Business Development Lead

Thrive on openness, respect, and collaboration? Good. Us too. Join as our new Business Development Lead – International Market and thrive in a culture where curiosity and tackling complex challenges are intrinsic.

The role will be based in our London office with a hybrid working.

Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.

From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.

Your next role

As a Business Development Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in advising on strategic priorities, coordinating growth initiatives, and enhancing our market presence. You’ll be the engine behind our client engagement, bid strategies, and CRM intelligence—helping us make informed, impactful decisions.

Key duties

• Support the International Market Leader in GTM strategies for sectors and markets.
• Lead the development of project bids, value propositions, and external communications.
• Manage and enhance CRM systems and client data for strategic insights.
• Coordinate BD event planning and client pre-positioning efforts.
• Collaborate across global BD, marketing, and sector leadership teams.
• Drive lessons learned initiatives and manage client feedback processes.
• Collating, sharing and disseminating best practice and lessons learned from bid feedback.
• Monitoring bid feedback, analysing our win / loss results and identify potential areas for improvement

Success Looks Like

• High bid success rates for international projects.
• Accurate and insightful pipeline and CRM data.
• Strong brand awareness and social media engagement.
• Positive key client feedback and DEI culture indicators.

What We Offer You

Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including 10% Car Allowance, life assurance and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact [email protected] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application. #