Business Relationship Manager/Strategic Business Lead, Water

Kiewit; Lone Tree (CO); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

Retirement plans with company matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking a Senior Business Relationship Manager / Strategic Business Lead based in the Denver, CO region. The role partners with district leadership to align project goals with enterprise capabilities, delivering measurable value across the lifecycle.

You will drive strategic initiatives, coordinate with technology acceleration teams, and manage risk and governance for citizen-data driven solutions. Travel up to 40% across the central and southwestern US is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in business relationship management, strategic planning, operations, or enterprise technology or business support roles.
• Experience supporting large-scale transportation, infrastructure, municipal, or heavy civil construction organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leaders and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 40% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with district leadership to understand priorities and challenges.
• Translate district goals into prioritized initiatives based on business value and requirements.
• Lead intake processes for cross-functional initiatives requiring technical solutions.
• Prioritize work based on value, risk, resources, and timing.
• Coordinate with technology acceleration groups to drive execution.
• Review citizen-development requests for corporate hosting to ensure governance.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to prototype technical solutions before full-scale development.
• Lead or support regular business reviews with district leadership.
• Monitor progress, manage risks, and ensure outcomes meet success measures.
• Support change management by communicating strategy and value to stakeholders.
• Deliver updates and recommendations to district and senior leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and value across districts.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Business, Information Systems, or a related field

MBA or Advanced degree

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Business Relationship Manager/Strategic Business Lead

Location: Lone Tree, CO, US

Requisition ID:182385

Job Level:Senior Level

Market:Transportation

Employment Type:Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit is seeking a Business Relationship Manager / Strategic Business Lead to serve as a trusted partner to leadership across our districts performing construction in our Transportation market, part of Kiewit’s broader Infrastructure business segment. This role is responsible for aligning district business goals with enterprise capabilities, ensuring investments, initiatives, and shared services deliver measurable value across the project lifecycle.

This position acts as the primary and strategic interface with district leadership to develop solutions to business challenges through technical, data-driven solutions. Value is captured by coordinating expedient solution delivery in support of Kiewit’s construction-led, decentralized operating model through internal technology acceleration groups or other means as necessary.

District Overview

Kiewit’s Transportation market specializes in delivering complex construction solutions across a broad range of transportation projects — part of Kiewit’s Infrastructure business segment — with a primary focus on — but not limited to — roadways, highways, bridges, and other civil infrastructure across the central and southwestern United States. Our teams bring self-perform construction expertise to safely deliver reliable, resilient infrastructure that meets the safety, schedule, and quality demands of the public agencies and clients we serve. Beyond Transportation, this role may also provide opportunities to support additional Kiewit markets as priorities evolve.

Location

This position is based out of the Denver, Colorado region while serving districts and projects across the central and southwestern United States, and will require travel within this region, and more broadly across North America, up to 40% of the time to support district office and project site needs

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with district leadership to understand strategic priorities, operational challenges, and growth objectives.
• Translate district goals into prioritized initiatives based on business value and requirements.
• Lead structured intake processes for cross-functional initiatives requiring technical solutions to be built or otherwise acquired.
• Facilitate prioritization of work based on business value, risk, resource availability, and timing.
• Coordinate and collaborate with technology acceleration groups — including business development, innovation, and regional technology teams — to drive aligned execution and support successful delivery.
• Review and approve citizen-development requests within assigned districts for corporate hosting to ensure governance and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to prototype and validate proposed technical solutions before committing to full-scale development.
• Lead or support recurring business review meetings with district leadership to evaluate relationship health, delivered value, and priorities for the period ahead.
• Monitor initiative progress, proactively manage risks, and ensure outcomes meet agreed success measures.
• Support change management efforts by effectively communicating strategy, intent, and value to stakeholders.
• Prepare and deliver clear, concise updates and recommendations to district and senior leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve consistency, efficiency, and value delivery across multiple districts

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in business relationship management, strategic planning, operations, or enterprise technology or business support roles.
• Experience supporting large-scale transportation, infrastructure, municipal, or heavy civil construction organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leaders and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 40% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree.
• Experience in outside customer sales in the role of account executive or sales engineer
• Experience supporting transportation, highway, bridge, or other public infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with portfolio management, governance models, or business relationship management frameworks.
• Experience working in decentralized or matrixed organizations. #LI-AK1

Other Requirements

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
• FIELD ROLES ONLY May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

Base Compensation:$155,000/yr-$190,000/yr
(Actual compensation is subject to variation due such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)

This posting will be active from:09/17/2026 -01/30/2027

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

We offer our full-time staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry. From top-tier health care programs to employee assistance programs and retirement planning, we aim to provide you with the tools you need to be successful in the areas of life that matter most to you.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

There’s no limit to what you’ll do at Kiewit. Whether you’re building or supporting projects that provide communities with dependable energy, safe transportation, clean water, or access to health care, the work you do will positively impact people’s lives for generations to come.

Here you’ll have endless opportunities to expand your expertise through on-the-job experience and internal and external training and development opportunities.

Kiewit is an equal-opportunity employer, and we believe a diverse workforce is vital to the success of our business. We continue our efforts to attract, develop and retain employees from all backgrounds who are passionate about our industry.

We are committed to veteran and military hiring and will consider relevant military experience as equivalent to qualification requirements.