Smart City IT Lead Consultant

About This Role

As a Smart City IT Lead Consultant at JLL, you will lead the review and enhancement of citywide enterprise architecture, prioritizing capability design before individual applications or systems. You will act as a critical interface between strategic technology vision and delivery reality, ensuring alignment across enterprise IT, smart city platforms, and programme stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and assessment of enterprise and citywide architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF-aligned), focusing on capability modeling, operating models, integration patterns, and long-term scalability before system selection
• Define and evaluate integration architectures across IT systems, data platforms, digital twins, command and control environments, and line-of-business applications, including point-to-point and centralized integration patterns
• Map and optimize business processes to technology capability stacks; establish architectural governance principles and review mechanisms across CIO, smart city, and delivery functions
• Act as senior stakeholder interface, translating between enterprise IT, smart city strategy teams, construction delivery leadership, and master systems integrators
• Facilitate technical decision-making grounded in business value and risk mitigation

Your Skills And Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or IT strategy roles within large-scale city/government programmes or complex corporate environments
• Proven track record designing and implementing enterprise architecture frameworks in multi-stakeholder, multi-vendor environments
• Deep expertise in capability-based planning, enterprise integration patterns, and architectural governance
• Strong knowledge of smart city technology domains including IoT platforms, data architectures, digital twins, and urban operating systems
• Experience with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to work at the intersection of business strategy and technical delivery
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior technical and business leaders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with ability to navigate complex technical and organizational landscapes
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of architecture documentation, technical reports, and executive presentations

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical discipline
• Professional certifications such as TOGAF, Enterprise Architecture, or equivalent credentials are highly desirable