Business Relationship Manager/Strategic Lead, Industrial

Kiewit; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking a Business Relationship Manager / Strategic Business Lead to partner with district leadership across our industrial market. The role aligns district goals with enterprise capabilities, delivering value through data-driven solutions and coordinated execution across multiple districts.

The position may be based in Lenexa, KS with up to 33% travel within North America, working to accelerate internal technology initiatives and governance across enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in business relationship management, strategic planning, operations, or enterprise technology or business support roles.
• Experience supporting large-scale industrial, data center, manufacturing, or infrastructure 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 33% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary business relationship partner for districts aligned to Kiewit’s Industrial market, with emphasis on data center clients and projects.
• Build and maintain strong 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.
• Coordinate with technology acceleration groups to drive aligned execution and value delivery.

Skills

8+ years experience

Senior leadership collaboration

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Travel readiness

Education

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

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Business Relationship Manager/Strategic Lead, Industrial

Lenexa, KS, US

Requisition ID:182168

Job Level:Mid Level

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 engineering and construction in our industrial market. 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 industrial market specializes in delivering complex engineering, procurement, and construction solutions across a broad range of industrial facilities, with a primary focus on — but not limited to — mission-critical data centers, alongside advanced manufacturing, processing, and other industrial infrastructure projects across North America. Our teams combine self-perform construction expertise with integrated engineering capabilities to safely deliver reliable, resilient, and scalable facilities that meet the speed-to-market and uptime demands of today’s digital infrastructure and industrial clients.

Location

This position may be based out of Kiewit’s Lenexa, Kansas office and will require travel within North America up to 33% of the time to support district office and project site needs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary business relationship partner for districts aligned to Kiewit’s Industrial market, with an emphasis on data center clients and projects.
• 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 Engineering, 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 industrial, data center, manufacturing, or infrastructure 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 33% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree.
• Experience in outside customer sales in the role of account executive
• Experience supporting data center, mission-critical facilities, advanced manufacturing, or other industrial markets.
• Familiarity with portfolio management, governance models, or business relationship management frameworks.
• Experience working in decentralized or matrixed organizations. #LI-AK1

Other Requirements

• 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.
• May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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