Business Development Manager - Commercial Maritime

The Role

About the role

The Business Development Manager – Commercial Maritime (BDM - CM), leads the development and implementation of BMT’s growth plans in the Commercial Maritime space in Canada. The role will be responsible for winning new work and contributing to plans to position and grow BMT’s capability and technology.

Reporting into the Future Business Director – North America, and working closely with the regional Future Business team, as well as the Programs and Capability teams, the incumbent will be required to build a pipeline of high-quality opportunities to meet our ambitious growth targets.

• Growth. Pursue business growth aligned to BMT’s strategic priorities and represent and articulate capabilities and solutions across our core business areas with a focus on Maritime Design and Consultancy.
• Lead. Lead cross functional teams in the pursuit of opportunities to best position BMT to meet our growth targets in new markets. An intimate understanding of customer buyer behaviours in the region to ensure that that we harness BMT’s intellectual property for sustained growth, providing detailed feedback to our product and delivery teams for capability improvements and act as the voice of the customer.
• Generate. Meeting in-year Order Intake targets for the region and providing direct market analysis to understand and develop BMT’s market segmentation. Focusing on the business’s long-term growth to maintain BMT’s expansion into new markets. Assist the business to maximize future profit margin through sustainable growth while managing and maintaining a picture of market trends that indicate demand for new products and services.
• Collaborate. Represent the values and behaviour required of a senior leader. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and leading cross-functional teams in the pursuit of BMT wide growth plans. This role requires someone with a combination of technical and softer skills. The success in this role demands a strong strategic and analytical orientation coupled with exceptional communication skills as well as a highly developed collaborative nature.

Key responsibilities for the Business Development Manager – Commercial Maritime role include:

Business Development Management:

• Identify and qualify engineering consulting and solution opportunities.
• Lead capture of opportunities and provide guidance to other pursuits both within and outside the region
• Build high level client relationships that are of strategic value in support of BMT’s various market objectives
• Lead research to understand evolving client requirements and market trends to develop and inform strategy focused on clients’ needs
• Identify new business opportunities by analyzing market trends, competitors’ share and customers procurement behaviors to build a pipeline of high-quality opportunities which will underpin sustainable growth for BMT
• Support the development of budgets and appropriate Order Intake targets
• Support and contribute to the commercial market aspects of BMT’s long-term order intake pipeline with a focus on accuracy of forecasting
• Interface and contribute BMT’s input into Future Business strategy across BMT
• Assist in prosecuting strategic opportunities and major bids and in achieving appropriate positioning with key clients
• Ensuring client feedback is collected, proactively responded to and used to improve the business contribution to product development strategies based on intimate understanding of customer needs and procurement cycles
• Strategic business development to drive sales activities in the Canadian commercial markets

About BMT

We exist to navigate the most important and impactful engineering challenges of our time. We create environments where people with outstanding technical knowledge deliver meaningful, practical solutions. We are driven by a commitment to a safer, more efficient, effective, and sustainable future to find out more about BMT .

BMT hires talented people and welcomes applications from everyone. BMT is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

We know that diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to achieving our purpose as a business which is to navigate the most important and impactful engineering challenges of our time (to find out more ). Our passion and goal are to build more diverse teams and to create an environment where employees are engaged, thriving, and feel a sense of belonging.

Benefits

At BMT, our employee benefits are designed to ensure you have the resources you need to thrive.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a wide range of benefits in areas including health, family, finance, and personal development.

Don’t hesitate to ask more about our benefits during the hiring process.

Salary Range

160,000 - 180,000

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Does this sound like you? If so, please submit your application as soon as possible. We look forward to learning more about you.

BMT is committed to employment equity, to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst its workforce. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.