Senior Business Development Manager

Job Description

Job title: Senior Business Development Manager

Location: Glascoed, location alternatives – Radway Green, land sites.

Salary: Up to £63,000 (depending on skills and experience)

What you’ll be doing:

• Act as a key focal point for business development across the Land UK business
• Enable business growth through effective order pipeline management and prioritisation of resources
• Own key customer and partner relationships across both the UK and international markets
• Influence and shape our customer engagement activities
• Ensure excellence in business winning capability and culture across the team
• Lead and develop a team of direct reports
• Deputise for the Business Development and Strategy Director where required

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Extensive experience working in Business Development, within a highly regulated industry
• Shipley business winning training or equivalent
• Experience in securing major defence contracts
• Deep understanding of Business Development processes
• Ability to foster strong relationships at a range of levels
• Demonstrable leadership skills

Desirable:

• Experience in leading small teams of business development professionals
• Successful track record in delivering change within teams

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Land UK Munitions BD strategic Team:

The BAE Systems Land UK business delivers critical Munitions to the UK armed forces and its allied partners. The business development and strategy team is responsible for growing our order pipeline and helping shape the future direction of our business. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills and knowledge, with the potential to lead into more senior positions within a global business.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 1st October 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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