Development Planning Technical Director/Director (Development)
WSP Group
Overview
As Technical Director/Director, you will lead development transport planning for the Leeds region and nationally, guiding client relationships and growth strategy within a multi-disciplinary team. You will shape opportunities, win new work, and provide high-level technical leadership across planning, design, and delivery. The role emphasizes market expansion, tender leadership, and maintaining strong stakeholder engagements with public and private sector clients. This is a strategic, client-facing position that drives sustainable, multi-disciplinary development projects within a leading engineering firm.
Pay / Benefits- Work-life balance
- hybrid working policy
- inclusive culture and belonging
- Thrive wellbeing programme
- Virtual GP service
- gymflex scheme
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities to increase market share
- Set growth targets with regional and local leadership
- Engage clients and stakeholders to build trusted relationships
- Provide technical advice through planning and design processes
- Demonstrate WSP core values in daily work
- Coordinate cross-team collaboration to share market intelligence and best practices
- Lead and support bids, reviewer submissions, and add value
- Act as Project Director for major and strategically important commissions
- Support health, safety, environment and quality (SHEQ) compliance
- Support development team’s growth and revenue diversification
- Degree in transport planning or civil engineering
- Chartered status
- Commercial and strategic capability with track record in identifying and delivering new business
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership and management skills
- Proven track record of winning work
- Broad range of relevant project experience
- leadership
- stakeholder management
- collaboration
- transport planning
- civil engineering
- tender proposals
Reference: WJ-747_30171166