Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description
The Director will lead business development, market growth and delivery of Advisory services across their chosen capability area and/or sector specialism. They will be responsible for developing client relationships, identifying and converting opportunities, delivering exceptional client outcomes, and strengthening Arcadis’ market presence. Working collaboratively across the business, they will contribute to the growth of the UK Advisory practice, support innovation and thought leadership, and help develop market-leading solutions that address client and industry challenges.
Role accountabilities
- Lead the development and promotion of innovative Advisory propositions that address client and market needs.
- Drive business development activities, sales conversion and revenue growth within their capability area and/or sector specialism.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with Executive, Senior Management and client stakeholders.
- Lead the delivery of client engagements, ensuring high-quality outcomes, client satisfaction and commercial success.
- Lead client relationships and identify opportunities to expand Arcadis’ service offering.
- Shape and win bids, proposals and strategic opportunities.
- Contribute to the leadership and growth of the UK Advisory practice.
- Lead the development of teams, supporting capability growth, professional development and knowledge sharing.
- Champion innovation, thought leadership and the development of new solutions and value propositions.
- Support Advisory marketing, partnerships, events and go-to-market activities.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing culture aligned with Arcadis Leadership principles.
Qualifications & Experience
- Recognised expertise within one or more Advisory capability areas, including Asset Strategy, Capital Programmes, Procurement & Supply Chain, Digital, People & Change, Sustainability or Investment Advisory, and/or priority sectors including Water, Transport and Energy.
- Demonstrated experience in consulting, advisory and/or industry leadership roles.
- Strong business development, sales conversion and client relationship management capabilities.
- Experience influencing and advising Executive and Senior Management stakeholders within complex organisations.
- Proven ability to lead large-scale client engagements and deliver commercial results.
- Strong leadership, people management and team development skills.
- Experience developing and implementing innovative solutions, services and value propositions.
- Ability to work across geographies and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong commercial acumen and understanding of market trends, client needs and sector challenges.
- Demonstrated alignment with Arcadis Leadership principles, including curiosity, collaboration, accountability, innovation and sustainability.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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