Job Description
Market and Business Development Director
United Kingdom - Manchester
Job Description
The Market and Business Development Director – North is a transformative leadership role, responsible for driving growth and strengthening Ramboll’s Buildings UK market presence across the North of England. Working closely with the Northern Heads of Department, Growth and Sales Directors, and Buildings UK leadership, you will develop, own and execute a long-term growth strategy that delivers sustainable success across our Manchester, Leeds, and Chester offices.
You will be at the forefront of client engagement, leveraging your established network of relationships with developers, investors, architects, contractors, and local authorities to identify and secure opportunities for both organic and inorganic growth.
Key Responsibilities
1. Business Development: Leverage your personal market profile to generate opportunities, lead strategic pursuits, support best-practice bidding and secure must-win projects. Open doors for other members of the team to engage with relevant clients and collaborators. Grow Ramboll’s profile across the region.
2. Market Insight & Positioning: Use your network and market intelligence to anticipate trends, influence strategy, and position Ramboll as a trusted advisor and thought leader in sustainable, high-performing buildings.
3. Performance & Reporting: Grow and maintain a balanced pipeline and orderbook, ensuring visibility and accuracy of opportunity data through Ramboll’s Client Relationship Management and reporting systems.
4. Leadership & Culture: Inspire and develop a proactive business development culture across the North. Promote Ramboll’s values of collaboration, openness, and innovation, creating an inclusive and high-performing environment.
5. Growth Strategy: Develop and deliver the long-term growth plan for Ramboll Buildings in the North, identifying and converting high-value opportunities in line with the Buildings UK strategy.
6. Client Leadership: Lead and champion a structured approach to client management. Build and maintain strategic relationships with key clients and collaborators, ensuring high client satisfaction and repeat business.
7. Collaboration & Integration: Work with Service Line Directors, Sector Leads, and the wider UK and global Buildings teams to align strategies, share insights, and foster a “single business” mentality across Ramboll.
About You
8. A highly networked business development leader with strong connections across the Northern property and construction sectors.
9. Proven track record in driving strategic growth within an engineering design consultancy or construction environment.
10. Exceptional communicator, negotiator, and relationship builder.
11. Strategic thinker with commercial acumen and an ability to translate opportunity into delivery.
12. Passionate about client engagement, business growth, design excellence, and shaping the built environment.
You will get the support from the various Ramboll UK staff to successfully fulfil your role – including senior national & local leadership as well as marketing, administration & bidding support.
Why Ramboll?
Ramboll is a leading consultancy. We partner with our clients to create sustainable societies where people and nature flourish. With our unique combination of technical excellence and socio-economic insights we deliver enduring structures, resource efficient solutions and socially cohesive communities. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead market growth for the North, expand our client network, and make a lasting impact on the future of the built environment.