Job Description

Head of AI – Buildings

About Ramboll Buildings

Ramboll’s Buildings Global Business Area brings together approximately 4,000 colleagues across multiple geographies, delivering multidisciplinary engineering consultancy services across a diverse portfolio of sectors.

The business operates across key sectors including commercial, healthcare, data centres, education, transportation-related buildings, and public infrastructure, with integrated service lines spanning building services engineering, structural engineering, sustainability, digital delivery, and specialist advisory.

Working in a highly collaborative and globally connected model, Buildings combines deep technical expertise with digital innovation to deliver complex projects for clients across the full lifecycle — from early-stage advisory and design through to delivery and operational handover.

Role Purpose

The Head of AI – Buildings is responsible for accelerating the application of artificial intelligence across Ramboll’s Buildings Global Business Area to materially improve project delivery, productivity, and client outcomes. Working across a global organisation, the role bridges strategy and hands-on delivery — ensuring that AI is not only defined at a strategic level but is systematically translated into practical, adopted solutions embedded within projects, disciplines, and service lines.

The role owns AI application within Buildings and leverages Ramboll Tech platforms and products to deliver scalable impact across the business. As a member of the Buildings Innovation and Digital Transformation (IDT) Leadership Team, the role partners closely with Ramboll Tech, Global Technical Networks, and project delivery teams across geographies to identify high-value opportunities, develop and scale AI-enabled solutions, and establish the conditions for responsible, rapid, and sustainable adoption at scale. Engagement is primarily virtual, with targeted travel as required to support major projects, strategic initiatives and key stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

1. Drive AI-Enabled Project Delivery Transformation

• Engage directly with engineering teams, project leaders and clients across geographies to identify where AI can improve planning, design, coordination, assurance, and handover.
• Translate real project challenges into targeted AI-enabled interventions that improve productivity, quality and consistency.
• Embed AI into core delivery workflows, ensuring solutions are practical, usable and aligned with project realities.
• Support major bids and strategic projects by shaping compelling AI-enabled delivery approaches and differentiators.

2. Build and Scale AI Solutions Across the Portfolio

• Lead the identification, prioritisation and development of high-value AI and automation use cases across Buildings.
• Drive the journey from concept → pilot → scaled adoption, ensuring proven solutions are embedded into wider project portfolios and service lines.
• Establish repeatable approaches to scaling, including reusable components, patterns and playbooks.
• Champion a “fail fast, scale what works” culture to maximise impact and speed of learning.

3. Lead Multidisciplinary AI Delivery Capability

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams spanning engineering, data science, software development, and product management.
• Work closely with Ramboll Tech teams to ensure the infrastructure, tools and environments required to deliver AI solutions are fit for purpose.
• Enable effective collaboration between central capabilities and project delivery teams, ensuring a seamless connection between technology and application.
• Provide direction on agile ways of working to accelerate delivery of AI-enabled solutions into live environments.

4. Establish the Conditions for Adoption and Impact

• Build and nurture networks, communities of practice and AI ambassadors across Buildings to drive literacy, adoption and innovation.
• Ensure successful pilots translate into sustained adoption by addressing barriers such as process, governance, capability and tooling.
• Work with IDT, Tech and functional teams to reduce friction in scaling AI solutions and enable consistent rollout across regions and disciplines.
• Promote a culture of experimentation, learning and continuous improvement grounded in delivery outcomes.

5. Shape AI Governance, Risk and Responsible Use

• Engage with Group AI governance, risk and compliance teams to shape pragmatic governance models that enable safe and scalable use of AI.
• Contribute to the evolution of organisational processes, risk appetite and assurance approaches, including alignment with emerging standards (e.g. ISO frameworks).
• Ensure AI solutions are deployed with appropriate controls, transparency and accountability, maintaining Ramboll’s position as a trusted advisor.
• Balance innovation and agility with robust risk management and ethical considerations.

6. Develop and Leverage the External AI Ecosystem

• Identify, assess and engage external partners, platforms and emerging technologies that can enhance Ramboll’s AI capabilities.
• Navigate procurement and pilot processes to test and validate new solutions against real project needs.
• Build a curated ecosystem of partners aligned with Ramboll’s strategic priorities and delivery challenges.
• Bring external innovation into practical application, ensuring rapid evaluation and informed scaling decisions.

7. Contribute to Strategic Alignment Across Tech and Buildings

• Act as the primary interface between Buildings IDT and Ramboll Tech on AI-related priorities, ensuring alignment between central strategy and local application.
• Provide feedback from project delivery into the evolution of AI products, platforms and portfolio priorities.
• Support the shaping of the broader digital and AI strategy through grounded, delivery-based insight.
• Ensure Buildings plays a leading role in demonstrating the value of AI across Ramboll.

Experience & Capabilities

• Extensive experience applying AI, automation and digital solutions within engineering project delivery environments.
• Strong track record of translating emerging technologies into practical, scalable solutions with measurable impact.
• Deep understanding of multidisciplinary engineering workflows and the challenges of real-world project delivery.
• Proven leadership of cross-functional teams including engineers, data scientists, and software developers.
• Experience working across the full lifecycle from concept development through to deployment and scaling of solutions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across distributed, global teams.
• Solid understanding of AI governance, risk and responsible adoption frameworks.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on delivery outcomes, pragmatism, and continuous improvement.

What we can offer you

• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are
• Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Flexible work environment
• Hybrid working
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Matched pension contributions
• Private medical cover and life assurance

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realise their full potential.

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application. Be sure to include all relevant documents including your CV, cover letter, etc.

We recognise that some candidates only apply when they tick every box. However, passion and potential often outweigh a perfect resume and Ramboll’s supportive learning culture can help you grow. So if this role resonates with you but you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply.

Thank you for taking the time to apply! We look forward to receiving your application.

Ramboll in the United Kingdom

Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. Ramboll has a proven track record of sustainable and responsible business and is a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, with more than 1,500 employees across 16 offices working towards a more sustainable future. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health, and Energy. Strong values guide what we do and drive an inclusive, collaborative, and highly flexible culture that values people and ideas. Explore and nurture your own passion, expertise, and creativity at Ramboll through work that benefits our people, partners, nature, and society.

An equal opportunity employer

Equality, diversity, and inclusion is at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment, where everyone is able to flourish and reach their potential. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds and characteristics, in addition to the Protected Characteristics as set out in the Equality Act, (2010). As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please reach out to our recruitment team to discuss any adjustments that you might require during the application process. We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when, and how much you work. When you join Ramboll, you’ll have the ability to work your hours flexibly through our positive and inclusive approach to work