Business Unit Director - Project & Program Management - Places North America

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

As a part of the Global Strategy, we are looking for a Business Unit Director for Places to focus on the Project & Program Management of the business area. This role will be responsible for developing and delivering a strong and coherent Business Unit strategy and business plan, in line with the overall Global and North America Places strategy. This person will lead the Business Unit, ensuring sound management of the P&L, delivery of the budget and active leadership of our Employee Experience, Client Experience and Service visions and transformation. 

Role accountabilities:

• Work with the Sector Leaders to enable the Sector vision and strategy to come to life.
• Develop relationships throughout the Arcadis North America business to foster cooperation and to maximize opportunities to cross-sell and trade-up
• Champion client care and key client management to ensure total client satisfaction, proactively working towards strengthening and broadening client relationships, enhancing the value of the Arcadis brand in the market.
• Deliver localized BA strategy within local context through financial and non-financial KPI’s (e.g. financial – in year net revenue, net contribution, aged debt and direct multiplier; non-financial – Your voice engagement score, talent identification and mapping).
• Embed cross BA strategic themes at local level in the organization and services and solution offerings
• Drive and embed change needed, especially regarding standardization, and automation across core service
• Continuously improve in country BA’s competitive position through strong client delivery, developing capabilities (e.g., technical expertise, commercial skills), drive in cost competitiveness, and talent management.
• Develop a culture that is client-centric, innovative and people focused to ensure we achieve our aspirations for Client Experience
• Lead, motivate and develop a diverse team of business leaders, coaching and mentor talent
• Own and deliver operational and financial performance of the Business Unit in line with overall Arcadis strategy and targets of the BA on in country level.
• Own the evolution of the workforce pyramid to meet the strategic needs of the business
• Delivering a growth of the GEC for delivery for program management support and delivery.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum of 10 years of experience leading and growing a significant business function within a multinational engineering or professional services firm
• Experience Leading multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience working within in professional services organization
• Confident communicator - used to dealing with people at all levels, in particular, at senior levels
• Strong leadership in leading project and business unit performance
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree 

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP,  401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.  We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $185,000 - $275,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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