Business Development Manager

MediaSense; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working Model

Private Healthcare

Pension Scheme

Training & Mentoring

Team socials

Job summary

mediasense is a London-based, global independent advisor helping marketers optimise growth through unified marketing intelligence. We are seeking a Business Development Manager to support the VP and BD on EMEA and global opportunities, including RFPs, RFIs, growth marketing, and events.

The role focuses on coordinating bid processes, market research, and expanding our client base in a fast-paced, professional services environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in a B2B business development role within professional services, media, marketing or similar environment.
• Proven experience supporting and coordinating new business opportunities, pitches, proposals and/or RFP processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop high-quality client-facing content, presentations and proposals.
• Strong relationship-building skills and confidence working with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent project management and organisational skills, with a track record of managing multiple priorities and deadlines independently.
• Experience using CRM platforms, ideally HubSpot, to manage opportunities, pipeline data and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage and Coordinate RFI/RFP & Pitch Processes – developing internal briefings, gathering inputs from across the business and contributing to compelling responses.
• Lead Prospect & Market Research – monitoring industry developments, client activity and market trends to identify new opportunities.
• Own & Continuously Improve the New Business Collateral Library – ensuring pitch decks, case studies and sales materials are current.
• Partner with Marketing to Turn Activity into Commercial Opportunity – supporting events, campaigns and prospective follow-up.
• Manage Day to Day Use & Quality of the CRM – ensuring opportunities and activity are captured and reported.
• Track, Analyse & Report on Growth Performance – pipeline, lead progression, and marketing effectiveness.
• Support Priority Account & Opportunity Planning – identifying routes to market and next steps across target organisations.
• Use AI & Emerging Technology to Improve BD effectiveness – research, content development and knowledge reuse.

Skills

B2B BD experience

RFP coordination

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Analytical mindset

Tools

HubSpot CRM

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Careers

Business Development Manager

26 October 2026

London, UK

An exciting opportunity has become available to be part of our fast-growing team and play a key role within the Client Strategy function.

This London-based Business Development Manager position reports to the VP, Business Development and is ideally suited to an ambitious professional with around 4 years of relevant experience who is looking to accelerate their development. The role provides an outstanding opportunity to join a growing global integrated marketing advisory and gain valuable experience to support future progression and career growth.

The Company

mediasense is a global, independent advisor that brings the clarity, connection and confidence modern marketers need to fuel growth. We help marketers eliminate waste and maximise the impact of their most significant investments at scale. Our ambition is to define and own an entirely new category – recognised as the world’s most trusted, independent and impactful marketing advisor. We do this by elevating how clients operate, how agencies deliver, how platforms perform, and how all parts of the ecosystem connect. Because progress doesn’t happen in isolation, it takes alignment, intelligence, and trust. That’s what we enable. That’s what we stand for. That’s Unified Marketing Intelligence.

mediasense is designed around how we help marketers optimise and transform through best-in-class structure and governance (Organisation), partners and platforms (Ecosystem), governance and controls (Assurance), and measurement and effectiveness (Science). We have the proven ability to effectively support large, complex organisations and deliver multiple projects simultaneously. As evidenced through our strong track record with clients, we pride ourselves on the consistent high quality of service delivery and the ability to accelerate transformation and growth.

mediasense has over 300 employees across London, New York, Singapore and New Delhi.

For more information, visit www.media-sense.com

What We Offer

At mediasense, we believe great work happens when people feel supported, empowered, and connected. Alongside some of our benefits, we invest heavily in wellbeing, flexibility, learning, and creating a genuinely inclusive workplace where people can thrive.

