Job Description

Climate & Nature is a dedicated market-focused team tasked to expand Fugro’s business in coastal resilience, ocean health and inland water management, an essential pillar of the “Towards Full Potential” strategy and driving Fugro’s purpose “Together we create a safe and liveable world”. 

The Market Solutions Director Climate & Nature is tasked with creating a winning solutions portfolio and delivering market-focused technologies and products for Climate & Nature, to drive and support the envisioned business growth. The Market Solutions Director leads the wider Fugro Climate & Nature technology portfolio, including products and services of Metocean, Hydrography and OWF Biodiversity, Virgeo and Earth Observation.  

Your role

• You apply a visionary innovative approach to grow the solution, and guide the innovation programs and product owners commensurate with client and business needs;

• You develop the solutions sales & marketing plan to achieve profitable growth and support execution of the plan;

• You develop and implement commercial model / global pricing strategies for the solutions;

• You drive commercial uptake through relevant involvement in relevant proposal strategies, account planning and providing support to the (cross-) regional business development team.

• You support the implementation of delivery excellence related to the operationalisation of the solution in the service lines. 

• You inform and drive the relevant Fugro product family roadmaps for C&N application

• You contribute to the Climate & Nature strategy by understanding market trends and client needs

• You identify, investigate and develop technology partnerships 

• You create alternative funding mechanisms for technology and business development 

Your track record

• You have a MSc degree in a Geo-data related discipline

• You have at least 8 years of experience, ideally in an international project-based company and/or related industries;

• You have a proven track record of managing by influence

• You have a proven track record of commercialising new products and services

• You have managed large multi-disciplinary projects

• Preferably you have a business degree

• Preferably you have a degree or professional training in Climate and/ore environmental studies.

• You have excellent leadership skills and are able to manage projects and resources;

• You have excellent English language skills, both written and oral.

What Fugro offers

• A competitive salary;

• 29 holidays per year based on a fulltime employment (of which 4 are appointed by Fugro management) and the possibility to purchase 12 additional days;  

• Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally and internationally;

• Flexible working hours and the ability to work from home in accordance with your manager and corporate policies;

• Commuting allowance;

• Modern pension scheme;

• Collective health insurance;

• Possibility to register with our corporate fitness plan;

• Coaching options through our EAP (Employee Assistance Program).

Are you interested?

Please visit our Company Page to find out more on what it is like to work at Fugro.

If you have any further questions, please contact Bram van der Ploeg, Talent Acquisition Partner, tel. +31 (0)6 34 58 00 51.

After you have applied 

• You will receive an automated confirmation-email of the receipt of your application;

• When we see a match, we will invite you for the first interview within a couple of days. Of course, you will also receive a message if we will not invite you;  

• After a successful first round, you will be invited for the second round;

• If we are both still positive after the second interview, we will make you an offer and with that we hope to welcome you at Fugro!

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.