Market Director – Power, Grid and Transmissions Systems

Lyngby, Esbjerg, Aalborg or Aarhus - Denmark

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to have significant impact on the strategic development of COWI's Renewable Energy market? Can you direct business development efforts to support growth? And are you a commercial profile with a customer-centric mindset? Then, this is the place to apply your knowledge and curiosity to enable a better tomorrow.

Everything starts with the customer – that is what drives the development in COWI.

To further establish COWI as a customer-centric company, we are looking for a Market Director to join the Renewable Energy business development team. You will report directly to the Senior Market Director, Renewable Energy, Thor Ugelvig Petersen. As our new Market Director, you will be responsible for proactively developing customer and partner relationships within power, grid and transmission systems for COWI's Renewable and Energy market in the Denmark and Internationally.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Ensure early identification of leads and regular update of the pipeline through close customer contact
• Lead business development by engaging in customer meetings, identifying leads, and managing the ‘go/no-go’ process for tenders.
• Drive proposal development—support submissions, lead selected proposals, and ensure high-quality presentations with strong value propositions.
• Oversee pricing & commercial strategy for proposals in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Act as Key Account Manager for select clients and support the broader key account management strategy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including heads of engineering, to align proposals and business goals.
• Participate in business development meetings with peers (e.g., Denmark) to strategize and share insights.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

We expect you to be eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. Additionally, you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• Relevant business development and leadership experience,
• Solid customer experience related to direct meetings,
• Solid experience in developing and implementing business development strategies that ensure revenue and growth,
• Experience developing major proposals and market initiatives within consulting or engineering,
• Experience from an engineering consultancy, developer or EPC contractor within power, grid and transmission systems (offshore and onshore).

A Great Place to Work

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100% of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

Got More Questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Senior Strategic Talent Acquisition Specialist, Sara Kuikka, at [email protected].

We do our utmost to ensure that our recruitment process is as fair and unbiased as possible. You can help us by not including a photo in your CV when you apply.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.

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