Flexibility & Time Away:

• Hybrid Working Model
• Work from Anywhere in the World- for up to 4 weeks per year
• 28 days’ Annual Leave + Bank Holidays, with additional leave awarded through length of service
• Birthday Day Off + Voucher
• Option to Purchase up to 10 Additional days of Annual Leave (per year)
• Enhanced Parental Leave Policies

Financial Benefits:

• Bonus Schemes- Discretionary Bonus, New Business & Employee Referral
• Pension Scheme
• Group Life Insurance
• Season Ticket Loan
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech & Lifestyle Savings Scheme
• Length of Service Awards

Health & Wellbeing:

• Private Healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Eye Care Support- including contributions towards glasses for VDU users
• Mental Health First Aiders & Wellbeing Initiatives

Learning & Development:

• Ongoing Learning & Development Opportunities
• Access to Internal & External Training
• Career Development Support & Mentoring
• Regular Knowledge-sharing Sessions & Industry events / Lunch & Learns
• Mentorship & Buddy Systems

Office & Social Perks:

• Free Gym Membership at FORA & Wellbeing Classes
• Complimentary Events- such as professional headshots, cookery classes and cocktail-making workshops, book clubs etc
• Dog-Friendly Office
• Free Fruit, Snacks and Refreshments
• Regular Complimentary Breakfasts, Lunches and Treats
• Summer & Winter Celebrations, plus frequent Team Socials & biweekly Thursday office socials
• Access to Building-Wide Discounts

Community & Culture:

We place a strong emphasis on community, inclusion and belonging through a range of employee-led initiatives, social events & support networks.

• Sense of Balance Group – championing gender equality, parenting & caregiving support
• Neurodiversity (ND Sense) Network: raising awareness & supporting neurodivergent colleagues
• Pride Network: promoting LGBTQ+ inclusion and allyship
• Mental Health & Wellbeing Community: supporting positive wellbeing conversations and initiatives and championing diversity events
• Charity & Community Group: driving volunteering, fundraising & social impact opportunities

The Role

The successful candidate will be supporting the VP & BD on EMEA & global new business opportunities- RFP’s, RFI’s, growth marketing, prospecting and events.

The role itself will involve a range of activities including:

• Manage and Coordinate RFI/RFP & Pitch Processes– developing internal briefings, gathering inputs from across the business and contributing to compelling, high-quality proposal responses and presentations.
• Lead Prospect & Market Research– monitoring industry developments, client activity and market trends to identify and prioritise new business opportunities and build targeted prospect lists.
• Own & Continuously Improve the New Business Collateral Library– ensuring pitch decks, case studies, credentials and sales materials are current, easily accessible and effectively communicate our proposition and capabilities.
• Partner Closely with Marketing to Turn Activity into Commercial Opportunity– supporting events, roundtables, campaigns and other growth initiatives, and ensuring effective prospect targeting and follow-up.
• Manage Day to Day Use & Quality of the CRM– ensuring opportunities, contacts and activity are accurately captured, supporting internal users and driving consistent CRM adoption.
• Track, Analyse & Report on Growth Performance– including pipeline, lead progression, conversion and marketing effectiveness, translating data into clear insights and recommended actions.
• Support Priority Account & Opportunity Planning– helping identify routes to market, key stakeholders, relevant propositions and next steps across target organisations.
• Use AI & Emerging Technology to Improve Business Development Effectiveness– supporting faster research, stronger content development and more efficient reuse of knowledge across pitches and proposals.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• 4+ years’ experience in a B2B business development, growth or marketing role, ideally within professional services, consulting, media, marketing or a similar environment
• Proven experience supporting and coordinating new business opportunities, pitches, proposals and/or RFP processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop high-quality client-facing content, presentations and proposals
• Strong relationship-building skills and confidence working with senior internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent project management and organisational skills, with a track record of managing multiple priorities and deadlines independently
• Experience using CRM platforms, ideally HubSpot, to manage opportunities, pipeline data and reporting
• Strong proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel, with the ability to produce polished presentations
• An analytical mindset, with the ability to interpret pipeline, marketing and market data and translate it into actionable commercial insight
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach, with the confidence to take ownership rather than wait for direction
• Experience using AI and automation tools to support research, content development or business development workflows would be advantageous
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and responding to changing business priorities
• An understanding of, or strong interest in, the media, marketing and advertising ecosystem would be beneficial

Every application is reviewed by a human on our team (not AI), so it may take us a bit of time to get through them. Because of the large number of applications we receive, we’re not always able to reply to everyone individually (especially regarding cv reviews or direct messages) but we truly appreciate your interest.

Please note that can only consider candidates who already have the right to work in the UK and do not require, now or in the future, visa sponsorship