Market Director – Rail & Transit
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Overview A Market Director – Rail is a senior commercial and strategic leadership role responsible for driving business growth, market development, client engagement, and revenue expansion within the rail infrastructure, rolling stock, mobility, and transportation sectors.
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A Market Director – Rail is a senior commercial and strategic leadership role responsible for driving business growth, market development, client engagement, and revenue expansion within the rail infrastructure, rolling stock, mobility, and transportation sectors.
Market Strategy & Growth
- Develop and execute market strategies for rail infrastructure, metro systems, high-speed rail, freight, or signaling markets.
- Identify emerging opportunities, policy trends, and government investment plans.
- Define business growth targets and strategic priorities for the rail segment.
Business Development & Revenue Expansion
- Build a strong pipeline of rail projects across design, construction, maintenance, or systems domains.
- Lead bid/no‑bid decisions, proposal strategies, and commercial negotiations.
- Drive revenue growth through key accounts and new market segments.
Client & Stakeholder Management
- Develop relationships with transport ministries, metro corporations, rail authorities (e.g., IR, DMRC, RRTS), consultants, and contractors.
- Serve as senior point of contact for strategic clients and large programs.
- Represent the company in industry forums, tenders, and public consultations.
Project & Portfolio Oversight
- Provide strategic guidance across project portfolios to ensure client satisfaction and commercial success.
- Coordinate closely with delivery, engineering, and operations teams.
- Oversee performance metrics, cost controls, and risk management.
Thought Leadership & Market Positioning
- Monitor global rail technology trends—digital rail, signaling, rolling stock, BIM, predictive maintenance.
- Lead branding initiatives, whitepapers, and participation in industry events.
- Position the company as a preferred partner for major rail programs.
Internal Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work with finance, engineering, strategy, and delivery teams to align market goals.
- Mentor business development staff and account managers.
- Support capability development and hiring for rail expertise.
- About you
- Strong understanding of rail systems:
- Track, civil structures, and depots
- Signaling & telecom (ETCS, CBTC, ATP, interlocking)
- Rolling stock and traction systems
- Operations, maintenance & safety standards
- Familiarity with government procurement models (EPC, PPP, DBO, O&M).
- Rewards & benefits
- Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
- This includes:
- Tax-free salary.
- Life insurance coverage.
- Medical insurance.
- Annual leave balance.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Transportation & housing allowances.
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization.
We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems.
Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world.
We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Find out more.
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_At_ _AtkinsRéalis_ _, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives.
We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences._
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