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A little more about your role...
Our Rail business is seeking a Deputy Business Development Director – Rail: Place and Regional Development to lead Rail's engagement with the evolving place and regional development agenda across the UK. As investment, influence and accountability increasingly move towards mayoral strategic authorities, combined authorities, local government and regional transport bodies, you will build trusted relationships, market insight and integrated propositions needed to shape place-led rail investment and deliver sustainable growth.
Reporting to the Business Development Director – Rail, you will focus on emerging and established regional clients and the partners through whom rail propositions are developed and delivered. You will connect Rail capability with WSP’s wider Local Government, Transport, Advisory, Planning, Environment and Property expertise, presenting a coordinated OneWSP proposition.
You will work closely with Group Directors, client and account leads, Regional Growth Leads, Strategic Growth Directors and WSP’s Local Government Sector leadership to identify emerging programmes early, understand regional policy and funding priorities, shape client propositions and convert market intelligence into a visible, qualified pipeline. In short, bringing structure to the complexity into which we face.
The role provides leadership and connection into WSP’s Local Government Sector and Regional Growth structures; it does not replace them or own every regional authority account. Instead, it will ensure that rail-focused propositions, relationships and opportunities are coordinated through existing Rail and Local Government governance and pipeline arrangements. The role focuses on market development, relationship building and opportunity shaping. Once opportunities become defined strategic pursuits, leadership transfers to the Strategic Growth Director through established capture governance.
This is a highly visible leadership role within the Rail business, providing direction and coordination across WSP's devolution and regional growth agenda. Success will come through building trusted relationships, connecting capability across the business and helping colleagues identify, shape and convert emerging opportunities into sustainable growth.
Key accountabilities
Market leadership & strategy
Client engagement & market development
Work winning & pipeline leadership
Collaboration & integration
Provide a clear handover into Strategic Growth-led capture once opportunities become defined strategic pursuits.
A typical week…
Whilst a typical week in a dynamic role like this does not exist, we would expect most of your time to be spent on client engagement and market development (meeting with clients, delivery partners, contractors etc.), with a secondary focus on work winning and pipeline development. Your role will take you all around the UK and you will need to be flexible to travel.
What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…
We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 11,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Work-life balance
At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.
Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Belonging
We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.
Health & Wellbeing
We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Our Virtual GP service gives you access to an NHS or Irish Medical Council GP at a time and place that suits you – giving you peace of mind and quick access to medical advice when you need it most. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
Flex your time
To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.
We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
Your development
We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.
#WeAreWSP
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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