Business Development Manager

Our client is searching for a dedicated Business Development Manager to support their future growth plans due to continued and successful business growth.
Salary offered is subject to experience.

Role Overview
As the Business Development Manager, you will be involved in the full BD life cycle (from early identification of opportunities through to winning bids).

Your responsibilities will include: -
Working with colleagues to develop and implement a clear win strategy for each bid and ensure win themes are clear and compelling.
Ownership of the end-to-end bid process, ensuring we are aligned to the client's requirements and that our bids are submitted on time, are compliant and commercially sound.
Support the Head of Business Development, by preparing and reviewing the commercial aspects of the bid, ensuring all services offered are included in the final price to the customer and contributing to the written proposal.
Ensuring timescales are achieved at each step of the bid process, including all internal governance, while taking the initiative in setting realistic deadlines.
Co-ordinating and planning all client presentations required as part of the bid submission.
Remain involved post bid submission in the presentation and negotiation stages, ensuring all lessons learned are fed back and implemented.
Implementation of all necessary bid procedures, governance, and processes.
Managing virtual bid teams and inputs from key stakeholders, typically engaging with our domain teams, capability teams, Finance, as well as sales, marketing, commercial, legal and project management and delivery.
Risk tracking and management throughout the bid process.
Managing the bid budget, resources and monitoring and reporting on overall performance against agreed key performance indicators.
Driving continuous improvement, through post-bid reviews, both internally and with customers.

About you
This highly networked role will suit you if you have previous Business Development Manager, Bid Manager, Capture Manager, or Pursuit Leader experience, combined with relevant experience working with the UK defence, national security, or government sectors.If you have experience of Geospatial technologies this would be a real advantage.
A background in solution/services selling, and the full BD life cycle from opportunity identification through to project delivery
Previous success in winning both low-value short-cycle opportunities, typically in support of a range of scientific and technological research and development framework projects, through to high-value multi-million pound longer-term services opportunities
The ability to manage complex, multi-workstream opportunities and work under pressure to challenging deadlines
Fully conversant with the competitive marketplace and a sound commercial understanding and profit and loss experience coupled with risk management skills
Strong people management, team leadership and excellent communication skills (comfortable working at Director level, both internally and externally)
A strong academic background or successful completion of a relevant Bid and Proposal apprenticeship. APMP Foundation (Practitioner or Professional level desirable). APMP Capture Practitioner desirable, with experience in strategic selling.
A keenness to learn and develop your career and to join us at this exciting time.

Ideally you will have Developed Vetting (DV) or be willing and able to achieve it.
Must not have lived overseas in past 5 years.
The role is predominantly home-based and we welcome applications from across the UK but will need to visit the office for some meetings.