business development manager happy to talk flexible working

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Business Development Manager

Location: London and the surrounding areas

NEW GROUND WON’T BREAK ITSELF.

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

Our ideas and insight empower our clients to make big decisions about the future and unlock sustainable growth. With a relentless focus on quality and integrity, we help businesses, communities and our people to flourish.

The firm is rolling out a new, invigorated national approach to industries and this role will be instrumental in driving this forward. This role will be to support and drive business development activity in the Private Healthcare sector. You will work closely with the Industry Leader and the National Industry team and play a key part in developing and driving the ‘go to market’ approach with agreed clients, targets and intermediaries within the Private Healthcare industry.

This will involve working closely across our multiple business lines, supporting internal stakeholders to have broad commercial conversations, sharing insights and perspectives with a number of external contacts across key clients in the Private Healthcare industry.

You will develop and maintain your own relationships through lead generation and be responsible for new revenue creation by being out in the marketplace, identifying opportunities and ensuring a consistent cross line of service (XLOS) approach to the market.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

As a Business Development Manager within our Private Healthcare team you will:

• Play an active role in the Healthcare Industry group and wider BD team and contribute to the positive morale, whilst coaching teams to enable successful market outcomes.
• Attend client, target, and intermediary events, ensuring effective follow up on these events and work in partnership with the Marketing team to ensure that the firm’s insight, thought leadership and marketing campaigns are targeted, driven and deliver return on investment
• Have oversight of the pipeline, and support dashboards and reporting packs to ensure clear management of the ‘go to market’ process alongside the Healthcare Industry Leader
• You’ll play an active role in the Healthcare Industry group and wider BD team and contribute to the positive morale, whilst coaching teams to enable successful market outcomes.
• You’ll work collaboratively across all areas within the team to maximise our contribution to the firm and to clients.
• Generate leads and new opportunities for the industry group across all service lines and be responsible and accountable for external client-facing business development activities

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as a Business Development Manager the minimum criteria you will need is a strong track record of developing internal and external relationships, building and maintaining a pipeline of work and implementing and delivering against agreed fee income targets. You’ll be able to demonstrate B2B sales and marketing experience.

It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.

• You’ll have strong commercial awareness and the ability to engage with and influence key decision makers at a senior level, to identify new business opportunities with both new prospects and existing clients
• You’ll have a thorough understanding and demonstrable application of lead generation, sales and or client management activity and proposal/bid management.
• You’ll have a proven track record of working to a revenue target
• You’ll have strong communication and influencing skills and project management experience.
• Some experience within a professional services BD role would be advantageous
• Some interest and/ or experience in the Private Healthcare sector would also be advantageous

Knowing we’re right for you

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our CLEARR values – Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.

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