Business Development Director

Business Development Director

Location: Los Angeles, California

Job Description: Hill International is seeking a dynamic individual who is skilled in business development, including identifying and pursuing business opportunities, establishing positive client relationships through effective meetings and networking, developing and maintaining competitor knowledge, devising win strategies for targeted opportunities, leading proposal and interview preparation, helping identify strategic hires, and maintaining ongoing client relationships. The focus will be agency construction management and owner’s representative services in both the public and private sectors for buildings, infrastructure, transit and aviation markets.

Responsibilities:

• Understand Hill’s target markets, resources and services
• Identify business opportunities in targeted markets consistent with our business strategy
• Develop specific client and opportunity strategies
• Lead Go/No Go discussions
• Lead team effort to position for targeted pursuits
• Identify and effectively participate in industry networking opportunities
• Identify target clients and opportunities
• Meet with potential clients to understand potential opportunities
• Meet with decision makers and influencers to understand client needs/objectives
• Identify key issues important to clients
• Facilitate effective engagement between clients and our operations experts
• Document client meetings
• Identify and research competitors
• Understand strengths and weaknesses of competitors
• Lead effective teaming strategies when appropriate
• Inform win strategy development based on competitive intelligence
• Understand decision process and who decision makers will be
• Develop clear understanding of client decision drivers
• Develop Win Strategies focused on the best approach to deliver client value
• Lead the process of developing proposals and presentations focused on defined Win Strategies
• Own the proposal process, working closely with Operations and Proposals partners
• Lead team development of presentations
• Effectively coach presentation teams
• Identify strategic hiring needs based on targeted opportunities
• Keep internal recruiters informed of key hire needs
• Reach out to industry network to help identify strategic hire candidates
• After winning assignments, serve as internal “client advocate”
• Help Hill be sure we are staying in touch with client needs
• Develop client strategies to keep client interests as our primary focus
• Conduct review to determine potential conflict of interest
• Provide intelligence to support pricing strategy
• Participate in legal and contractual review
• Lead execution of teaming agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with team

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Operations or Business Development role for a professional services firm, preferably with specific Construction Management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Planning, Construction Management, Business Administration, Communications, or other applicable degree programs preferred
• Experience in the vertical/horizontal markets
• Self‑motivated, success oriented and organized
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills
• Familiarity with local market, clients and competitors
• Travel as needed/expected
• Expertise in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required

Salary Range: $130,000 - $175,000, based on qualifications, education, experience and location.

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employer Paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, Commuter Benefits, Legal Assistance, Identity Theft Protection, Pet Insurance, Auto & Home Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Voluntary Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), Holidays, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Employee Referral Program, Professional Certification Incentive Program, Hill University Learning and Development, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Years of Service Awards Program.

About Hill International: Hill International, with more than 4,100 professionals in over 100 offices worldwide, provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services to clients in a variety of market sectors. Hill is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. family of companies.

Hill International is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veteran/Disabled.