Senior Director, Financial Market Strategist

Location: UK

Work Mode: Hybrid / Home-Based

Position Summary:

As the leader of the Infrastructure Financial Sector Institute team, you will spearhead efforts to enhance the understanding and implementation of digital strategies that foster sustainable, innovative, and resilient infrastructure development within the financial market.

In this pivotal role, you will independently drive collaborations among infrastructure investors, asset owners and managers, pension funds, and insurance companies. Your leadership will be crucial in promoting long-term investments and the adoption of digital solutions, thereby mitigating risks and creating opportunities for superior outcomes in the built environment.

Your team will engage with senior stakeholders across the public, private, and financial sectors to champion leadership, contractual conditions, and policies that reinforce robust digital leadership within investments. This advocacy will be instrumental in reducing risks and enhancing long-term results.

Your Day-to-Day:

Strategic Leadership

• Act as a senior industry leader, connecting and convening other such senior leaders across infrastructure, digital technologies, and financial sectors.
• Develop and execute a strategic plan for the new business unit, aligning with the company's vision and goals.
• Lead the creation of a global community of senior leaders and experts.
• Investigate the viability of a global infrastructure think tank, creating a top-level plan and strategy for discussion.
• Advocate for sustainable and resilient infrastructure practices through digital transformation.
• Provide senior leadership for the new business unit focusing on infrastructure and the financial sector and for the team members.

Thought Leadership and Advocacy

• Provide thought leadership on digital infrastructure trends, challenges, and opportunities, particularly those facing the financial sector.
• Publish white papers, reports, and articles to influence industry standards, promote good practice, and support resilience and stewardship.
• Represent the company at industry conferences, forums, and events, advocating for digital and sustainable infrastructure solutions to create long-term value and stewardship.

Senior Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior key stakeholders, including those from financial institutions, regulatory bodies, and industry associations.
• Facilitate collaboration between senior leaders in investors, insurers, and infrastructure developers, owners, and managers to align objectives and promote better outcomes through the use of digital solutions.
• Organize and lead roundtable discussions, workshops, and seminars to foster dialogue and knowledge sharing.

Education and Training

• Create resources and materials that support the adoption of digital infrastructure solutions.
• Mentor and guide team members to build expertise and drive innovation within the business unit.

Resilience and Sustainability

• Identify and promote digital products that enhance the long-term sustainability and resilience of both existing and new infrastructure investments.
• Develop frameworks for best practices for the financial sector in the digital transformation of the built environment and infrastructure, ensuring long-term resilience and stewardship.

What You Bring to The Team:

• A minimum of 10/15 years of experience in the financial sector at a senior level.
• A minimum of 10/15 years of experience working with or in the construction sector.
• A proven track record of successful collaboration within the infrastructure market sector especially working with parties outside the traditional perimeters of design and delivery.
• An industry-leading presence on social platforms, such as LinkedIn.
• A demonstrable extensive senior infrastructure leaders' network and contact list.
• A strong, engaging, and positive can-do attitude, as well as an eye for detail and a resourceful, inquisitive, and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Excellent English language and written communication skills, as well as the ability to present information via phone, web, and face-to-face.
• A drive to be a leading member of sector organizations.

About Bentley Systems:

Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world's infrastructure - sustaining both the global economy and environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities.

Bentley is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, religion/belief, national origin, caste, age, or any other characteristic protected by local law or unrelated to job qualifications.