Business Relationship Manager/Strategic Business Lead, Water
About The Position
Kiewit is seeking a Business Relationship Manager / Strategic Business Lead to serve as a trusted partner to leadership across our districts performing engineering and construction in our water market. This role is responsible for aligning district business goals with enterprise capabilities, ensuring investments, initiatives, and shared services deliver measurable value across the project lifecycle. This position acts as the primary and strategic interface with district leadership to develop solutions to business challenges through technical, data-driven solutions. Value is captured by coordinating expedient solution delivery in support of Kiewit’s construction-led, decentralized operating model through internal technology acceleration groups or other means as necessary.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in business relationship management, strategic planning, operations, or enterprise technology or business support roles.
- Experience supporting large-scale water, wastewater, municipal, or infrastructure construction organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leaders and influence outcomes without direct authority.
- Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 40% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or advanced degree.
- Experience in outside customer sales in the role of account executive or sales engineer
- Experience supporting water, wastewater treatment, conveyance, or other municipal water infrastructure markets.
- Familiarity with portfolio management, governance models, or business relationship management frameworks.
- Experience working in decentralized or matrixed organizations.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary business relationship partner for districts aligned to Kiewit’s Water market, with an emphasis on municipal and industrial water and wastewater clients and projects.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with district leadership to understand strategic priorities, operational challenges, and growth objectives.
- Translate district goals into prioritized initiatives based on business value and requirements.
- Lead structured intake processes for cross-functional initiatives requiring technical solutions to be built or otherwise acquired.
- Facilitate prioritization of work based on business value, risk, resource availability, and timing.
- Coordinate and collaborate with technology acceleration groups — including business development, innovation, and regional technology teams — to drive aligned execution and support successful delivery.
- Review and approve citizen-development requests within assigned districts for corporate hosting to ensure governance and alignment with enterprise standards.
- Leverage AI-assisted tools to prototype and validate proposed technical solutions before committing to full-scale development.
- Lead or support recurring business review meetings with district leadership to evaluate relationship health, delivered value, and priorities for the period ahead.
- Monitor initiative progress, proactively manage risks, and ensure outcomes meet agreed success measures.
- Support change management efforts by effectively communicating strategy, intent, and value to stakeholders.
- Prepare and deliver clear, concise updates and recommendations to district and senior leadership.
- Identify opportunities to improve consistency, efficiency, and value delivery across multiple districts.
Benefits
- top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents
- voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs
- life insurance
- disability
- retirement plans with matching
- generous paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
