Overview
UK & Ireland Service Line Leader – Biodiversity & Ecosystems, Ramboll Manchester, United Kingdom.
Your new role
Ramboll is looking for an experienced Director to lead our Biodiversity and Ecosystems Service Line in the UK, reporting to the Environment and Health UK&I Director. You will be working alongside other Service Line Leaders in Impact Assessment, Site Solutions, Air Quality, Noise & Climate, Health Sciences and Compliance, Strategy & Transactions. As our new Service Line Leader you will be responsible for the operation, development and growth of our UK&I ‘Biodiversity & Ecosystems’ service line. The service line is a national team, and part of our Impact Assessment and Biodiversity & Ecosystems (IA and B&E) global service line delivering nature positive solutions for private and public sector clients.
You will be responsible for maintaining and growing key client relationships, business development strategy, performance of project portfolios and the strategic management, growth and development of the teams within Biodiversity & Ecosystems. With experts in landscape, water, ecology, arboriculture, metrics and nature positive approaches, our Biodiversity and Ecosystems team can provide integrated and nature-based solutions to the most complex client challenges.
To succeed in this role, you must be both client-focused and have a proven track record in leading and developing teams that deliver technically excellent, high-quality services for our clients and collaborators. You should also have experience of advising organisations on corporate biodiversity & nature-based solutions both in the UK and internationally.
Key responsibilities
* Drive strategic direction: instil purpose and set the direction for the UK&I Biodiversity and Ecosystems Service Line, ensuring alignment with global business area, global service line and geography needs
* Drive profitable growth: Responsible for delivery of revenue, growth and profit of the Service Line against the budget. Develop and implement an agreed growth strategy and Business Plan (including financial KPIs) with priority actions for the Service Line. Enhance Ramboll’s market position through targeted marketing, business development and other activities
* Technical excellence: Develop and enhance staff development, training, mentoring, and work product quality in alignment with the Service Line strategy direction and business plan priorities, including establishing consistent proposal and report templates and scopes, where applicable
* Lead collaboration: develop strong and productive networks with other Ramboll Business Areas, Geographies, Service Lines and Sectors in order to bring the best of Ramboll to our clients
* Recruitment, resourcing and team building: Facilitate resource management as a national team, and plan and lead recruitment for the service line to enable resilient mix of competencies and overall service line growth
* Foster innovation: Promote the integration of new methodologies, tools, and practices to continuously improve the Service Line's value proposition, quality and efficiency
* Risk Management: Implement Ramboll’s governance, project management and compliance process in the service line and instil the Ramboll Leadership Principles in the way we work. Determine bid go/no go opportunities and ensure compliance with the Decision Gate process
* Win Work: Lead selected/strategic client engagement and management (including Key Account Management), and support others to develop and grow trusted advisor relationships with our clients
Personal qualities
* A confident communicator with strong people leadership skills
* Commercial acumen with ability to mentor others to improve project and department performance
* Confident to lead and manage key client relationships
* Highly collaborative and able to demonstrate success through bringing teams together
* The ability to motivate and inspire high performing teams
* Ability to work with and manage stakeholders and partners with successful outcomes
About you
From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. For this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success. These include:
* Appropriate degree in environmental sciences, environmental engineering or a related environmental discipline
* Master’s degree in an environmental discipline (advantageous)
* Relevant sector experience, in particular supporting corporate biodiversity and delivery of nature based solutions in the UK and internationally
* Growth mindset, with ability to prioritise revenue growth through expanding team and personal sales and key client relationships
* Track record in leadership and P&L management roles
* Strong business acumen, understanding of market trends and value propositions
* Ability to identify skill needs and attract new consulting talent to support service line growth
* Strategic management of workload, deliverables and resources across multiple projects
* Effective communicator (both written and verbal)
* Innovative thinker, champion and catalyst for innovative approaches
* Collaborative partner, able to build strong and productive internal and external relationships
* Project ownership and direction, including project-related health and safety
* Developing client-facing trusted advisor relationships and personal work winning
* Full driving licence
What we can offer you
* Flexible working environment
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Private medical insurance
* The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
Deadline
This position will be taken down on 10 October 2025.
Ramboll in the United Kingdom
Ramboll is a foundation-owned, global architecture, engineering and consultancy company. We are committed to an inclusive, diverse and flexible culture and believe diversity is a strength. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of what we do, and we are an equal opportunity employer. If you require adjustments during the application process, please contact our recruitment team.
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