee submissions.
• Engage in business development by identifying opportunities, shaping client solutions, and leveraging networks.
• Represent AtkinsR alis at industry events, conferences, and publications to strengthen market positioning.
• Contribute to practice growth by developing knowledge assets, case studies, and recruitment efforts.