Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager
£50,000 Basic + Commission Excellent Benefits Hybrid Working
Location: Hybrid 1 2 days per week in London, with occasional UK-wide travel.
Love opening doors, building relationships and winning new business? We're looking for a commercially driven, relationship-focused Business Development professional to join an established and highly respected national organisation, helping drive its continued growth.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work with some of the UK's most successful organisations, engaging with business owners, CEOs and senior decision-makers and introducing them to a valuable membership proposition.
This isn't a hard-sell, transactional sales role. It's about taking a consultative approach to business development, understanding businesses, identifying opportunities and demonstrating how the right solution can add genuine value.
What will you be doing?

• Proactively identifying and generating new business development opportunities.
• Building relationships with business owners and senior decision-makers.
• Arranging and conducting meetings with prospective members.
• Understanding business needs and presenting the membership proposition.
• Managing the full business development and sales cycle, from initial contact through to securing new members.
• Developing your own pipeline through networking, referrals, LinkedIn, telephone and events.
• Working towards agreed membership and revenue targets.

What are we looking for? We're open to industry background, but you'll ideally have experience in business development, consultative B2B sales or a solutions-based environment.
Your experience might include:

• Corporate membership or partnership sales.
• Recruitment or professional services.
• B2B solutions, consultancy or business services.
• Selling subscriptions or other relationship-led propositions.

Most importantly, you'll be confident engaging senior decision-makers, skilled at building rapport, commercially minded and motivated by winning new business through relationships rather than hard selling.
What's on offer?

• to £50,000 basic salary.
• Commission scheme.
• Excellent additional benefits.
• Hybrid working just 1 2 days per week in the London office.
• A varied and autonomous role with plenty of opportunity to make an impact.
• Exposure to some of the UK's most successful and interesting businesses.
• Opportunity for future career development as the organisation grows.

Interested?
If you're a natural relationship builder with a successful track record in business development and consultative sales, we'd love to hear from you.
Please note, we are unable to respond to unsuccessful applications.