Director, Business Development

il y a 6 jours

Brussels, Belgique Search for Common Ground Temps plein

**Team Summary**

The Business Development Team supports program leaders worldwide by helping them secure resources and partnerships for their programs and strategies to build healthy, safe, and just societies. Resources come as grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts from various institutions, including governments and multilateral agencies, as well as corporate and foundation-sponsored programs. Major donors include the U.S. Government (USAID and Department of State), the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and United Nations Agencies.

Program areas include peacebuilding and conflict resolution, inclusive governance, and conflict-sensitive humanitarian response. Search for Common Ground pursues opportunities independently and in consortia with local and international partners.

The team is comprised of 12-15 staff members worldwide, supporting Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and global programs. The work of the Business Development team is typically fast-paced, mission-driven, and rooted in the insights and ambition of our local leaders.

**Position Summary**

The Director of Business Development will lead strategically and engage operationally in developing Search’s global business direction, building on the vision of our program teams, strengths, and experience in developing, managing, and implementing projects and partnering with various funding and program partners.

The Director shapes new and repeat business development strategies with multiple stakeholders, including capturing business intelligence and developing approaches, working with Search for Common Ground regional and country teams, technical and finance teams, and others to represent the organization. Networking and identifying business development opportunities; supervising and inspiring business development team members; and coordinating the development of winning proposals.

The Director will ensure the quality of all aspects of the proposal process. They will lead and directly manage opportunities from identification through submission to award and startup.

The Director will prepare and regularly update forecasts and reports on the funding pipeline; provide data analysis to inform annual budget planning and quarterly reviews; represent Search at selected external networking events; monitor ODA policies and budget trends; keep abreast of sector-shaping trends such as localization; develop and maintain productive relationships with key internal stakeholders, peer organizations and diverse institutional funders. The Director will monitor and advise the Executive Team and Regional Directors on funding trends and co-create innovative implementation models with program teams to win bids.

**This position can be based in **Brussel or London.**

**Responsibilities**:
**Strategic Leadership of Search’s Business Development**
- Collaborate with the Executive Team, Regional Directors, and Business Development Managers to shape business development strategies at the global and regional level, including approaches, tactics, and metrics.
- Propose, cost out, and oversee strategic investments in new business development and the budget planning cycle.
- Contribute to identifying emerging areas for Search to shape opportunities with funding partners.

**Lead Networking and Representation to Develop New Opportunities**:

- Lead the Business Development Team and coordinate with program management, technical teams, and other internal stakeholders to identify, track, and position for relevant upcoming funding opportunities.
- Provide strategic guidance to country and regional teams on cultivating relationships, engaging strategically with funding partners at the local level, and developing new business opportunities at the country level.
- Represent Search’s interests at relevant meetings and events and among formal, peer, and partner organizations.
- Periodically undertake and coordinate prospecting visits to Search program countries and prepare for upcoming funding opportunities by gathering and analyzing intelligence to inform collaborative proposal development strategies, including partnering.

**Lead Opportunity Pursuit**:

- Lead teams in managing a funding pipeline typically evenly split between competitive bidding for open opportunities and cultivations towards direct awards.
- Oversee all aspects of the proposal processes, ensuring proposals are submitted on time, in compliance with requirements, and to the highest technical standards.
- Ensure proposals align with Search’s overall strategy, program needs, and priorities, as well as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Safeguarding, and other organizational priorities.
- Lead or contribute to the identification of innovative funding or project implementation models.

**Lead the Business Development Team**:

- Support a high-performing business development team's recruitment, retention, and professional development.
- Inspire and le

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