Business Development Manager (3559)

Cathedrala Appointments; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Generous holiday

Learning & development

Mileage allowance

Cycle to Work

EV salary sacrifice

Birthday day off

Social events

Job summary

Cathedral Appointments is recruiting an ambitious Business Development Manager for its client, an established IT managed services provider. The role focuses on winning new clients through a consultative sales approach, generating pipelines, and guiding prospects from first contact to signed contracts in a hybrid Exeter-based setup.

You will discuss IT solutions credibly with business and IT decision-makers, supported by technical colleagues.

Qualifications

• Proven new-business sales experience within IT services, preferably with recurring managed services.
• Technical understanding of IT solutions, including infrastructure, cloud and security.
• Consultative, value-led selling with strong questioning and negotiation skills.
• Comfort presenting to senior and C-level decision-makers.
• Strong commercial awareness and disciplined CRM/forecasting habits.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel for meetings.

Responsibilities

• Identify target accounts and generate new business via phone, email, LinkedIn and networking.
• Follow up leads from marketing campaigns and run meetings with clear agendas/outcomes.
• Position managed services as the core offering and build long-term partnerships.
• Run a structured consultative sales process to validate need and budget.
• Identify and close professional services and infrastructure opportunities.
• Produce clear proposals and maintain CRM records, pipeline, and forecasts.

Skills

New business sales

Technical IT knowledge

CRM & forecasting

Consultative selling

Tools

CRM system

Job description

Circa £35-40k Basic DOE + Commission | Hybrid Working with Flexibility | Exeter, Devon

Cathedral Appointments is recruiting on behalf of a well-established IT managed services provider for an ambitious Business Development Manager to join its growing sales team. The business partners with organisations ranging from SMEs to large enterprises, acting as a long-term strategic technology partner rather than a one-off supplier. This new-business role is central to its growth plans, bringing new clients on board through recurring managed service agreements.

The Role

This is a technical, consultative sales role focused entirely on winning new clients. You will build your own pipeline through self-generated prospecting as well as leads from marketing activity, then guide prospects from first conversation through to signed contract. The role suits someone with a proven track record in IT or managed services sales who enjoys understanding how businesses operate, uncovering the real problems they face, and shaping solutions that deliver lasting value. You will be supported by technical colleagues, but will need enough technical understanding to discuss solutions credibly with business and IT decision-makers.

Responsibilities for the Business Development Manager

• Identify target accounts and generate new business through telephone, email, LinkedIn and networking, securing qualified first meetings.
• Follow up leads from marketing campaigns and lead-generation activity, preparing for and running meetings with clear agendas and outcomes.
• Lead with managed services as the core offering, positioning the business as a proactive, long-term partner.
• Run a structured consultative sales process, validating business need, value, budget and decision-making before presenting solutions.
• Identify and close associated professional services and infrastructure opportunities that support long-term client relationships.
• Produce clear, outcome-led proposals and presentations, and maintain accurate CRM records, pipeline stages and forecasts.

Requirements for the Business Development Manager

• Proven new-business sales experience within IT services, ideally selling recurring managed services (MSP experience is highly advantageous).
• Technical understanding of IT solutions, with exposure to infrastructure, cloud and/or cyber security sales.
• A consultative, value-led selling style with strong questioning, listening and negotiation skills.
• Confidence presenting to and building rapport with senior and C-level decision-makers.
• Strong commercial awareness, including recurring and non-recurring revenue and gross profit, with disciplined CRM and forecasting habits.
• A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel to client meetings.
• Circa £35-40k basic salary DOE, plus commission.
• Hybrid working, with a mix of office, client-site and home working.
• Generous holiday allowance that increases with service, plus bank holidays and an extra day off for your birthday.
• Company pension with a generous matched employer contribution.
• Personalised learning and development plan, including support towards technical sales qualifications.
• Business mileage allowance, Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes.
• A friendly, sociable office culture with regular social events and charity fundraising.

Note on Sponsorship: We regret to inform you that at this time, we are unable to offer sponsorship for work authorisation for this role. Therefore, candidates must possess valid authorisation to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship.