Business Relationship Manager/Strategic Business Lead

Position Overview

Kiewit is seeking a Business Relationship Manager / Strategic Business Lead to serve as a trusted partner to leadership across our districts performing construction in our Transportation market, part of Kiewit’s broader Infrastructure business segment. 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.

District Overview

Kiewit’s Transportation market specializes in delivering complex construction solutions across a broad range of transportation projects — part of Kiewit’s Infrastructure business segment — with a primary focus on — but not limited to — roadways, highways, bridges, and other civil infrastructure across the central and southwestern United States. Our teams bring self-perform construction expertise to safely deliver reliable, resilient infrastructure that meets the safety, schedule, and quality demands of the public agencies and clients we serve. Beyond Transportation, this role may also provide opportunities to support additional Kiewit markets as priorities evolve.

Location

This position is based out of the Denver, Colorado region while serving districts and projects across the central and southwestern United States, and will require travel within this region, and more broadly across North America, up to 40% of the time to support district office and project site needs

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary business relationship partner for districts aligned to Kiewit’s Transportation market, with an emphasis on clients and projects across the central and southwestern United States.

• 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in 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 transportation, infrastructure, municipal, or heavy civil 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree.

• Experience in outside customer sales in the role of account executive or sales engineer

• Experience supporting transportation, highway, bridge, or other public infrastructure projects.

• Familiarity with portfolio management, governance models, or business relationship management frameworks.

• Experience working in decentralized or matrixed organizations. #LI-AK1