- Play a pivotal role in shaping the growth strategy
- Diverse commercial role
- Career defining opportunity
New Business Manager - Shape the future of one of Queensland's most respected architectural practices!
Are you ready to step beyond simply responding to opportunities and become the person who helps create them? Our client is one of Queensland's most respected and design-led architectural practices, recognised for delivering award winning projects across the commercial, retirement living, aged care, multi residential, hotel, retail and community sectors. With an exceptional reputation, a strong pipeline of work and ambitious plans for the future, the practice has created a brand-new opportunity for a commercially minded New Business Manager to help drive its next phase of growth.
This is far more than a traditional business development or bid management role.
Working directly with the General Manager, Executive Leadership Team and Partners, you'll play a pivotal role in identifying opportunities, improving proposal success rates, strengthening client engagement and building the systems and processes that support sustainable growth. If you enjoy combining commercial thinking with strategy, writing, relationship building and market intelligence, this is a rare opportunity to make a genuine impact within a highly regarded professional practice.
What you'll be doing:
Every day will be different. You'll identify emerging market opportunities, coordinate major fee proposals, develop client engagement strategies, analyse market intelligence, facilitate pursuit planning workshops and help shape the firm's broader business development strategy. You'll become the central point for opportunity management across the practice, ensuring the right projects are identified early, pursued strategically and supported by compelling submissions that reflect the quality of the firm's work. Importantly, you'll also have direct responsibility for preparing and writing significant components of proposals and submissions, making this an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys producing high quality, persuasive content while influencing broader commercial outcomes.
About you:
You may currently be working as a: Bid Manager Pursuits Manager Business Development Manager Marketing and Business Development Manager Senior Bid Coordinator Client Development Manager Marketing Manager within architecture, engineering, construction or professional services You're commercially curious, highly organised and enjoy connecting people, ideas and opportunities. You're someone who naturally asks questions, enjoys researching markets, can write compelling proposals and is motivated by helping a business grow. You'll be equally comfortable working with senior leaders as you are managing multiple priorities, coordinating complex submissions and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. Most importantly, you're proactive, accountable and genuinely enjoy making things happen.
Why this role?
This is an opportunity to join an established and highly respected architectural practice at an exciting point in its journey. You'll work alongside an experienced leadership team, contribute to meaningful projects that positively impact communities and play a key role in shaping how the practice approaches business development into the future. The role also offers the opportunity to influence an upcoming brand refresh and broader marketing strategy, giving you the chance to contribute well beyond traditional business development responsibilities.
If you're looking for a role where you can broaden your commercial skills, work alongside exceptional professionals and genuinely influence the future direction of a growing business, we'd love to hear from you.
Call Ineke McMahon on 0400 781 916
