Director of Development – Mission Critical

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Identify and target new business opportunities through market analysis, networking, and focused outreach efforts.

• Cultivate relationships with data center end users, clients, design teams, and other essential industry partners.

• Oversee and progress opportunities throughout the sales and preconstruction phases.

• Assist in strategic sales initiatives, pipeline management, CRM activities, proposals, and presentations.

• Lead and coordinate design-build and design-assist initiatives, covering scope, assumptions, and clarifications.

• Collaborate with estimating and preconstruction teams to create competitive, low-risk solutions.

• Work closely with operations to ensure smooth project turnover and continuity from pursuit to execution.

• Formulate strategies to tackle customer challenges and distinguish the company in the mission critical sector.

• Keep up-to-date with data center construction trends, market opportunities, and changing customer requirements.

• Conduct client meetings, comprehend customer needs, and offer customized solutions.

• Establish strategic partnerships and connect regional teams with suitable clients and market partners.

• Contribute to long-term revenue growth and expansion in the mission critical industry.

⛳️ Requirements

• 10–15+ years of experience in the construction industry, with extensive background in business development, project development, preconstruction, and/or execution of large-scale initiatives.

• Strong background in mission critical, data center, concrete construction, or similarly intricate construction markets.

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.

• Demonstrated success in identifying new opportunities and establishing strategic relationships and partnerships.

• Experience in strategic planning, project development, preconstruction, and leading cross-functional teams.

• Solid understanding of risk management and project delivery processes.

• Proven ability to create solutions for complex customer and project demands.

• Exceptional verbal, written, presentation, and relationship-building capabilities.

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with clients, design teams, estimating, preconstruction, operations, and executive leadership.

• Willingness to travel as necessary for client engagements, projects, and business development efforts.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based bonus.

• Additional incentive plan.

• Total compensation potential exceeding $300,000.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Nationwide career opportunity with the flexibility to be based anywhere in the U.S.

• Opportunity to assume a key leadership role in the company's mission critical/data center growth strategy.

• Access to a large national platform and extensive internal resources.