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Bristol, Bristol, England, United Kingdom | Swansea, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom | London, London, England, United Kingdom
Overview
AtkinsRéalis is helping to solve some of Defence's most complex problems - supporting a safer tomorrow by empowering those who protect national and global security. Guided by our vision to engineer a safe, sustainable, and more secure world, we partner with government and industry to deliver innovative, mission-critical solutions. In a complex and rapidly evolving environment, with increased UK government focus on Defence investment, the Defence market offers significant opportunities to leverage our global expertise and drive growth. We are seeking experienced business development managers with experience in the Defence domain.
Client Managers deliver the growth, client engagement, and operational excellence for a client or clients within the Ministry of Defence (MoD) market. This role is fundamental to helping clients overcome their most complex challenges, pairing deep problem‑solving and innovation with the delivery of sustained revenue growth and profitability, all aligned to the company's long-term vision and values.
Your role
Strategic Client Relationship Management
- Focused on Key Account Management and first-class service provision to develop strong, long-lasting relationships.
- Lead the journey of building a strategic partnership with the client, encouraging AtkinsRéalis to contribute to the client's success.
- Be the recognised relationship lead for the client or divisions within a client, providing knowledge, resources and being the natural point of escalation for issues and opportunities.
- Be responsible for the overall client experience working to position AtkinsRéalis as a market-leading, innovative and responsive supplier.
Client Insight and Strategic Understanding
- Be the recognised client expert, demonstrating detailed understand of the client's strategy, organisational design, key points of influence, culture, external drivers and their challenges, risks and opportunities.
- Identify client concerns and pain points to develop value propositions and services to meet these, working closely with our practitioner and business development communities.
Collaboration and Leadership
- Create and coordinate a virtual team of client leads from across the business with a clear plan to drive meaningful engagement and growth.
- Empower and enable AtkinsRéalis resources to develop value-adding relationships with clients at all levels.
- Demonstrate strong leadership behaviours and be a leading advocate for business development best practice and processes.
- Build and maintain a client stakeholder plan connecting AtkinsRéalis and the client at all relevant levels.
- Ensure client needs and ambitions are communicated internally across the relevant AtkinsRéalis practices to align our teams and services to the client's priorities.
- Support our delivery teams through reciprocal sharing of client intelligence to identify opportunities for new work, and to improve delivery excellence and experience for the client.
Business Development and Growth
- Develop client plans in line with the overall market objectives. Develop growth opportunities outside our current projects and seek cross-selling opportunities.
- Build a significant pipeline of qualified opportunities in agreed areas of the MoD, with the potential for long-term order intake, revenue generation and sustainable growth. Work with delivery teams to secure extensions on existing contracts.
Brand Representation and Market Engagement
- Be an ambassador for AtkinsRéalis - attending and speaking at relevant events, hosting workshops and generally leveraging opportunities to build greater awareness of AtkinsRéalis.
Commercial Acumen
- In addition to revenue growth, deliver increased profitability through improving our value proposition.
Location
Various locations
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-154563
Salary range
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Vinayak Daddi
Hi there, I'm Vinayak Daddi and I manage this role
About you
- Strategic and operational leadership.
- Influential communicator and motivator.
- Sales experience and an ability to translate client needs into AtkinsRéalis opportunities.
- Data-driven decision-making.
- Proven experience in a senior client-facing role, ideally within a consultancy or professional services environment.
- Strong commercial acumen and a track record of driving revenue and margin growth.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Deep understanding of client strategy, market dynamics, and industry trends.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex client relationships.
- Experience in applying Key Account Management principles and tools.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
Make it brilliant, a career with AtkinsRéalis
Our supportive, collaborative culture inspires us as a global community every day.
Watch this short film and imagine what you could achieve here, too.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Additional information
Security clearance
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.
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