Assistant Manager, Growth & Strategy

GRANT THORNTON; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton in Leeds is seeking an Assistant Manager to drive business development, market engagement and growth across sectors. You will collaborate with clients and delivery teams to translate challenges into practical, scalable services while shaping proposals and market activity.

The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, data-driven insights, and a proactive, adaptable mindset to contribute to a dynamic growth team and innovative offerings within public and private sectors.

Qualifications

• Experience in consulting, product or service development, business development, public sector delivery, or related field.
• Strong communication skills for proposals and presentations.
• Exposure to bids, proposals or market engagement.
• Experience using Power BI, Alteryx, Tableau, MS Dynamics and AI-enabled tools.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across delivery, product development and growth.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for business development activity, including proposal writing, pipeline development, market scanning and identifying opportunities for growth across sectors and accounts.
• Market engagement and lead origination through thought leadership, events and client interactions.
• Support product and service development through ideation, design and refinement—building use cases, credentials and evidence that strengthen our value proposition and respond to client needs.
• Work closely with delivery teams and clients to understand complex challenges and translate these into practical, scalable solutions.
• Apply analytical thinking and insight to inform decision-making, using data, market trends and client feedback to continuously improve our offerings.
• Help deliver impactful outcomes for public sector clients by supporting the design and delivery of innovative, people-centred, data-driven and digitally enabled services.
• Work as part of a dynamic growth team across sectors (Local Government, Health, Central Government and arms-length bodies) and capabilities, contributing to both established services and the development of new, market-relevant propositions (e.g. financial reporting, grants assurance, governance and related services).
• Build strong relationships with internal teams, partners and client stakeholders, contributing to collaboration and growth.
• Take ownership of high-quality deliverables, demonstrating strong organisation, time management and communication skills.
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative and entrepreneurial team culture, proactively suggesting and supporting practice development initiatives.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Prioritization

Adaptable mindset

Team collaboration

Tools

Power BI

Alteryx

Tableau

MS Dynamics

Job description

Grant Thornton in Leeds is seeking an Assistant Manager to drive business development, market engagement and growth across sectors. You will collaborate with clients and delivery teams to translate challenges into practical, scalable services while shaping proposals and market activity.

The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, data-driven insights, and a proactive, adaptable mindset to contribute to a dynamic growth team and innovative offerings within public and private sectors.