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Business Development Manager

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Job Description - Business Development Manager

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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