Business Development Associate

Overview

As a commercially minded BD Associate at Buro Happold, you will help shape our work-winning growth across sectors and markets. You’ll translate market trends and internal performance data into clear, executive-ready insights to support leadership decisions. You will work closely with market, sector, and discipline leads to strengthen client engagement and pipeline activity. This role combines strategy, market intelligence, and project delivery with a focus on impact and growth. You will join a collaborative, innovation-driven team that values sustainable, client-centric outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• private medical insurance
• life assurance and income protection
• 10% car allowance
• generous company pension
• flexible benefits

Responsibilities

• Act as a key point of contact for market, sector, and discipline leads, supporting the development and delivery of business development strategies
• Develop and implement tactical plans to improve pipeline growth and work-winning activity
• Analyse market data, dashboards, and trends to provide meaningful insights and inform decision-making
• Identify and support key client relationship management (KRM) activities, including gathering feedback and driving engagement plans
• Support the development of value propositions, capability statements, and sector messaging in collaboration with marketing teams
• Track opportunities and manage pipeline reporting, supporting pre-positioning and pursuit strategies alongside bidding teams
• Contribute to external engagement activities, including events, networking, and campaigns aligned to sector strategies
• Provide coaching and guidance to work-winning teams on research, planning, and client engagement activities

Key requirements

• Strong analytical and organisational skills, with the ability to interpret data and translate it into actionable insights
• A proactive, inquisitive, and forward-thinking approach, with a natural curiosity for markets and client needs
• Confident communicator with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Experience or interest in business development, strategy, marketing, or consultancy within a professional services environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and bring structure to complex or evolving projects
• Strong written communication skills, with experience in preparing clear and persuasive content
• Collaborative mindset with a willingness to support and enable others to achieve shared goals

• analytical thinking
• communication and relationship-building
• proactiveness
• data interpretation
• market intelligence
• storytelling

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