Strategic Growth & Market Intelligence Associate

Buro Happold

Manchester

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Car allowance

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Cycle scheme

Dental insurance

Optical cover

Travel insurance

Season ticket loans

Corporate discounts

Parenthood leave

Two memberships to professional bodies

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Buro Happold in Manchester is seeking a strategic Business Development specialist to translate data into executive-ready insights supporting leadership decisions across markets. You will connect market trends, competitor intelligence, and internal performance drivers to identify risks and opportunities for growth.

The role blends finance, strategy, and market intelligence, requiring strong analytical capability and clear storytelling.

Qualifications

Strong analytical and organisational skills with the ability to interpret data into actionable insights.
Proactive, inquisitive and forward-thinking approach with curiosity for markets and client needs.
Confident communicator capable of influencing 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 evolving projects.
Strong written communication and content creation skills.
Collaborative mindset to support shared goals.

Responsibilities

Act as a key contact for market, sector and discipline leads to support development and delivery of business development strategies.
Develop and implement tactical plans to grow the pipeline and work-winning activity.
Analyse market data, dashboards and trends to provide meaningful insights for decisions.
Identify and support key client relationship management activities, including gathering feedback and engagement plans.
Support development of value propositions, capability statements, and sector messaging with marketing teams.
Track opportunities and manage pipeline reporting to support pre-positioning and pursuit strategies.
Contribute to external engagement activities including events, networking and campaigns aligned to sector strategies.
Provide coaching to work-winning teams on research, planning and client engagement.