Digital Transformation Manager in Malvern

HBK is establishing a new Digital Transformation Office (DTO) to accelerate its transformation as a global leader in precision measurement, sensing and industrial technology. The role is explicitly AI-first: leveraging data, AI, and platform thinking as default design principles rather than optional add-ons. The Digital Transformation Manager is a senior, business-facing leader responsible for shaping, prioritising and delivering digitally enabled strategic initiatives across HBK. The role works at the intersection of business strategy, technology, and execution, partnering with Product, R&D, Manufacturing, Operations, Commercial and Corporate functions to:

• Translate ideas into well-defined initiatives and programmes
• Oversee delivery to measurable outcomes
• Establish and operate portfolio governance and PMO disciplines

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior business leaders to identify, frame and shape digital transformation opportunities aligned to HBK’s strategy.
• Facilitate ideation workshops using AI-first, data-first and platform-led approaches.
• Challenge problem statements to ensure focus on business value, scalability and reuse, not point solutions.
• Translate strategic themes into discrete initiatives with clear hypotheses, value drivers and success measures.

Initiative Definition & Business Case Development

• Lead end-to-end initiative definition including:
• Problem statement and outcome definition
• Target-state processes and operating models
• Data, AI, platform, cyber and integration implications
• High-level architecture and delivery approach
• Develop robust business cases including value sizing (financial and non-financial), risks, dependencies and change impacts.
• Ensure alignment with HBK standards for architecture, security, compliance, and IP protection.
• Co-define and continuously evolve the Digital Transformation PMO methodology, covering:
• Portfolio intake and prioritisation
• Funding and capacity allocation
• Stage gates and decision forums
• Benefits tracking and value realisation
• Strategic alignment
• Delivery predictability
• Dependency and risk management

Execution Oversight & Delivery Governance

• Act as business owner or sponsor delegate for key initiatives.
• Work with delivery teams (internal and partners) across:
• AI & data
• Platform and cloud engineering
• OT/IT convergence
• Cybersecurity
• Ensure delivery teams apply modern delivery practices (Agile/Hybrid) while operating effectively in engineering and manufacturing contexts.
• Actively remove blockers, manage escalations, and course-correct delivery where needed.

AI, Data & Platform Enablement

• Embed AI as a core design principle, focusing on:
• Partner with AI, Data, Platform and Cyber Centres of Excellence to:
• Reuse shared capabilities
• Accelerate time-to-value
• Promote responsible AI practices, data governance, and security‑by‑design.

Change & Stakeholder Leadership

• Drive strong engagement across business, engineering and technology communities.
• Support adoption through change, communication and capability uplift.
• Act as a visible role model for digital ways of working and outcome‑led delivery.

Success Measures

• Realised business value from digital initiatives
• Quality and robustness of initiative pipeline and portfolio
• Predictability and transparency of delivery
• Effective reuse of AI, data and platform capabilities
• Digital strategy execution in complex, engineering‑led organisations
• Strong AI literacy – able to identify and apply AI use cases (not necessarily hands‑on model building)
• Portfolio and programme management at scale
• Business case development and value realisation
• Executive stakeholder management and facilitation

Technical & Domain Understanding

• Working knowledge of:
• Data platforms and analytics
• AI/ML applications in industrial, engineering or manufacturing contexts
• Cloud and platform architectures
• Cybersecurity and compliance considerations
• Experience operating across IT, OT, software, hardware and product environments is highly valued.

Delivery & Ways of Working

• Strong grounding in Agile, hybrid and scaled delivery models (e.g., SAFe, Spotify‑inspired, or custom enterprise models).
• Comfortable balancing:
• Speed vs safety
• Global vs local needs
• Experience working with external partners and system integrators.

Leadership & Behaviours

• Outcome‑oriented, pragmatic and commercially minded
• Confident influencing without formal authority
• Comfortable with ambiguity and complexity
• Strong systems‑thinking and problem‑framing skills
• Clear, concise communicator at executive level

Experience & Qualifications

• Significant experience in digital transformation, technology strategy, or large‑scale change roles
• Proven experience delivering digital initiatives within:
• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Industrial technology
• Regulated or IP‑sensitive environments
• Track record of operating at portfolio or programme level, not only project delivery
• Experience in AI‑or data‑led transformation programmes
• Background in management consulting, internal transformation offices, or enterprise PMOs
• Exposure to global, matrixed organisations

Why This Role Matters at HBK

This role sits at the centre of HBK’s ambition to:

• Scale AI and digital innovation responsibly
• Leverage platforms and data as strategic assets
• Align technology investment to measurable business outcomes
• Transform how ideas move from concept to value across a global engineering enterprise

We Offer

At HBK, we believe in freedom with responsibility, enabling a healthy work‑life balance and continuous professional development. You will join an international team in an innovative and enjoyable working environment.

About HBK

On January 1, 2019, Brüel & Kjær and HBM merged to form HBK (Hottinger Brüel & Kjær). With over 3,500 employees worldwide, production facilities in Denmark, Germany, the UK, the USA, China, and Portugal, and a presence in 80 countries, HBK is a global leader in test and measurement solutions.