Business Development Manager

Northern Healthcare; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Healthcare is seeking a high-performing Business Development Manager to lead growth and innovation in mental health and supported living services. This leadership role involves managing teams, driving performance, and building strategic relationships to expand services across the UK, making a real impact on people's lives. Competitive salary and benefits, including a car allowance, are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary plus benefits

Flexible working environment

Structured development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in a business development role.
• Track record of exceeding KPIs and delivering growth.
• Strong understanding of healthcare commissioning and service pathways.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Referrals, Assessment, and Admissions team.
• Drive occupancy growth and identify new opportunities.
• Build relationships with local authorities and healthcare partners.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Commercial Acumen

Relationship Building

Communication

Tools

CRM

Reporting Tools

Job description

Business Development Manager

Location: Nationwide (travel required)
Salary:40-50K + car allowance and bens
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Reports To: Chief Operating Officer
DBS Required

Be a key driver of growth, innovation, and transformation at Northern Healthcare.

We’re on the lookout for a high-performing Business Development Manager to lead our commercial function and drive our growth strategy across new and existing mental health and supported living services. This is a hands-on, leadership-focused role where you’ll be accountable for performance, strategy, and building powerful stakeholder relationships to grow our presence and deliver measurable impact.

If you’re a strategic thinker with commercial acumen, a passion for quality, and a proven ability to lead high-performing teams — we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing

Lead, manage, and develop our Referrals, Assessment, and Admissions team, ensuring high performance, engagement, and accountability.

Drive occupancy growth and service expansion, identifying new opportunities in both mental health and learning disability supported living models.

Build and nurture relationships with commissioners, local authorities, developers, and housing partners, resolving challenges and aligning services to need.

Oversee and contribute to bid writing and tender submissions, creating strategies based on market intelligence and service mapping.

Collaborate closely with Marketing, Finance, Operations, and People teams to deliver on ambitious organisational goals.

Act as a key ambassador for Northern Healthcare, representing our values and vision to external stakeholders and internal teams alike.

Use CRM and digital systems effectively to drive reporting, decision-making, and business insights.

Produce and present high-level business cases and growth strategies to executive leadership.

What We’re Looking For

Proven leadership experience in a commercial, business development, or service expansion role, ideally within health or social care.

Track record of managing teams to exceed KPIs, deliver growth, and foster stakeholder confidence.

Strategic thinker with the ability to navigate complex challenges, write compelling business cases, and lead on new service mobilisation.

Strong understanding of the healthcare commissioning landscape, supported living, and mental health pathways.

Excellent communicator and relationship-builder who can work cross-functionally and inspire trust.

Confident with digital systems (e.g. CRM platforms), reporting tools, and project planning software.

Willing and able to travel across the UK to support services and attend key meetings.

What You'll Get in Return

The opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives while shaping the future of our services.

A collaborative, high-performing leadership team that supports innovation and rewards initiative.

Competitive salary plus bens

Flexible working environment and nationwide exposure to complex, fast-paced service development.

Structured development opportunities and support from senior executives.

Are you ready to step into a career-defining role that puts people first and performance at the centre?

Apply now to join Northern Healthcare as our next Business Development Manager and help us drive impactful change across our growing organisation.