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The Technical Director will oversee technology solutions for Digital Twin projects, acting as the liaison between client needs and technical delivery, ensuring project objectives are met while coordinating with various teams.
About the Role:Role Summary
Candidate Qualifications & Skills:Required
We are currently seeking a Technical Director to join the project team for one of our most innovative and complex Digital Twin projects at Journey. In this role, you will work closely with Client Services, Production, and Creative teams to deliver technology solutions for a large Middle East client. You will serve as the bridge between client requirements and the Journey product and platform teams, ensuring that we deliver on the client's needs and project objectives. You will spend time both on the client’s site and at Journey’s UK offices.
Key Responsibilities- Part of the client-facing project leadership team, working closely with Project Directors, Business Development, and Client Account teams, and others to ensure delivery of projects at Journey quality level and to client satisfaction. Directly responsible for the technology products and services aspects of the project.
- Serves as a stakeholder representing the project for the delivery of Journey Technology products/services, including existing platforms and any new features or capabilities.
- Attend relevant client meetings, including requirements-gathering sessions, regular cadence meetings, and client presentations. Capture client needs from a tech product/service perspective and represent the complexity and time scales of development efforts.
- Collaborate with the overall project production team to build a schedule and budget, and prioritize client requests.
- Represent the project on any client technology and security reviews, requirements, and communications. Work with Journey IT teams to deliver on infrastructure and security deliverables.
- Represent Journey and the project in any client vendor communications in terms of technical design, architecture, development, security, and technical compliance.
- Lead the technical design and architecture, and present to the Journey Technical Advisory Board for review and approval.
- Drive the balance between Journey's strategic efforts and project delivery and needs.
Candidate Qualifications & Skills:Required
- 10-15 years of experience as a software developer and leader
- Direct experience with software architecture and building large-scale systems
- Experience working directly with high-profile clients or customers
- A collaborative and team player with excellent communication skills
- Experience working in the Middle East, especially with PIF projects
- Familiarity with 3D digital workflows such as video games, XR, Digital Twins, CG animation, or visual effects.
- Experience with creative production environments
Salary Pay Range
£75,000—£90,000 GBP
About Journey:
Journey is a global design and innovation agency shaping the future through multidimensional experiences (MDX) that connect people, brands, and culture. Our layered MDX approach crafts story-driven, sensory-rich engagement across physical, immersive, digital, and virtual spaces—fuelled by creative and technological innovation. Born from a legacy of pioneering studios, Journey blends strategic thinking with deep creative expertise to deliver solutions across industries. Journey’s MDX approach fuels growth and forges lasting value for audiences and partners by creating cultural connections that resonate with impact.
Top Skills
3D Digital Workflows
Cg Animation
Digital Twins
Software Architecture
Technical Design
Video Games
Xr
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