Development Planning Technical Director/Director (Development)

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

Responsibilities

• 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

Key requirements

• 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

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