Advisory Growth Lead – Digital Transformation

Emit Open · verified Sep 19, 2026

London Full-time Senior Growth Marketing

Senior Growth Marketing role at Emit. London · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate £91,250–£96,875.

Estimated pay

Emit has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.

£91,250 – £96,875

What the middle half of senior growth marketing roles in London paid, among postings that did state a salary.

Worked out from 6 postings that stated pay, median £95,000. Last updated Sep 17, 2026.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

You’ll grow and win digital transformation work across priority UK and Ireland markets
You’ll shape propositions, lead bids, and deliver or direct major client engagements
You’ll help clients move from strategy into adoption, operating model change, and measurable outcomes
You’ll connect WSP’s advisory, technical, digital, data, GIS, and infrastructure expertise
You’ll build market visibility, coach teams, and identify opportunities from policy and client needs

What you bring

You have won digital transformation advisory work in consulting, professional services, or infrastructure
You have experience with local government, central government, transport, water, energy, or regulated infrastructure
You can originate opportunities, shape offers, lead bids, and deliver work yourself when needed
You understand digital transformation, data, AI, automation, and technology-enabled change
You have helped clients turn strategy into delivery through adoption, governance, capability building, and benefits realisation

Who this fits

This role suits a senior seller-doer who can combine business development with hands-on digital transformation delivery. You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams, build senior client relationships, and strengthen consulting capability. The role is based in London and focuses on priority UK and Ireland markets.

From the employer

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
As the Digital Transformation Growth Lead, you will be accountable for growing and delivering WSP’s digital transformation business across priority UK and Ireland markets including local government, central government, transport, water and energy. This is a senior seller-doer role, combining hands-on client delivery with business development, proposition shaping and market growth.

You will help clients design, deliver and embed digital, data and AI-enabled change, from digital strategy, operating models and adoption roadmaps through to practical tools, automation, decision-support and transformation delivery. The role will suit someone who has successfully built digital transformation advisory work in a professional services or infrastructure environment and can turn market relationships into sustainable revenue growth.

A little more about your role...

Lead business development and pipeline growth for digital transformation work, building trusted senior relationships with clients across local government, central government, transport, water and energy.
Operate as a seller-doer: shaping opportunities, leading bids, converting relationships into work, and personally delivering or directing high-value digital transformation engagements.
Develop and take to market clear propositions that combine digital, data, AI, automation, service transformation, operating model change and adoption support to solve practical client problems.
Provide leadership and oversight across digital transformation projects, ensuring work is commercially strong, technically credible and focused on measurable client outcomes.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior clients, helping them understand how digital, data and AI can improve services, strengthen delivery confidence and create lasting organisational change.
Work closely with sector, account and technical teams across WSP to connect advisory, digital, data, GIS and infrastructure expertise into joined-up client offers.
Build WSP’s external profile in digital transformation through client conversations, market engagement, thought leadership and participation in relevant industry networks.
Coach and support teams to develop digital transformation consulting capability, including business development discipline, client delivery, digital adoption, AI-enabled change and practical implementation skills.
Monitor market trends, policy priorities, investment cycles and client needs across public sector and regulated infrastructure markets to identify new opportunities for growth.

Key Relationships

Reporting to the Head of Transformation and Digital Insights or Advisory Growth Lead
Part of the extended leadership community within Transformation and Digital Insights, working closely with Digital Advisory, Transformation Advisory, Location Intelligence and wider Advisory sector leads.
Works closely with sector leadership, account leads and client teams across local government, central government, transport, water and energy, bringing the right WSP expertise together around priority opportunities.

What we’ll be looking for you to demonstrate...

A strong track record of building and winning digital transformation advisory work in a professional services, consulting or infrastructure environment.
Demonstrable experience working with clients in one or more priority markets: local government, central government, transport, water, energy or wider regulated infrastructure.
Proven seller-doer capability, with the confidence to originate opportunities, shape propositions, lead bids and deliver work personally where needed.
Strong understanding of digital transformation, data, AI, automation and technology-enabled change, with the ability to explain complex ideas in practical, outcome-focused language.
Experience helping clients move from strategy into delivery, including adoption, operating model change, governance, capability building and benefits realisation.
Confidence working across multidisciplinary teams and bringing together advisory, technical and digital expertise to create integrated client solutions.
A collaborative, entrepreneurial and practical leadership style, with the ability to build momentum in a growing business and create confidence with clients and colleagues.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.
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