Technical Director

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Journey is hiring a Technical Director to lead the technology on a major Digital Twin project in London, acting as the bridge between client requirements and Journey’s product teams. You’ll join the client-facing leadership, own the technology scope, drive architecture and security, and coordinate with Production and Creative teams to hit schedule and budget, spending time both on the client site and in Journey’s offices. Requirements include ten to fifteen years in software leadership, experience with large-scale systems, and strong client-facing communication. Desirable: Middle East experience with PIF, familiarity with 3D workflows and digital twins. Salary: £75,000 to £90,000. To apply, showcase proven delivery of scalable architectures, security and compliance, and clear examples translating tech needs for non-technical stakeholders; tailor to Journey’s MDX and immersive focus and highlight onsite collaboration.

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Role Summary

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 Specifications

• 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

Desirable:

• 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 studio pioneering multidimensional experiences (MDX) that transform how people perceive, engage, and interact with the world. With studios in New York, London, Miami, and Dubai, we blend strategy, design, technology, and narrative to create sensory-rich journeys that ignite emotion and deepen connections between people, brands, and culture.    Journey was formed in 2022 by visionary leaders who refuse to accept limits. United through the acquisitions of award-winning studios ICRAVE, Squint/Opera, 59, and VMI Studio, together, we form something new: a multidimensional design practice with unparalleled expertise across the physical, immersive, and digital realms.    But we're so much more than a combination of acquisitions; we're a revolutionary framework of layered design capabilities akin to the layers of a technology stack for software companies. Like the best technology stacks, our framework continuously evolves to embrace new capabilities and creative possibilities with the future of the human experience at the forefront. This game-changing framework, the Journey Experience Stack, allows us to design for every touchpoint and create uncommonly cohesive brand universes, drawing on our collective expertise in interior design, lighting design, media design, interactive design, and content creation to deliver industry-first solutions for entertainment, healthcare, retail, hospitality, real estate, and cultural institutions.    No other full-service studio practices multidimensional design or vertically integrates its experience capabilities with this level of sophistication. Whether we’re reimagining the hospital-patient relationship, creating the world’s most immersive entertainment venue, revolutionizing live theater, or crafting virtual twins that accelerate ideas’ passage from vision to reality, Journey’s work is pioneering the shift of how people perceive, engage, and interact with the world.