Director of Business Development & Growth
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Job Summary
Director of Business Development & Growth
Location: National
Salary: Competitive
Contract Type: Permanent 40 hours per week
Take ownership. Build lasting relationships. Make a visible impact every day.
Were looking for an experienced leader to drive growth strategy and commercial excellence across our Infrastructure and L&W divisions. This is a high-impact role where youll shape how we win deliver and grow our business.
What youll do
Lead Growth & Strategy
Define and deliver divisional growth and pre-construction strategies aligned with our Managing Directors vision.
Identify new markets sectors and cross-selling opportunities to fuel sustainable profitable expansion.
Oversee bid/no-bid decisions to ensure the right opportunities are pursued.
Build & Strengthen Client Relationships
Develop and maintain strategic client partnerships opening doors to priority sectors and frameworks.
Represent the business at client meetings industry events and strategic discussions to boost our brand and presence.
Drive Pre-Construction & Commercial Excellence
Provide oversight for estimating commercial positioning and risk management on all bids and proposals.
Ensure technical assurance buildability and value engineering are at the heart of pre-construction activities.
Collaborate with operational teams to create technically sound and commercially competitive solutions.
Lead Bids Proposals & Pipeline Management
Shape the divisional bid function to improve quality and conversion rates.
Maintain a strong forward pipeline of opportunities aligned with growth targets.
Drive tender strategies for frameworks strategic bids and complex projects.
Business Development & Marketing Alignment
Direct business development and sector growth plans across Infrastructure and L&W.
Ensure marketing campaigns and materials support growth priorities and client engagement.
Lead & Develop Your Teams
Inspire and develop multidisciplinary teams in business development bids marketing and estimating.
Build scalable capabilities to deliver long-term sustainable growth.
Promote a culture of accountability commercial awareness and continuous improvement.
What youll get
Development opportunities through hands-on leadership turnaround work and cross-functional collaboration
Competitive package including company vehicle private GP wellbeing support bonus scheme pension volunteering days and recognition rewards
What were looking for
Youre a strategic thinker with commercial acumen technical understanding and a proven track record of leading teams to success. You thrive on building client relationships shaping business strategy and delivering results in a dynamic complex environment.
About Ground Control
Ground Control is a certified B Corporation committed to caring for the environment our people and the communities we serve. Since 1973 weve led the industry through quality sustainability and a genuine commitment to doing the right thing. Our Contract Managers are trusted supported and given the autonomy they need to deliver work they can be proud of.
If youre a Contract Manager who values professionalism accountability and the ability to make a visible difference every day wed love to hear from you.
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Equal Opportunities Statement
At Ground Control we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued respected and empowered to thrive. We believe that diversity drives innovation and success and we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds experiences and perspectives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race (including colour nationality ethnic or national origin) religion or belief sex sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic as defined in the Equality Act 2010.
We actively support and promote an inclusive culture ensuring fair and equitable treatment throughout the recruitment process and across all stages of employment including training development promotion pay and termination. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants and employees and to creating a working environment free from discrimination harassment bullying or victimisation.
We expect all colleagues to uphold our values of dignity respect and inclusion. We take a zero-tolerance approach to any form of discriminatory behaviour and are committed to continuous improvement through training inclusive policies and accountability at all levels.
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Sales Experience
- Direct Sales
- B2B Sales
- Marketing
- Sales Pipeline
- Salesforce
- Strategic Planning
- Enterprise Sales
- negotiation
- Lead Generation
- Contracts
About Company
Ground Control is a leading external maintenancebusiness and biodiversity expert committed toenhancing and improving the physical environment for our customers and their communities.We're a purpose driven, values centred business,on a mission to realisethe potential of human nature by ... View more
