Turner & Townsend is seeking a strategic and collaborative Business Development Operations Lead to oversee a team responsible for enabling the business development function to grow the business and drive work winning. This leadership role is central to managing business development systems, reporting, knowledge assets, and major bid support, while also acting as a key interface between business development leadership, marketing, and client-facing teams.The successful candidate will be technically strong in bidding and business development (BD) and have key strengths in stakeholder management and collaboration. They will be comfortable working in a matrix-organisational structure and fast paced environments.The Operations Lead will lead a team of specialists and interface extensively with leadership both in Asia, Asia Pacific and globally on a regular basis.Key Responsibilities:Team leadership & strategic enablementLead, coach, and develop a team of operations professionals across data, reporting, knowledge management, and bid disciplines to enable the Business Generation (BG) Function to drive work winning.Set team priorities aligned with BD and regional growth strategies, ensuring delivery of high-quality outputs that support business development goals and colleagues.Partner with business development leadership to understand strategic priorities and translate them into operational plans and support.Collaborate closely with marketing, BD leads in priority markets, and sector teams to ensure alignment of messaging, content, and pursuit strategies.Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.Line manage 5 professionalsData & Reporting OversightOversee the management of BD systems and databases, ensuring understanding, data integrity and usability within business development, and the wider business.Establish and maintain accurate and timely reports, dashboards, and analytics to inform decision-making and track performance.Support forecasting and pipeline reviews in collaboration with finance and BD leads.Knowledge ManagementGuide the strategy and enablement of content and knowledge tools including central repository of business development materials, including case studies, credentials, and client insights.Drive initiatives that improve knowledge sharing and content reuse across the business, with the Content and Knowledge Manger.Oversee the development and maintenance of bid libraries and reusable content assets.Major bids enablementLead the resourcing of strategic bid support, ensuring bid professionals provide structured and responsive support for major pursuits.Oversee bid compliance processes and our bid to win frameworkEnsure that bid professional deliver winning, high quality and compliant bids.Own bid libraries and toolkits, including capability and training programmesOperational Excellence & Process ImprovementIdentify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and scalability of business development operations.Provide training and support to business development and client-facing teams on tools, systems, and best practices.Champion innovation and digital enablement across business development operations.