Business Development Manager

Eight Financial Advice; Whiteley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped earning potential

Hybrid work model

Performance bonus

Holiday entitlement

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Wellbeing support

Mortgage and pension advice

Volunteering hours

Socials and events

Job summary

Eight Financial Advice is expanding its Business Growth Team with a highly commercial Business Development Manager who will help build a structured pipeline of partnerships and introducer relationships across providers – employers, professional services firms, employee benefit providers, accountants, payroll providers, solicitors and corporate organisations.

You will engage senior stakeholders and decision-makers to create new client acquisition opportunities, develop and execute prospecting

Qualifications

• Proven success in B2B business development, strategic partnerships, or new-business roles.
• Strong experience engaging senior stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• Strong negotiation and commercial acumen.
• High-level CRM discipline and data-management capability.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Desirable – experience within financial services, wealth management, or employee benefits.
• Understanding of financial planning or wealth-management propositions.
• Knowledge of workplace financial wellbeing programmes.
• Familiarity with the St. James's Place operating model.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a consistent pipeline of partnership and introducer opportunities.
• Develop and execute structured prospecting strategies.
• Engage senior stakeholders and decision-makers to create new client acquisition opportunities.
• Convert opportunities into long-term commercial partnerships.
• Maintain accurate data and CRM records with high-level discipline.

Skills

Senior stakeholder engagement

Communication & influencing

Negotiation & commercial acumen

CRM data-management

Time-management

B2B business development

Financial services industry knowledge

Financial planning knowledge

Workplace wellbeing programs knowledge

Familiarity with St. James's Place模型

Job description

Business Development Manager at Eight Financial Advice

Eight Financial Advice is one of the UK's leading financial planning businesses, serving almost 20,000 clients and managing over £5billion of client assets. We are looking to expand our Business Growth Team with a highly commercial Business Development Manager who will help build a structured pipeline of partnerships and introducer relationships across a range of providers – employers, professional services firms, employee benefit providers, accountants, payroll providers, solicitors and corporate organisations.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and manage a consistent pipeline of partnership and introducer opportunities.
• Develop and execute structured prospecting strategies.
• Engage senior stakeholders and decision‑makers to create new client acquisition opportunities.
• Convert opportunities into long‑term commercial partnerships.
• Maintain accurate data and CRM records with high‑level discipline.

Qualifications

• Proven success in B2B business development, strategic partnerships, corporate relationship management or new‑business roles.
• Strong experience engaging senior stakeholders and decision‑makers.
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• Strong negotiation and commercial acumen.
• High‑level CRM discipline and data‑management capability.
• Strong organisational and time‑management skills.
• Desirable – experience within financial services, wealth management, employee benefits or related sectors.
• Understanding of financial planning or wealth‑management propositions.
• Knowledge of workplace financial wellbeing programmes.
• Familiarity with the St. James's Place operating model.

Benefits

• Uncapped earning potential
• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office, 2 days remote
• Performance bonus + company‑wide bonus
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
• Private medical insurance & life assurance (4× salary)
• Wellbeing support – EAP, mental health helpline, cycle‑to‑work scheme
• Free mortgage and pension advice from in‑house experts
• 8 paid volunteering hours annually via The Eight Foundation
• Regular socials & epic events