Nature Services Sector Lead - Infrastructure

At WSP, we're committed to delivering infrastructure that supports communities, economies, and the environment.

As our Nature Services Sector Lead – Infrastructure, you'll play a critical role in growing and positioning our Nature Services offering across some of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes, helping clients balance development needs with positive environmental outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded professional who understands the infrastructure sector and can bring together multidisciplinary expertise to create innovative, nature-led solutions for clients.

The Role

You'll lead activity across four key workstreams:

• Highways
• Rail
• Airports
• Construction (major contractors and delivery partners)

Working across these sectors, you'll help ensure WSP's Nature Services teams are positioned early in project lifecycles, supporting clients with integrated environmental and sustainability solutions.

Driving Sector Growth

• Develop and maintain the Infrastructure Sector Plan, identifying market trends, policy drivers, investment programmes, opportunities, and risks.
• Create targeted growth strategies for highways, rail, airports, and construction sectors.
• Identify and prioritise key clients, contractors, and delivery partners where Nature Services can deliver the greatest value and growth potential.

Building Strategic Client Relationships

• Develop strong relationships with infrastructure owners, operators, and major construction partners.
• Support account teams in identifying future opportunities and programme-wide needs.
• Create early engagement strategies that position WSP ahead of procurement activities.

Leading High-Value Bids and Pursuits

• Coordinate Nature Services input into complex bids and strategic opportunities.
• Bring together specialist teams to develop compelling, client-focused solutions.
• Shape winning propositions that address ecological risk, programme delivery challenges, and commercial objectives.

Growing the Opportunity Pipeline

• Identify upcoming frameworks, capital investment programmes, maintenance contracts, and construction packages.
• Track market developments and position WSP's Nature Services teams at the earliest stages of project planning.
• Maintain visibility of sector opportunities and drive long-term growth.

Developing Market-Leading Solutions

• Strengthen WSP's client proposition across:
• Ecological assessment and advice
• Biodiversity enhancement
• Arboriculture
• Habitat creation and management
• Construction environmental support
• Operational asset management
• Nature-based solutions

Connecting Expertise Across WSP

• Work collaboratively across ecology, aquatic ecology, marine, biodiversity, arboriculture, and natural capital teams.
• Integrate Nature Services into wider transport, engineering, and construction offerings.
• Coordinate cross-sector opportunities and multidisciplinary solutions for major clients.

Providing Market Intelligence

• Monitor investment priorities, procurement activity, competitor movements, and regulatory changes.
• Share insights and recommendations with business leaders and technical teams.
• Help shape WSP's strategic positioning within the infrastructure sector.

Skills and Experience We're Interested In You'll likely bring a combination of:

• An understanding of infrastructure procurement, project delivery, and investment programmes.
• Experience working with asset owners, operators, contractors, or delivery partners.
• Business development, client engagement, and stakeholder management experience.
• Experience leading bids, pursuits, or growth initiatives within infrastructure, environmental consultancy, or related sectors.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to identify and prioritise strategic opportunities.
• The confidence to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and develop integrated client solutions.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage a range of stakeholders.