Senior Business Development Manager

We're looking for a Senior Business Development Manager to join our Construction team based in North West.

Location: North West
Hours: 37.5 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to advance our business development and marketing strategies within Kier Construction. You'll be responsible for measuring and assessing market potential, identifying key areas and future trends within the construction industry, and building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders. Working closely with our Directors, you'll help shape our regional growth plans and ensure Kier remains the partner of choice across the North West.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Business Development Manager, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in delivering strategic growth across multiple offices. Your day to day will include:

• Developing and implementing business development and marketing strategies aligned with business needs
• Building and managing long-term relationships with clients, design teams, and industry stakeholders
• Leading pre-bid preparation and developing win strategies for tender opportunities
• Managing the Business Development and Marketing department, including team development and budget oversight
• Delivering customer satisfaction processes and maintaining strong client profiles throughout project lifecycles

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Business Development Manager is great for you if:

• You have demonstrable leadership skills and are trusted, focused, and collaborative in your approach
• You have strong experience within the construction and infrastructure services sector
• You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build meaningful relationships
• You have commercial awareness and can demonstrate marketing techniques requiring analysis and creative solutions
• You have proven team leadership capability with a track record of developing talent and potential in individuals and teams

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.