Team Leader Strategic Growth

As the Team Leader Strategic Growth at WSP UK and Ireland, your role will involve establishing and leading a new Strategic Growth function in India. You will be responsible for driving work-winning success by directing key functions such as sales operations, bid coordination & management, knowledge management, and pricing. Your primary focus will be on aligning the practices of the India team with the business goals of the UK and ensuring seamless collaboration with UK colleagues. **Key Responsibilities:** - **Strategic Direction:** Define and implement the Strategic Growth strategy in India in alignment with the UK business's growth objectives. - **Work-Winning Leadership:** Oversee all work-winning activities by the UK GCC Strategic Growth team, including sales operations, bid coordination, knowledge management, and pricing support. - **Sales Operations & Pipeline:** Manage sales operations support activities such as opportunity distribution, portal management, framework support, and pipeline analysis. - **Bid & Proposal Management:** Grow the GCC capability in bid & proposal management tasks from capture to post-bid close down. - **Knowledge Management:** Implement knowledge management best practices for work-winning activities in GCC. - **Team Building & Leadership:** Recruit talent, define roles, provide mentorship, and foster an inclusive and collaborative culture within the team. **Qualifications Required:** - **Education:** Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; Master's degree or MBA is a plus. - **Experience:** 15+ years in bids/proposals, business development, or work-winning roles within engineering consultancy or related services. - **Team Leadership:** Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams, experience in setting up new teams or functions is a plus. - **Industry Knowledge:** Deep familiarity with the engineering consultancy sector, global exposure is highly valuable. - **Communication:** Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, proficiency in Indian local languages is a bonus. - **Adaptability:** Flexibility to work UK hours and occasional travel within India or to the UK. You will report directly to GCC for operational alignment and be responsible for delivering the Strategic Growth function in India. Additionally, you will collaborate with the Work Winning Improvement Manager in Strategic Growth UK for strategic alignment, cross-border collaboration, performance oversight, and continuous improvement.,