Director of Business Development

Director of Business Development & Growth

Location: National
Salary: Competitive
Contract Type: Permanent, 40 hours per week

We’re 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 you’ll shape how we win, deliver, and grow our business.

• Define and deliver divisional growth and pre‑construction strategies aligned with our Managing Director’s 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Direct business development and sector growth plans across Infrastructure and L&W.
• Ensure marketing campaigns and materials support growth priorities and client engagement.

• 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.

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

You’re 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.

Ground Control is a certified B Corporation, committed to caring for the environment, our people and the communities we serve. Since 1973, we’ve 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 you’re a Contract Manager who values professionalism, accountability and the ability to make a visible difference every day, we’d love to hear from you.

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.