Director of Development – Mission Critical

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

📋 Description

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

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

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

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

• Lead and coordinate design-build and design-assist efforts, focusing on scope, assumptions, and necessary clarifications.

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

• Work in close partnership with operations to ensure a smooth project transition and continuity from pursuit to execution.

• Formulate strategies to tackle customer challenges and distinguish the company within the mission-critical market.

• Stay updated on trends in data center construction, market possibilities, and changing customer requirements.

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

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

• Contribute to long-term revenue growth and expansion within 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.

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

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

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

• Strong grasp of risk management and project delivery.

• Demonstrated capability to develop solutions for complex customer and project demands.

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

• Strong problem-solving skills and strategic thinking aptitude.

• 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 activities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based bonus.

• Additional incentive plan.

• Total compensation potential exceeding $300,000.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

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

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

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