Business Development Manager

Lycahealth Orpington Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Board exposure

London healthcare market leadership

Competitive salary & bonus

Job summary

You will join Lyca Health Canary Wharf as a Senior Business Development Manager, driving growth across our flagship London diagnostic centre. You will craft and implement a growth strategy, build high-level partnerships, engage senior clinicians and stakeholders, and translate strategy into measurable commercial outcomes.

The role is externally facing, relationship-driven, and requires credibility with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior business development role within private healthcare
• Strong knowledge of the London healthcare market
• Demonstrable ability to build senior stakeholder relationships with credibility and influence
• Experience developing and delivering growth strategies
• Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a comprehensive business development strategy aligned with Board objectives
• Identify and secure new growth opportunities across allied health professionals, corporates and other stakeholders
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of opportunities, ensuring consistent delivery against agreed targets
• Identify market gaps and opportunities for new services, pathways and propositions
• Represent Lyca Health Canary Wharf externally at meetings, events and networking opportunities
• Develop and maintain strong, trusted relationships with key stakeholders to support activity growth
• Support onboarding of new service partners with operations and clinical teams
• Act as a hub for stakeholder engagement, resolving barriers to growth and service delivery
• Work with marketing to support campaigns, events and brand presence
• Maintain understanding of competitive London healthcare landscape and positioning
• Act as a senior ambassador for Lyca Health values and patient-first culture
• Mentor and lead colleagues in BD activity
• Ensure activity complies with regulatory and governance requirements
• Prepare and present reports to the Board on performance and risks
• Deliver growth and activity targets, and improved stakeholder engagement

Skills

Senior stakeholder engagement

Growth strategy

Negotiation skills

Commercial awareness

Excellent communication

Education

Degree educated or equivalent

Job description

£65,000 + Bonus | Canary Wharf | Senior Role

Lyca Health Canary Wharf is seeking an experienced Business Development Manager to drive growth across our flagship London diagnostic centre.

The Business Development Manager is a senior, strategic role responsible for driving sustainable growth across Lyca Health Canary Wharf. The post holder will develop and deliver growth initiatives focused on partnerships, stakeholder relationships and service development, strengthening Lyca Health’s position within the London private healthcare market.

This role requires strong London market knowledge, the credibility to engage senior stakeholders, and the ability to translate strategy into measurable commercial outcomes.

The Role

You will be responsible for developing and delivering growth initiatives across:

• Partnerships and external stakeholder engagement
• Identification and launch of new services and opportunities

This role is externally facing, highly relationship-driven and requires credibility with senior clinicians and stakeholders. There are no finance or accounting responsibilities — the focus is purely on growth, engagement and strategic development.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development & Growth

• Develop and deliver a comprehensive business development strategy aligned with Board objectives
• Identify and secure new growth opportunities across allied health professionals, corporates and other stakeholders
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline of opportunities, ensuring consistent delivery against agreed targets
• Identify market gaps and opportunities for new services, pathways and propositions
• Represent Lyca Health Canary Wharf externally at meetings, events and networking opportunities

Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop and maintain strong, trusted relationships with key stakeholders to support activity growth
• Support effective onboarding and integration of new service partners, working closely with operational and clinical teams
• Act as a key point of contact for stakeholder engagement, resolving barriers to growth and service delivery
• Work collaboratively with senior stakeholders to align activity with capacity and service priorities

Partnerships & External Relationships

• Develop partnerships with corporates, insurers, sports organisations and other third parties where appropriate
• Work collaboratively with marketing colleagues to support campaigns, events and brand presence
• Maintain a clear understanding of the competitive London healthcare landscape and positioning

Leadership & Governance

Act as a senior ambassador for Lyca Health values, behaviours and patient-first culture

• Provide mentorship and leadership support to colleagues involved in business development activity
• Ensure all activity is compliant with regulatory, governance and information governance requirements
• Prepare and present clear, concise reports and updates to the Board on performance, opportunities and risks

Key Performance Indicators

• Delivery of agreed growth and activity targets
• Growth in stakeholder engagement and utilisation
• Successful introduction of new services or propositions
• Quality and strength of external stakeholder relationships

Essential Experience & Skills

Significant experience in a senior business development role within private healthcare

• Strong knowledge of the London healthcare market
• Demonstrable ability to build senior stakeholder relationships with credibility and influence
• Experience developing and delivering growth strategies
• Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Strong commercial awareness and results-focused mindset
• Degree educated or equivalent professional experience
• Experience working within diagnostic, outpatient or hospital environments
• Understanding of PMI and self-pay healthcare markets
• Strategic, confident and commercially astute
• Highly professional, credible and relationship-driven
• Patient-focused with a commitment to service excellence
• Resilient and calm under pressure
• Values-led, with high levels of integrity and accountability
• Proactive, self-motivated, and adaptable

Why Join Lyca Health?

• Senior role with direct Board exposure
• Competitive salary of £65,000 plus bonus
• Opportunity to shape and grow a key London healthcare service
• Collaborative, patient-focused organisation with ambitious growth plans

Lyca Health is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.
Employment offers are subject to eligibility to work in the UK and a satisfactory DBS check