Regional Market Leader

As a key member of the Northern NSW Executive Leadership Team, the Regional Market Leader plays a pivotal role in driving GHD’s growth and success across the region. This highly valued position is responsible for expanding our market presence while delivering on our strategic priorities: exceptional client experience, trusted relationships, and sustainable growth and profitability.

You will lead with purpose—building strong partnerships, fostering collaboration across teams, and championing a culture of shared success. Working closely with colleagues across the NSW/ACT hub, you’ll help shape and deliver bold growth strategies, enable cross-regional teamwork, and ensure GHD continues to be a trusted advisor to our clients.

Key elements for the role include but not limited to:
Strategy:
•    Providing direction, coordination and mentoring of the sector specific Market Leaders and Regional Leaders across Northern NSW.
•    Ability to identify market trends and develop strategies that achieve the outcomes of the NSW/ACT Business Plan and Australian Market Strategies.
•    Lead the execution across Northern NSW.
Business Development:
•    Build a strong business development and winning work culture, with effective positioning and pursuit of large and strategic opportunities.
•    Promoting GHD’s services across all sectors and industries.
•    Build GHD’s profile and relationships with key decision makers in the external market.
Client Focus
•    Engage with significant clients to develop business and embed sustainable relationships.
•    Review and diversify GHD’s service offerings to meet future client demands.
•    Be a leader in Client Experience by influencing behaviours across the Key Clients Portfolio and Client Relationship Management Program.
Leadership & Management
•    Lead the Market and Regional Leaders (team of 10) to support the vision and direction of growth for the Northern NSW Region.
•    Undertake leadership roles on key bids as Project Director.
•    Actively contribute to the broader leadership of the Northern NSW Region and NSW/ACT hub as a member of the Regional Leadership Team
Financial Management
•    Defining and developing strategies to meet success metrics through improving overall bid win rate, increase in backlog and new work won.
 

What you will bring to the team
•    Appropriate qualifications and significant industry and professional services experience. 
•    Role is degree and discipline agnostic – it is about strategy, connections, knowledge of the markets we work within.
•    Effective and proven BD and strategy, networking and client relationship management skills, backed by strong existing industry and client relationships across various market sectors within Northern NSW (ideally) or NSW.
•    Skilled at fostering cross-regional collaboration, enabling high-performing teams, and championing a culture of shared success.
•    A commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion and to advocate for equity.
•    Commercial acumen and critical thinking ability.
•    For the right candidate, we will consider a part-time appointment (minimum of 0.8 FTE).

Interested? Click apply now with a CV and cover letter outlining your interest and suitability in the role. 
Contact [email protected] for confidential queries
Applications close 9:00am Monday 1st September.

GHD is an equal opportunity employer, and we want everyone to be able to fully participate in our recruitment process. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all identities.

GHD embraces a range of flexible work practices to create a work environment focused on well-being, flexibility and productivity where our people can thrive.

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

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