Business Development Director, Transportation, EURI

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Job Description

The Business Development Director will be responsible for driving growth across all sectors and practices within Transportation across UK&I. This will be in collaboration with Transport Market Sector Directors, the Transportation Strategy & Growth Director, and adjacent Market Sector Directors for example energy and water. Co-ordination with our UK&I Contractor Partnerships Director will also be key.   

Driving growth will include identifying new market opportunities, developing strategic partnerships, including with contractors, overseeing market entry initiatives, and guiding the business toward sustainable and profitable expansion. The role demands strong industry expertise, commercial acumen, sales experience, and leadership to shape the long-term direction of the organisation within the evolving transportation landscape.

The successful candidate will be accountable for driving growth through client and partner positioning, co-ordination of CAM activities in Transportation and engagement with adjacent market sectors. This role will seek to create efficiencies in our Market Sectors by streamlining processes, ensuring successful positioning in terms of marketing, branding, development of value propositions and partners.

The postholder will have a specific focus on maximising collaboration in order to bring increased success on our highest priority pursuits. As such they will work collaboratively with peers including Market Sector and Practice Directors, Country Managers, the Strategy & Growth team, Client Account Managers, the Transportation Global Business Line and other European Business Lines in order to maximise sales and drive growth.  Key to this will be the development and implementation of market leading approaches to a range of enabling factors including (but not limited to) harnessing client intelligence, investment and budget management, pipeline management, performance KPIs and strategic growth investments. 

In this pivotal role, the post holder will collaboratively, define and execute the sales strategy, build strong client relationships, position the business to win what matters and extend our profile and brand whilst ensuring alignment with the organisation’s overall business objectives.  

Business Development & Positioning

• Build strong, long term, relationships with clients across the Transportation market, particularly focused on those with holistic transport requirements for example Department for Transport, Combined Authorities and devolved nations.
• Develop client understanding to support the forming and promotion of strategic partnerships with other organisations including contractors
• Work with clients to support their development of long-term transport solutions that support their overall outcome objectives.
• Position AECOM to be able to shape client thinking
• Position the organisation as a thought leader in our markets

Market Intelligence & Investment Development

• Conduct competitive and market analysis to refine propositions and identify new revenue streams
• Develop investment proposals that provide AECOM with long term growth opportunity
• Provide advice to the business on where future revenue streams will develop and areas where there is reduced opportunity for growth

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Support pipeline analysis to help ensure the Transportation end market has an appropriate pipeline of opportunities to deliver its Business Plan targets with respect to Net Service Revenue and Gross Margin
• Work closely with Strategy & Growth, Market Sectors, Practices, and Marcomms teams to ensure client solutions are feasible and aligned with internal capabilities
• Support the development of effective relationships with internal stakeholders which prom