Paul Wilson

Board Member | Senior Digital & Data Director Programmes & Advisory Jacobs | Empowering clients with comprehensive strategy, implementation & integration, simulation, AI & analytics |🌟Advocate Neurodivergent Inclusion🌟

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

About

With 25+ years of industry experience I work in collaboration with customers to develop strategy to support the needs of your organisation with a long-term view. Strategic objectives will include a comprehensive communication and implementation approach to revolutionise the way you work. Key goal is to cultivate a robust Digital Data-driven culture where people are empowered with digital tools to deliver innovative and industry-leading outcomes. Digital integration will be a cornerstone of your operations, our services will incorporate cutting-edge approaches such as Data Science & Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for automation, and Data Analytics to make informed decisions. I am committed to partnering with customers and Small Medium Enterprise (SME) to solve your most pressing challenges. We do this by defining clear personalised strategies and employing a hands-on implementation approach that ensures excellence and sustainable outcomes. Together we will leverage innovative processes, workflows, and solutions, applying efficient methods to deliver and maintain physical built assets throughout their entire lifecycle.

Experience

  • Senior Digital & Data Director | Programmes & Advisory | Europe & UK at Jacobs
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

    At Jacobs, I am developing our approach to delivering Major Programmes, working with and connecting digital teams across our business to bring industry leading people and technologies to our clients. Known for a passion in building deep client partnerships based on trust and understanding, I take a methodical approach to transformation with clients and stakeholders, implementing scalable and long-term solutions that optimise existing investments. I am a hands-on leader who fosters people, team collaboration and analytical cultures that thrive and grow in fast-paced environments. I am committed to technological advancements while delivering measurable business outcomes and high client satisfaction.

  • Digital & Data Advisory SME at Freelance
    Apr 2025 - May 2025 · 2 mos

    Digital Data & Advisory SME - Differentiated customer focused value proposition for Strategy & Integration. Connecting deep human expertise with digital and data to develop strategies that simplify complexity and have measurable impacts.

  • AECOM (10 yrs 4 mos)
    • Digital Director, Europe & India
      Feb 2021 - Apr 2025 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for generations to come. Digital AECOM brings together the potential of AECOM’s digital technologies to deliver a better world. This is what drives us at Digital AECOM.

    • Director, Digital Project Delivery - Digital Excellence
      Sep 2017 - Feb 2021 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Paul leads AECOM Digital Project Delivery (DPD) Team delivering digital & technical excellence across our Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) business. DPD team is made up of industry leading experts implementing digital transformation supporting our integrated solutions and a collaborative way of working which is underpinned by digital technologies and workflows. Our focus is on working with clients to develop and implement innovative solutions, efficient methods to design and construct, to deliver and maintain physical built assets throughout their entire lifecycle. Digital is embedded in how AECOM teams work day to day with new approaches evolving to meet future needs of infrastructure . We connect expertise across services, markets, and geographies to deliver transformative outcomes.

    • BIM Director, EMIA - AECOM - Digital Project Delivery (DPD)
      Dec 2016 - Sep 2017 · 10 mos

  • URS Corporation (15 yrs 8 mos)
    • Principal Technology & Modelling Consultant - Technology & Data Solutions Group (T&DS)
      Sep 2013 - Dec 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Principal Technology & Modelling Consultant working in URS Technology and Data Solutions Group (T&DS). With nearly 25 years of management and hands on experience in the design industry, delivering technology solutions on a wide range of Multi-Disciplinary projects of all scales in the UK, Ireland and Overseas. Paul also worked as URS Information, Technology & Modelling Manager on the E4 Förbifart Stockholm Bypass Project, one of the longest road tunnel projects in the world, with our JV Partner ÅF Consult. This work includes the development of Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration) new Common Data Environment (ProjectWise). It has been designed, developed and implemented by URS and is as a derivative of BS1192 to continue to be developed for future infrastructure projects.

    • Digital Media Manager
      May 1999 - Aug 2013 · 14 yrs 4 mos

      Digital Media & Visualisation

  • Digital Designer at Ferguson McIlveen
    Jun 1999 - Sep 2007 · 8 yrs 4 mos