Opportunity Nigel Wright is delighted to be supporting an established, growth orientated professional services firm who are looking to recruit a Business Development Manager into a newly created role designed to bring structure, insight, and momentum to business development efforts.
This is a unique opportunity to shape a role around your strengths while making a tangible impact on the firm’s growth trajectory. Office based role, Newcastle upon Tyne, with flex for 1 day week WFH.
Role Reporting into the head of marketing, You’ll work closely with fee earners to:
Set and support achievable, strategic BD targets
Provide market insight and segmentation to guide focus
Encourage, challenge, and elevate BD activity across the firm
This is not a traditional sales role. Instead, you’ll be the catalyst—creating the conditions for others to succeed in business development.
Key Focus Areas
Networking & Relationship Building
Build and maintain networks across key sectors
Identify and nurture potential client and referrer relationships
Create a platform/funnel for fee earners to convert into new business
Market Intelligence & Strategy
Stay close to sector trends and competitor activity
Feed insights into BD strategy and campaigns
Help shape events and initiatives that resonate with the market
Internal Enablement
Be a trusted advisor to fee earners
Bring accountability and structure to BD efforts
Influence without overstepping – support without overshadowing
Skills & Experience
Experience in a business development capacity, preferably within the professional services sector or working closely with professional services clients.
Strong stakeholder management – both internally and externally.
Resilient, with excellent communication skills and emotional intelligence.
Confident in building internal and external networks and understanding personalities.
Commercially astute with the ability to segment markets and identify opportunities.
Comfortable working with data and insight to inform strategy.
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