Director of Development – Mission Critical

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

📋 Description

• Identify and seek out new business opportunities via market research, networking, and targeted outreach efforts.

• Build and nurture relationships with data center end users, clients, design teams, and other critical industry stakeholders.

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

• Assist in strategic sales initiatives, manage the sales pipeline, handle CRM activities, proposals, and presentations.

• Lead and coordinate design-build and design-assist endeavors, including defining scope, making assumptions, and providing clarifications.

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

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

• Develop strategies to tackle customer challenges and differentiate the company within the mission-critical market.

• Remain informed about data center construction trends, market opportunities, and evolving customer demands.

• Conduct client meetings to understand their needs and present customized solutions.

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

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

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Extensive experience 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 field is preferred.

• Proven track record of identifying new opportunities and establishing strategic relationships and partnerships.

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

• Strong grasp of risk management and project delivery processes.

• Demonstrated capacity to devise solutions for complex customer and project needs.

• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and relationship-building abilities.

• Strong problem-solving and strategic thinking skills.

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

• Willingness to travel as required for client engagements, projects, and business development endeavors.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based bonus.

• Additional incentive plan.

• Total compensation potential exceeding $300,000.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Nationwide career opportunity with the flexibility to work from anywhere in the U.S.

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

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