Senior Business Development Director

Senior Business Development Director, Buildings and Industry

Do you want to have significant impact on the strategic development of COWI's Buildings, Industry and Architectural business? Can you direct business development efforts to support growth? And are you a commercial profile with a customer-centric mindset? Then, this is the place to apply your knowledge and curiosity to enable a better tomorrow.

Everything starts with the customer – that is what drives the development of COWI.

It is with our customers that we develop solutions that will benefit society, therefore we are looking for a Senior Business Development Director to join us as part of COWIs global Buildings, Industry, and Architecture sector.

You will report directly to the Executive Business Development Director, Buildings, Industry and Architecture, Jasper Kyndi, and be an integral part of the Buildings, Industry and Architecture sector leadership team. As our new Senior Business Development Director, you will play a critical role in shaping and defining our business development strategies globally.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• be a key member of the Buildings, Industry, and Architecture sector leadership team, to ensure business growth and development in collaboration with your peers,
• develop and implement the strategy for Buildings, Industry, and Architecture
• lead and role model according to COWI’s leadership behaviors and values,
• direct capture excellence initiatives across divisions, ensuring alignment with our established capture methodology,
• facilitate the transfer of capture knowledge and best practices to all capture teams within the Buildings, Industry and Architecture sectors,
• actively participate in the highest prioritized tenders, bringing your expertise to the forefront of our strategic pursuits

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

We expect you to be eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. Additionally, you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• relevant business development and leadership experience,
• extensive experience in developing and implementing business development strategies that ensure revenue and growth,
• experience developing major proposals and market initiatives within consulting or engineering,
• experience within large buildings, industry or architecture (Industry, Pharma, Data Centres, Health, Defence, Sustainable Cities),
• extensive experience in tender and contract management.
• relevant network in the sector on a national/international level

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100 per cent of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordics, the UK, North America, and India, we are currently 8000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, and environment into play.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Senior Talent Acquisition Lead, Tea Ellingsen at TEEL@COWI.COM.

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve, and what life is like at COWI.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.