Regional Business Development Manager

Open the window to a world of opportunities at VELUX. We are a growing and team-minded division with an informal tone, entrepreneurial spirit, and a short route from idea to execution. Our open positions are a great opportunity for anyone wanting to join a company with plenty of room to make a real impact and to grow personally and professionally.

Are you passionate about getting close to the commercial agenda and leading strategic projects with direct impact on sales? Do you want to play an important role in an ambitious and international company? Then we might be looking for you

Your responsibilities

Joining our Regional Business Development position in region SouthWest Europe, you will be part of a dedicated team focused on managing business critical projects aimed at improving performance and identifying new growth opportunities in the region.

This is a versatile role with exposure to everything from launching new products and services across markets, developing and implementing commercial operating models, to driving global strategic priorities across the region. You will be executing business critical and complex projects aimed at improving regional performance trajectory by leveraging your problem-solving toolbox and great stakeholder management skills.

Your role is international, covering region SouthWest Europe: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Portugal. You can expect travel days within the region when relevant and occasionally to Denmark. This role will report to the Business Development Lead for the SouthWest Europe region.

Your primary tasks will be to:

• Be an expert of the SouthWest Europe markets and strategic consultant to the Managing Director's: anticipate trends, translate insights into decision & challenge plans constructively.

• Manage business critical projects across the SouthWest Europe region and markets to improve our position, market share and profitability.

• Work with global, regional and market-based organisation to improve performance and help unleash our full potential through strategic priorities.

• Assist the Business Development Director and Regional EVP in identifying new trends and potential opportunities through in-depth analysis and by applying a hypothesis driven approach to problem solving.

• Be part of facilitating the regional business cycle, templates, and operationalise strategic priorities into meaningful and actionable priorities.

• Assist the management team and region with analytical, problem solving & strategic capacity to identify areas of improvement and propose projects to be prioritised.

• Play a key role in making the Business Development team a respected function within the full VELUX community by delivering outstanding results on all engagements.

• Engage with Global Development and other Regional Development functions to cross share best practices.

Your qualifications

You are an inspiring project leader with a drive for focusing on critical and value adding tasks. You enjoy hosting workshops, engaging and motivating people and getting everyone together to create something better than what we can do on our own. You are passionate about creating results, and you believe in an appreciative approach in the execution of change. You believe in authenticity and in recognising and respecting others for who they are while having a confident voice of their own.

Moreover, we are looking for people who:

• Have master's degree from a business school or university in a relevant subject such as economics or business.

• Have recent Management Consulting Experience (3-6 years of experience) or in-house Business Development experience with successful commercial engagements.

• Have stakeholder management experience preferably from a large organisation.

• Have extensive functional experience within strategy and commercial areas.

• Possess a sophisticated problem-solving toolbox and profound analytical capacity.

• Solid toolkit for facilitating workshop and engaging people.

• Thrive in a high pace environment and are highly motivated, self-driven, structured, and outcome focused.

• Are fluent in written and spoken English.

Your opportunities
You will work alongside experienced and passionate colleagues – in a setting where knowledge is shared, and responsibility is given to those who can and will. Our team is characterised by an informal tone, strong feedback culture, social events, and respect for each other both as team players and as individuals. After having worked in Business Development, we also welcome the opportunity for transferring into other roles within VELUX to continue your development journey.

We are a strong value-based company where commitment, thoroughness and mutual respect are among the core values and teamwork and professionalism is essential to the way we work.

We will provide you with the opportunities, inspiration, and state-of-the-art tools to create a brighter, common future. 

Ready to apply?  

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at  where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect of our recruitment process.  

We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible. We are conducting interviews on an ongoing basis until we have the right match.  

All inquiries will be treated confidentially.  

About VELUX  

In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the roof window category, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.  

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we can create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations. With 20 production companies in 12 countries and sales companies in 37 countries, our products are widely available. We employ around 12,000 people, and our company is headquartered in Denmark. Alongside the rest of our values, "courage" and "mutual respect" define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world. 

Equal Opportunity Employer  

At VELUX Residential, we believe in fostering a diverse workplace for everyone to thrive, develop, and perform at their best, and where you feel welcome, respected, and valued. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all - whether you are applying for a role or already a part of VELUX Residential. That means we recruit, hire, train, and promote people based on their skills and potential without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, neurodiversity, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.   

 We value diversity and strive to ensure that our employment decisions are fair and inclusive, focusing only on what truly matters: your qualifications and how you can contribute to our shared mission and success.