Business Development Director

Overview

Lead client relationships, pursue new business, and grow Assystem’s UK energy market.

Key Responsibilities

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

Tasks

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

Requirements

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

What You Bring

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. 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. Strong understanding of market dynamics and strategic planning. Skilled in building partnerships and influencing at senior stakeholder level. Experience leading bids, proposals, and capture plans for complex technical projects. Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. Proven track record in business development or client relationship management, ideally within the energy, engineering, or infrastructure sectors. 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. -Experience leading bids, proposals, and capture plans for complex technical projects. -Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. -Proven track record in business development or client relationship management, ideally within the energy, engineering, or infrastructure sectors. -Skilled in building partnerships and influencing at senior stakeholder level. -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 meet the baseline personnel security standard. -higher security vetting may require 5‑10 years continuous uk residency.