About the role

  • Identify and pursue new business opportunities by engaging stakeholders across government, industry, and the research community.
  • Build and maintain a robust pipeline of business opportunities, ensuring alignment with ISIS’s strategic priorities and long-term objectives.
  • Establish and nurture strong relationships with key stakeholders, both internal and external, serving as a primary point of contact for business development activities.
  • Scope and develop business cases and funding proposals in collaboration with technical and non-technical teams.
  • Monitor developments and emerging trends in industry particularly related to the Government Industrial Strategy to inform strategic direction and identify new opportunities.
  • Maintain relevant market landscape data, track engagement metrics, and report progress to the senior leadership.
  • Promote ISIS’s mission, capabilities, and outcomes to external audiences, representing the facility and STFC both nationally and internationally.

Requirements

  • Strong track record in technical business development with demonstrable evidence of generating value and measurable impact.
  • Robust technical background and/or the ability to understand technical concepts and translate them into commercial opportunities.
  • Strong interpersonal and networking skills, with the ability to work collaboratively within a team and manage relationships with various stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication, bid writing and presentation skills, able to articulate value propositions to a range of different stakeholders / audiences up to director level.
  • Excellent organisational skills including time management and task prioritization, with the ability to work to defined deadlines.
  • Extensive IT skills, including experience in MS Office Suite.
  • Self-starting completer / finisher with the ability to take leads through to contracts.

Benefits

  • flexible working scheme
  • Career Average Revalued Earnings pension scheme
  • 30 days annual leave allowance
  • access to employee shopping/travel discounts
  • salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme

Job title

Business Development Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£58,589 - £65,100 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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