Business Development Manager

Richard Benson; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health tech firm in the United Kingdom seeks a Business Development Manager. The ideal candidate will lead bid processes and collaborate across departments to secure new business in the digital space. Strong organisational and communication skills are essential. The role offers a competitive remuneration package and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Performance related bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Salesforce preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end bid process and manage delivery.
• Proactively monitor procurement portals for new opportunities.
• Develop tailored proposals that highlight the company’s services.

Skills

Organisational skills

Written and verbal communication

Data analysis

Customer-focused mindset

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Context and Overview

We’re Evergreen Life and we’re on a mission to increase everybody’s healthy and happy years. We’re looking for blue sky thinkers, passionate personalities, and diligent doers to help us make good change happen. We develop software applications and solutions to support this and make great use of cutting edge technology. Health and wellness are woven into our cultural fabric. It’s what we do and who we are. But we don’t just talk the talk, we believe in prioritising the wellbeing of everyone that works for us.

As a fast-paced, dynamic company, we’re constantly evolving to stay ahead. This means that responsibilities within this role may adapt over time to meet the changing needs of the business and drive our success.

The Business Development Manager plays a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation of managing and delivering high-quality responses to Client RFPs, RFIs and tenders. This role will ensure proposals are compliant, competitive, and aligned with the company’s strategic objectives, helping secure new business opportunities in the digital, software and services sector.

Requirements

• Lead the end-to-end bid process, including opportunity identification, qualification, planning, scheduling, stakeholder management and submission of proposals.
• Proactively scan and monitor procurement portals, frameworks and market intelligence platforms to identify new opportunities aligned to business strategy.
• Analyse tender requirements and map out to all stakeholders what is required, including timelines
• Horizon gaze to assess future market opportunities, collaborating with the development team to develop a product roadmap
• Develop, and enhance current, compelling, tailored proposals that highlight the company’s value proposition and technical capabilities.
• Manage, risk, and resource allocation to ensure on-time delivery.
• Maintain a knowledge base of reusable content, case studies, and best practices for future bids.
• Conduct post-bid reviews and lessons learned sessions to improve processes and win rates
• Analyse NHS Trust performance data and market intelligence to identify underperforming services and potential areas for engagement or service improvement partnerships

Skills, Knowledge & Qualifications

• Excellent organisational and time-management skills to handle multiple priorities.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• An understanding of the NHS, including Primary and Secondary Care, is preferred but not essential.
• Experience, interest in the application of digital technology preferable not essential
• Experience with Salesforce is preferred but not essential.
• Ability to analyse data and prepare reports.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in the process of bid management.
• A customer-focused mindset with strong problem-solving abilities.
• A team player with strong interpersonal skills to collaborate across departments.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with sales processes, pipeline management, and order fulfillment.
• Adaptability and willingness to learn new systems and tools quickly.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package, participation on performance related bonus scheme.

Evergreen Life Standard benefits package,