SVP, Business Development & Strategic Growth (AEC Industry Experience Required)
Company: Harris & Associates, Inc.
Location: Irvine
Posted on: May 28, 2023
Job Description:
SVP, Business Development & Strategic Growth (AEC Industry
Experience Required) The Senior Vice President, Business
Development & Strategic Growth (SVP, BD) will be a member of the
Executive Leadership Team reporting to the Chief Operating Officer.
The SVP BD, plays a key role in developing ways to deepen and
expand our core capabilities, clients, and services with
correlating strategies to achieve desired results. The individual
will focus on improving how Harris subject matter experts
(seller-doers) best position for and win the type of work required
to execute Harris' strategy, including supporting the achievement
of strategic growth initiatives. This leader will provide and
leverage market/business intelligence to support strategies and
decision-making for:
- Improving our approach to winning more work with our core
clients,
- Determining where we may want to expand (e.g. client markets,
geographies, services)
- Ensuring we are winning the type of work that moves us forward
commensurate to our strategic plan. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Contribute to Growth
- Leading efforts to ensure sales, sales pipeline and win rates
tie to annual budget goals. Along with the leadership team, work on
sales initiatives that meet profit targets.
- Provide value-added focus on significant strategic growth
pursuits and key client management.
- Partner and serve as a catalyst to align and optimize
cross-functional team's BD activities.
- Develop a greater overview and understanding of our core
clients (Top 10) and act on the insights that this analysis
provides.
- Train and develop client managers and market leaders in
business development and marketing, ensuring a strong foundation
and greater depth of capabilities in the Firm. Drive Annual
Strategic Planning Process + Execution
- Ensure formal linkage between strategic plan/vision and client
management/sales priorities.
- Develop methods for evaluating and providing competitive market
intelligence, financial analyses, and emerging business and
industry trends.
- Develop and track KPIs for sales and marketing efforts;
demonstrate improvement over time.
- Uncover ways to leverage existing capabilities and client
relationships to maximize revenue and growth.
- Collaborate with leadership, client managers, and key staff to
execute Division and Business Unit level business development
strategies; monitoring execution and identifying risks; ensuring
suitable metrics are in place to measure business development and
growth performance and progress. Mature the Firmwide Growth
Strategy
- Enhance strategies to purposefully outline Harris' future
growth.
- Develop strategic approach and action plan to expand key client
and/or geographic market sector trusted advisor relationships.
- Collaborate with CFO to develop a long-term capital growth plan
in line with the strategy. Advance Client Management Process and
Collaboration
- Identify market opportunities and strategic potential
clients.
- Work with client managers to develop winning strategies for key
pursuits focused on key growth areas.
- Participate in industry-related professional organizations,
conferences, and represent the Firm at key stakeholder events.
- Facilitate Directors and Business Unit Leaders ongoing contact
with networks such as: cities, agencies, government entities,
professional organizations, potential teaming partners and
others.
- Promote client management coordination and collaboration across
the Firm.
- Analyze market dynamics, market share changes, critical
capability requirements, and competitive intelligence. Communicate
resulting key insights and actions.
- Clarify all marketing activities come from a specific value
proposition to be utilized by client managers as context to improve
nurturing the trusted advisor relationship and increasing key must
wins.
- Elevate the focus of all business development activities to
maintain Harris' value proposition and strategic alignment.
- Proactively identify priorities for new growth initiatives,
strategic partnerships, and potential acquisition targets.
- In partnership with executive leadership, support the M&A
integration process and manage client relationships through
transition. QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- A bachelor's degree is required. A master's degree in
marketing, finance, business management or another relevant field
is strongly preferred.
- Experience leading the strategy function or another complex
organization. Demonstrated success-driving strategy from design to
implementation with balanced abilities in innovation and
implementation.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding in trends in the AEC
industry. Exposure to the industry and understanding of subsectors
with the ability to translate Harris' purpose and vision into new
revenue streams and diversification opportunities.
- Experience leveraging data, analytic capabilities, market
insights, and risk assessments to design and drive market and
value-based pricing strategies. Has a bias for digitization,
automation, and technology-enabled solutions.
- Experience leading business development, screening deals,
developing a business case, and coordinating resources internally.
- Exemplary business development and client management
capabilities with a proven track record of building business in the
AEC industry.
- Understands key areas of marketing, sales, client service, and
revenue generation, and how they intersect in a professional
services business to create profitability.
- Highly persuasive with the ability to articulate the future
value proposition of a combined entity with potential M&A
targets to clients.
- Possess a diverse skill set, blending technical expertise and
business intelligence with a range of soft skills that complement
leadership capabilities.
- Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills
required to initiate and develop productive working partnerships;
both internally and externally.
- Technologically savvy.
- Outstanding presentation, written, and verbal communication
skills and executive presence.
- Able to build strong partnerships and networks while balancing
stakeholders needs.
- Ability to operate consistent with our Firm's Shared Values and
drive growth consistent with Harris' Purpose and Vision. The annual
salary range for this position is $250,000-$276,000. This will be
dependent on the experience and expertise of the incoming candidate
We offer competitive salaries and benefits, including medical,
dental, vision, andlife insurance. Harris & Associates is committed
to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an EEO/AA
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