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Arizona & New Mexico Transportation Business Development Leader

HDR, Inc.
United States, Arizona, Phoenix
Jun 06, 2025
At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story' Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. In the role of the Arizona & New Mexico Transportation Business Development Leader, you'll feel confident knowing you have the ability to tap into all of HDR's professionals focused on delivering infrastructure that energizing the region. You are a leader on the forefront of transportation infrastructure needs and are familiar with the industry trends transforming AZ/NM including relationships with key clients, teaming partners, and industries in the Area. Since you're a focused, goal-minded individual and a natural connector of people, you'll find yourself constantly developing unique strategies and identifying team synergies concentrated on solving the most complex challenges facing our clients. You're a polished professional with impeccable listening skills and an ability to focus teams. As a leader within our program, you will be on point to build strong relations with some of HDR's most important clients in the transportation area. You'll get to know their mission, vision, culture, and goals with the objective of leveraging our professionals to solve the challenges they're facing. This role is primarily focused on the top line booking metric that drives success and growth of HDR's market share within Arizona and New Mexico. As such, you will be primarily focused upon driving current and future year bookings to achieve plan, and more importantly fuel growth across all transportation practices in future years. The following outlines the responsibilities for this role. The role is driven on development and execution of the Transportation strategic plans within the defined AZ/NM geography. Primary Role & Responsibilities: - Path to Goal - In coordination with AZ/NM Area leadership team and regional and company transportation leaders, identify, monitor and drive attainment of Area net fee booked plan using the Path to Goal concept to drive consistent communication across the organization. - Strategic Client Development Leadership - Drive the identification and development of new business opportunities in the transportation market including driving the strategy for positioning, proposing, and presenting on major business development campaigns. Must demonstrate ability to understand our client's selection decisions, and leverage our skills, experience and staff to create a winning offering. - Strategic Initiative Development and Implementation - Engage Market Sector/Client Development, operations and marketing staff in the development and execution of key market sector initiatives identified during strategic planning and annual alignment meetings. Drive key initiatives and identify key hires and investment opportunities. - Business Development and Marketing Leadership - Manage Area business development and marketing activities and team, including strategic planning, area annual and long-term marketing and business development goals, budgeting, program leadership, client development, community and industry participation, project pursuits, staffing and marketing training. - Client Satisfaction - Collaborate with market sector and client development leaders to maximize client satisfaction, company growth, and profitability. Serve as a key client manager for selected clients and industry partners. - Performance Metric Tracking - Manage development of area marketing plans and budgets. Monitor and communicate progress toward period and annual net fee book bookings goals. Work closely with operational leadership to observe trends, adjust projections and make required alterations to plan in an effort to achieve year-over-year goals and cost management targets. Implement tracking and reporting of area marketing performance indicators, needed actions and process improvements. - Commitment to Quality - Implement company marketing policies and procedures, standards, quality assurance, and risk management within transportation business group. Preferred Qualifications Maintain a professional or engineering registration or certificate or have related technical experience Degree in a Professional (Business, Marketing), Engineering or closely related field. Minimum of 10 years progressive experience in a role focused on understanding and solving client issues. History of successful leadership of major strategic program and business development strategies and understanding of the framework and tools used to understand our client's needs and develop winning strategies, and marketing materials. #LI-JC8 Required Qualifications A minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience Demonstrated "self-starter" with a history of completing projects with limited oversight Deep knowledge of the A/E/C industry's standard approach to procurement of professional services Demonstrated ability to motivate and inspire others Demonstrated ability to build a network of clients and industry partners Experience in sales and developing effective win strategies Strong financial acumen and negotiation skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint Ability and desire to travel and engage with others in-person Demonstrated experience in writing compelling content based on information from technical staff What We Believe HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve. Our Commitment As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees. Primary Location : United States-Arizona-Phoenix Industry : Highway + Road Schedule : Full-time Employee Status : Regular BusinessClass : Marketing and Admin Job Posting : Jun 5, 2025