Business Development Manager

St Vincent's Care Services; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Health insurance discounts

Fitness Passport

Blue Light Card

Leave options

Meals & Entertainment

Job summary

St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside in Brisbane is seeking a high-performing Business Development Manager to drive growth, strengthen specialist partnerships and attract leading medical talent across St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside and St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane.

You will build relationships with specialists, VMOs, practice managers and referring GPs, develop growth strategies, and lead engagement activities to expand our specialist network.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in healthcare business development, clinical network development, healthcare sales or hospital engagement.
• Experience building relationships with specialists, surgeons, physicians and referrers.

Responsibilities

• Drive specialty growth strategies aligned to hospital priorities.
• Develop and maintain trusted relationships with specialists, VMOs, practice managers and referring GPs.
• Identify, recruit and onboard new specialists to support service growth.
• Analyse market opportunities, referral patterns and performance data to identify growth opportunities.
• Contribute to business cases and strategic growth initiatives delivering measurable outcomes.
• Lead doctor engagement activities, education events and referral development programs.
• Partner with hospital leadership and marketing teams to execute business development strategies.

Skills

Healthcare BD

Clinical network

Healthcare sales

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Education

Business/Commerce/Health degree

Tools

CRM

Job description

St Vincent's Care Services – Chermside QLD

St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside is seeking a high-performing Business Development Manager to drive growth, strengthen specialist partnerships, and attract leading medical talent across St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside and St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane. This influential role will play a key part in expanding our services, enhancing our specialist network, and shaping the future of private healthcare delivery.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a seasoned relationship-builder who thrives in complex stakeholder environments and can confidently engage with specialists, practice managers, GPs and senior health leaders. Reporting to the Hospital General Manager/Director of Clinical Services, you will play a critical role in growth key specialty services, strengthening referral pathways and supporting the recruitment and retention of Visiting Medical Officers (VMOs).

If you're commercially astute, highly credible and passionate about building long-term partnerships that deliver sustainable growth, we'd love to hear from you.

As our Business Development Manager, you will:

• Drive specialty growth strategies aligned to the hospital's strategic priorities


• Develop and maintain trusted relationships with specialist doctors, VMOs, practice managers and referring GPs


• Identify, recruit and onboard new specialists to support service growth.


• Analyse market opportunities, referral patterns and business performance data to identity growth opportunities


• Contribute to the development of business cases and strategic growth initiatives that deliver measurable outcomes


• Lead doctor engagement activities, education events, and referral development programs


• Partner with hospital leadership and marketing teams to execute business development and marketing strategies


• Maintain a strong pipeline of opportunities through CRM and business intelligence reporting

About you:

You are an experienced commercial professional with a proven ability to build credibility in specialist healthcare environments.

You will ideally bring:

• Significant experience in healthcare business development, clinical network development, healthcare sales or hospital engagement.


• A demonstrated track record of influencing and building relationships with specialists, surgeons, physicians and referrers.


• Strong communication acumen with experience developing business cases and growth strategies.


• Exceptional stakeholder management, presentation and negotiation skills.


• Experience working autonomously while partnering effectively with executive leaders.


• A strategic mindset combined with a hands-on approach to execution.


• Experience within private hospitals, healthcare services or specialist healthcare networks will be highly regarded.


• Qualifications in Business, Commerce, Health or a related discipline are desirable.

Why join St Vincent's Health Australia?

• Work alongside highly respected clinical and executive leaders.


• Competitive salary and salary packaging benefits, up to $15,990 salary packaging plus Meals and Entertainment benefits.


• Private health insurance discounts through Medibank and Bupa.


• Additional leave purchase options.


• Access to Fitness Passport and Employee Assistance Program.


• Blue Light Card discounts across hundreds of retailers.


• A chance to make lasting impact on healthcare services across regional Queensland

About our hospitals:

St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside: We have over 1,000 dedicated and skilled staff who treat nearly 35,000 people a year, delivering safe and high-quality care to all our patients. Our hospital has 227 beds, 9 operating theatres, 2 cardiac catheter laboratories, a 17-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Day Oncology Unit, Breast Health Centre, Endoscopy Unit, Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit and a 24-hour, private emergency centre provided by Brisbane Northside Emergency.

St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane: We specialise bin healthcare for people with chronic, complex and multiple health needs. We have over 450 experienced and qualified medical, nursing, allied health and support staff working to deliver excellent care and we're very proud to offer our patient's the advice and skills of over 30 world-renowned doctors with expertise in 5 specialties.

Mission and Values:

At St Vincent's Health, our values of Compassion, Integrity, Justice and Excellence guide everything we do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds feel respected, supported and empowered to thrive.

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as part of our ongoing commitment to Reconciliation and improving employment outcomes.

Pre-Employment Checks:

Employment is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks which may include a Working with Children check (i.e. a Blue Card). For further information about St Vincent's commitment to Child Safety, visit St Vincent's Code of Conduct.

St Vincent's has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings and evidence may be required for proof of immunity.

Applications close: 23 October 2026