Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
We are seeking a Chief Growth Officer & Executive Vice President to help shape and lead Boldt's next chapter of growth.
As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Chief Growth Officer will lead Boldt's enterprise growth strategy across markets, sectors, and geographies. Reporting to the CEO, this executive will oversee the commercial growth agenda spanning business development, market expansion, strategic pursuits, marketing, brand and communications, client growth, and strategic planning.
This is an opportunity for an accomplished executive to bring together strategy, relationships, market intelligence, and disciplined execution to strengthen Boldt's position in the marketplace and create sustainable long-term growth.
What You Get to DoLead Enterprise Growth Strategy
- Play a key role in developing and delivering Boldt's long-term enterprise growth strategy across target sectors, geographies, and client segments.
- Translate enterprise strategy into actionable go-to-market plans with clear priorities, resources, milestones, and accountability.
- Monitor market trends, competitive intelligence, and economic factors to identify emerging opportunities and risks.
- Partner with executive and business leaders to align growth opportunities with organizational capabilities and investment priorities.
Driving Business Development
- Lead and develop Boldt's enterprise business development organization, creating consistency around pursuit strategy, pipeline management, and client engagement.
- Own enterprise CRM strategy and help ensure strong pipeline visibility, reporting, and forecasting.
- Guide strategic pursuit decisions and executive-level Go/No-Go reviews for key opportunities.
- Build and deepen relationships with key clients, developers, strategic accounts, and industry partners.
- Drive collaboration across offices, business units, and markets to expand existing relationships and uncover new opportunities.
- Coach business development leaders on client engagement, negotiation, and win strategies.
Strengthen Our Brand & Market Position
- Lead enterprise marketing, communications, brand, and thought leadership strategies in support of Boldt's growth objectives.
- Develop strong market positioning and sector-specific value propositions.
- Align marketing investments with pipeline and business development priorities.
- Guide executive visibility, industry presence, public relations, and digital marketing initiatives.
- Protect and strengthen Boldt's brand across the enterprise.
- Champion client experience strategies that support repeat business, referrals, and stronger relationships.
Create New Growth Opportunities
- Identify and evaluate strategic partnerships, alliances, and market expansion opportunities.
- Help Boldt grow within existing markets while thoughtfully expanding into new sectors, geography, and client segments.
- Partner with operational leaders to align market opportunities with Boldt's ability to successfully execute.
Build & Develop High-Performing Teams
- Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing organization across business development, marketing, brand, communications, and strategy.
- Establish clear expectations, development pathways, and accountability for results.
- Foster a culture centered on collaboration, continuous improvement, and shared success.
- Partner with Human Resources to attract and develop talent that supports Boldt's growth agenda.
What We Expect from You
- Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field; an MBA or graduate-level degree in business or strategy is strongly preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive commercial leadership experience, including a minimum of five years in a senior executive role.
- Demonstrated success driving sustained revenue growth within a complex organization.
- Experience leading or integrating multifunctional teams across business development, marketing, and strategy.
- Deep familiarity with construction, engineering, or the built environment is strongly preferred.
- Experience in markets such as industrial/manufacturing, commercial, healthcare, data centers, automotive, food and beverage, renewables, or power is highly valued.
- Experience evaluating M&A opportunities, integration planning, or strategic partnerships is a plus.
The Leadership You BringYou are an enterprise-minded growth leader who can see what's next and translate that vision into action. You bring executive presence, strong financial and business acumen, disciplined decision-making, and the ability to build alignment across a diverse organization.
You know how to build trusted relationships with clients and internal leaders alike. You balance long-term strategy with near-term execution, use data and market intelligence to inform decisions, and create accountability around measurable results.
How Success Will Be MeasuredSuccess in this role will be reflected through:
- Revenue growth and market expansion
- New client acquisition and strategic account development
- Pipeline growth, conversion, and forecasting performance
- Client retention and repeat business
- Brand strength and market positioning
- Development and retention of growth talent
- Achievement of Boldt's long-term strategic growth objectives
Compensation Target Hiring Range: $354,000 - $514,000 annually
Boldt recognizes that experience, expertise, and specialized skills create value. The target hiring range for this position is $354,000 - $514,000 annually; compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, certifications, geographic market conditions, internal equity, and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition to base compensation, employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus and participation in applicable company benefit programs.
Unsolicited Correspondence The Boldt Group and its subsidiaries engage recruiting agencies exclusively through our Enterprise Support Talent Acquisition team and only when a valid, Boldt approved agreement is in place. Boldt does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions at any time, including agencies with an active agreement-unless the submission is expressly requested by the Enterprise Support Talent Acquisition team. Any unsolicited submissions will be deemed the property of The Boldt Group, and no placement fees will be paid. All agency inquiries must be directed to the Enterprise Support Talent Acquisition team. At this time, we are not entertaining any new agency submissions or outreach.
