As the world’s cities grow more complex, people’s need to move quickly becomes even more important. Enabling urban flow requires talent and ambition. Together at KONE, we create the new urban reality. Your career is a journey, and how you travel makes a difference.
It's time to make a move. Join our flow.
We are looking for a highly driven and entrepreneurial Strategic Business Developer to spearhead growth initiatives, lead complex projects, and identify new opportunities that strengthen our competitive position in the market. This senior-level role is ideal for an outgoing, extraverted professional who thrives on building relationships, influencing stakeholders, and shaping strategic business directions across multiple segments.
What will you be doing?
Identify and pursue new business opportunities aligned with short- and long-term goals.
Lead and manage complex projects such as acquisitions, market entry, or geographical expansions.
Support business segments requiring special focus (e.g., infrastructure) to accelerate growth.
Drive turnaround strategies in areas of low performance.
Implement cross-business growth initiatives, including advanced solutions and consulting.
Conduct business planning, competitive analysis, and sales capability development.
Build and maintain strong networks internally and externally, leveraging consultants, investment bankers, and IT vendors.
Lead and develop teams within your responsibility area.
What are we looking for?
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
Several years of proven success in business development and project management.
Fluent in English
Strong entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of driving business performance.
Excellent communication and influencing skills.
Ability to manage complex negotiations and partnerships.
Conceptual thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Outgoing, extraverted personality with a natural ability to build relationships.
Senior-level profile with demonstrated leadership and change management experience.
Why Join Us?
At KONE, we are committed to creating a collaborative and innovative environment. If you are passionate about delivering results and ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, we encourage you to apply and be part of our journey!
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
Read more on https://careers.kone.com/en/
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
- Several years of proven success in business development and project management.
- Fluent in English.
- Strong entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of driving business performance.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Ability to manage complex negotiations and partnerships.
- Conceptual thinker with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Outgoing, extraverted personality with a natural ability to build relationships.
- Senior-level profile with demonstrated leadership and change management experience.
Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.
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What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
