Business Unit Director - Nuclear
16 hours ago
Bristol
Overview We are seeking a Business Unit Director to lead and grow a strategically critical nuclear business unit within Expleo's UK operation. This role combines front-end market leadership and business winning with full accountability for operational delivery, financial performance and team leadership. This is not a pure sales role - and not a delivery-only leadership position. You will own the full lifecycle: shaping market strategy, winning complex work, building trusted client partnerships, and ensuring programmes are delivered safely, profitably and to the highest nuclear standards. You will operate as a senior leader within the nuclear leadership community, responsible for translating market opportunity into a scalable, high-performing business unit with strong culture, capability depth and repeatable growth. The Role As Business Unit Director, you hold end-to-end accountability for a defined nuclear portfolio, including: • Business growth and market positioning, • Winning and securing major programmes and frameworks, • Operational delivery performance and client outcomes, • Financial results (revenue, margin, cost and risk), • Leadership, development and engagement of multidisciplinary teams You will work closely with executive leadership, delivery leaders, engineering authorities and commercial teams to ensure Expleo is positioned as a long-term strategic partner across the UK nuclear landscape. This is a high-impact leadership role requiring credibility at board, programme and regulatory levels, and the ability to balance commercial ambition with nuclear safety, quality and delivery integrity. Responsibilities Business Unit Leadership & Strategy • Own and lead a defined nuclear business unit with full P&L accountability, • Develop and execute a clear business unit strategy aligned to UK nuclear market priorities and Expleo's wider growth objectives, • Set growth targets, delivery plans and capability roadmaps to support sustainable scale, • Act as a visible senior leader internally and externally, representing Expleo across the nuclear ecosystem Business Winning & Market Growth • Lead major business winning activity, from early client engagement through to contract award, • Shape and approve win strategies, bid priorities, partner models and commercial approaches, • Secure and grow positions on:, • Nuclear frameworks and alliances, • Long-term service agreements, • Multi-year engineering, safety and consultancy programmes, • Maintain a deep understanding of:, • Client investment plans, • Procurement strategies, • Regulatory and funding drivers, • Build a robust, forward-looking pipeline aligned to long-term nuclear programmes Operational Delivery & Performance • Hold ultimate accountability for the successful delivery of all work within the business unit, • Ensure programmes are delivered:, • Safely, • On time, • To quality standards, • Within agreed commercial parameters, • Work closely with delivery and technical leaders to ensure:, • Appropriate resourcing and capability, • Strong governance and risk management, • Continuous improvement in delivery performance, • Act as senior escalation point for delivery, commercial or client issues Client & Stakeholder Leadership • Own senior-level relationships with:, • Nuclear site licensees, • Tier 1 EPCs and integrators, • Framework and alliance leads, • Government bodies and regulators (where appropriate), • Position Expleo as a trusted delivery and advisory partner, not a transactional supplier, • Ensure high levels of client satisfaction, repeat business and long-term account growth People & Capability Leadership • Lead, mentor and develop senior managers, account leads and delivery leaders within the business unit, • Build a high-performing, engaged and safety-led culture, • Identify capability gaps and support recruitment, succession planning and skills development, • Promote collaboration across engineering, safety, consultancy and delivery disciplines Essential skills • Demonstrable success in:, • Winning and growing major nuclear programmes, • Leading complex delivery organisations, • Managing P&L and commercial risk, • Strong understanding of:, • UK nuclear governance and regulation, • Nuclear procurement and contracting models, • Safety, quality and assurance expectation Credibility & Leadership: • Established senior-level network across the UK nuclear ecosystem, • Ability to engage credibly with executive, commercial and technical decision-makers, • Seen as a leader who balances commercial drive with delivery excellence and nuclear integrity, • Confident operating in complex, regulated and politically sensitive environments Desired skills • Strategic, commercially astute and delivery-focused, • Strong influencer and decision-maker, • Resilient, accountable and comfortable with ambiguity, • Values-led, with a clear commitment to safety and people development Experience • Proven experience operating at Business Unit Director, Account Director or equivalent senior leadership level within the UK nuclear sector Benefits • Collaborative working environment - we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges, • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects, • Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses, • Competitive company benefits, • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo, • As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:, • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, • Communicating and promoting vacancies, • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job, • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required, • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people 'We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age'. 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