Business Development Director

Overview

Drive strategic client relationships and new business growth in UK/global energy sector.

Key Responsibilities

• market analysis
• bid strategy
• client management
• opportunity identification
• strategic planning
• industry engagement

Tasks

Develop and implement comprehensive sector and market plans to support strategic growth. Manage strategic accounts to ensure profitability and long-term partnership value. Identify new business opportunities and lead proactive pursuit activities across energy sectors. Build and maintain relationships with key clients, partners, and industry stakeholders. Lead and contribute to bid strategies, ensuring competitive positioning and client alignment. Collaborate with internal teams to align business development initiatives with delivery capability. Represent Assystem at industry events and contribute to thought leadership through publications and presentations. Stay informed of market trends, emerging technologies, and policy developments to inform business strategy. -Collaborate with internal teams to align business development initiatives with delivery capability. -Stay informed of market trends, emerging technologies, and policy developments to inform business strategy. -Build and maintain relationships with key clients, partners, and industry stakeholders. -Develop and implement comprehensive sector and market plans to support strategic growth. -Lead and contribute to bid strategies, ensuring competitive positioning and client alignment. -Represent Assystem at industry events and contribute to thought leadership through publications and presentations. -Manage strategic accounts to ensure profitability and long-term partnership value. -Identify new business opportunities and lead proactive pursuit activities across energy sectors.

Requirements

• communication
• stakeholder management
• business development
• bid leadership
• strategic planning
• security clearance

What You Bring

Proven track record in business development or client relationship management, ideally within the energy, engineering, or infrastructure sectors. We’re looking for a dynamic Business Development Director to lead and grow strategic client relationships, identify new business opportunities, and drive Assystem’s market position within the UK and global energy sectors. This senior role is critical to shaping our business strategy, expanding our client network, and ensuring our continued success in a rapidly evolving low-carbon landscape. The role can be based from any of our UK offices, but will require a degree of travel across the UK and occasionally internationally. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks. Experience leading bids, proposals, and capture plans for complex technical projects. Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. Skilled in building partnerships and influencing at senior stakeholder level. Strong understanding of market dynamics and strategic planning. -Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. -Skilled in building partnerships and influencing at senior stakeholder level. -Proven track record in business development or client relationship management, ideally within the energy, engineering, or infrastructure sectors. -Experience leading bids, proposals, and capture plans for complex technical projects. -Strong understanding of market dynamics and strategic planning.

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Benefits

Join one of the top three largest nuclear engineering companies globally and be a part of a dynamic team driving energy transition. At Assystem, we offer a multicultural environment, career progression opportunities, and the chance to work on industry-leading projects that make a real difference in the world.

About Assystem

-Leads EPR nuclear projects across locations.Opens external site -Shapes energy transition through various sectors. -Champions digital innovation for optimal performance. -Operates across nuclear, renewables, transport, and hydrogen sectors. -Engages in advanced fusion research and development.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-applicants must achieve the baseline personnel security standard. -higher security vetting may be required, typically needing 5–10 years continuous uk residency.