Americas Projects Development Director

About the Role

The Regional Business Development Director is a newly created, senior sales leadership role responsible for building and winning a high-value project pipeline across the data centre market. This is a dedicated, full-year pursuit role: the BDD does not deliver projects - they win them.

The BDD owns the full pursuit lifecycle from proactive client cultivation through to a correctly-priced, winning bid. Operating as part of a specialist global sales team, this role will establish CBRE DCS as the go-to projects partner for hyperscalers, neoclouds, and colo operators.

What You'll Do

Pipeline ownership and cultivation

Build, qualify, and actively grow the Major Projects pipeline across whitespace fit-out, GPU / technology deployment, and lifecycle asset refresh.

Proactively cultivate target clients - hyperscalers, neoclouds, colos, and enterprise operators - creating demand rather than waiting for RFPs to land.

Identify and develop new client relationships outside the existing DCS FM base, opening doors to the wider market.

Maintain accurate, real-time pipeline data in Tableau as the single source of truth; ensure all opportunities are correctly qualified and progressed.

Leverage CBRE's FM footprint, Turner & Townsend relationships, and Advisory & Transactions network to accelerate pipeline creation.

Client leadership

Act as the single senior point of contact on the client side throughout every pursuit - set engagement agenda, cadence, and narrative from first meeting to contract award.

Build trusted, senior relationships with Heads of Infrastructure, Capital Projects, Real Estate, and Procurement at target client organisations.

Lead and prepare for all client meetings, site visits, presentations, and workshops - ensuring CBRE always presents a cohesive, differentiated story.

Maintain visibility with clients between active bids through relationship activity, insight sharing, and value-add touchpoints.

Pursuit leadership

Convene and lead the right internal CBRE team for each pursuit - solutions, project management, supply chain, estimators, and subject-matter experts - presenting one joined-up CBRE.

Chair solution and pricing review sessions: ensure central solutions, PM, and supply chain price the correct scope - exactly what the client wants, no more and no less.

Define win themes and value proposition for each pursuit; drive consistency of messaging through every client interaction and written submission.

Work closely with the Global Bid Manager on all formal written responses - review, challenge, and own the quality of every submission.

Manage go / no-go decisions on opportunities, ensuring resource is focused on winnable, high-value pursuits.

Commercial and strategic contribution

Contribute to CBRE DCS's market strategy - identifying sector and geographic priorities for pipeline development.

Provide regular market intelligence on competitor activity, client procurement trends, and emerging opportunities across the data centre market.

Support the Global Sales Lead with forecasting, pipeline review, and performance reporting in standing Project Sales MMMs.

Collaborate with Turner & Townsend and Advisory & Transactions to develop joint go-to-market approaches and cross-refer pipeline.

Represent CBRE DCS at industry events, client briefings, and conferences to build market profile.

What You’ll Need:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5 - 8 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance

expectations and handle problems.

• Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Intermediate math skills. Ability to calculate complicated figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.

Why CBRE

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values - respect, integrity, service and excellence - and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to realize your full potential.

Our Values In Hiring

At CBRE, we are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels they belong. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, and we welcome all applications.

Disclaimers

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Applicant AI Use Disclosure

We value human interaction to understand each candidate's unique experience, skills and aspirations. We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make hiring decisions, and we ask that candidates disclose any use of AI in the application and interview process.

About CBRE Group, Inc.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2024 revenue). The company has more than 140,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves clients through four business segments: Advisory (leasing, sales, debt origination, mortgage serving, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (facilities management, property management, flex space & experience); Project Management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (investment management, development). Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

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