Business Development Manager - IT & Digital

Remit Group; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading training provider seeks a Business Development Manager for their IT & Digital Apprenticeship program. This hybrid position involves targeting new clients, managing the full sales cycle, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure customer satisfaction. Applicants should have a proven background in sales, strong relationship management skills, and a solid understanding of the IT and digital sectors. This role offers opportunities for travel and professional growth within a passionate and results-driven team.

Benefits

Flexible Working

25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Additional Birthday day off

Life Assurance

Pension

Car allowance

Fuel card

Mobile phone

Laptop/tablet

Generous holiday allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in business development or sales with portfolios.
• Strong analytical and IT skills are essential.
• Previous experience managing client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for targeting new customers and managing the sales cycle.
• Develop strong relationships and pursue new business opportunities.
• Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of client needs and Remit's offerings.

Skills

Business Development

Sales

Analytical Skills

Relationship Building

Presentation Skills

Negotiation

Education

Functional skills at Level 2 in English, Maths and ICT

Job description

Business Development Manager - IT & Digital

Location: Hybrid Nottingham & Home based

Remuneration Package:

• 37.5 hours per week (Monday – Friday)
• Flexible Working
• 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Additional Birthday day off
• Help@hand
• A Range of Health & Wellbeing Resources
• Life Assurance
• Pension

Remit Training are delighted to be recruiting for a Business Development Manager to support the growth of their IT & Digital Apprenticeship offer.

We are looking for a successful Business Development Manager with a track record in sales and apprenticeships, with the skill, ambition, and relentless appetite for success, not only for themselves, but for Remit and our clients and learners. To be successful, you will have to confidently gain access to the key decision makers and influencers in an organisation across the IT & Digital markets, also being aware of and promoting our other products and services.

We are fast paced, passionate, and results focused, with learners at the centre of our organisation. This is a field-based role, so travel and being a self-starter with a proven track record in the territory and sector is essential. We love what we do because we do what we love, we believe that we can achieve great things and have fun whilst doing it.

Summary and Main Purpose:

• The Business Development Manager will be responsible for targeting new key customers and developing opportunities relating to Remit Training’s IT & Digital Offering
• Responsible for all stages of the sales cycle relevant to each opportunity, taking a lead role on proposal submission, bid management and all accompanying governance adherence.
• Responsible for developing strong relationships at all levels both internally and externally.
• Focusing on Remit Training’s IT and Digital prospective customers, the Business Development Manager will be required to grow Remit’s customer base by proactively pursuing new opportunities with new target customers, developing strong propositions, exceptional relationships at all levels and communicating our growing service offering across all key services.
• Working closely with the Operations teams, the Business Development Manager will ensure that adequate and appropriate resources are made available to satisfy prospective customer requirements for each opportunity.
• As part of a growing Business Development team, the Business Development Manager will also be required to work collaboratively with other Business Development, Account Management and Marketing colleagues; supporting them with their own opportunities where and when appropriate.
• Maintain the high standards of professionalism, customer service and integrity expected by Remit

Key Accountabilities:

• To grow revenue and identify strategies for future growth opportunities
• To identify, manage and win key opportunities with large levy clients, micro levy business and SME’s
• To be responsible for bid management and all accompanying adherence throughout the sales cycle.
• To manage financial aspects of each opportunity; including developing the opportunity budgets.
• To lead on proposal writing and presentation production and delivery for each opportunity.
• Maintain a high and frequent level of contact with key targets at all levels throughout customer organisations.
• Maintain a comprehensive working knowledge of target customers, businesses, products, challenges and Remit’s competitors.
• Maintain sales plans and pipeline relevant to each opportunity.
• Promotion of the Remit Training business within target accounts organisations.
• To carry out other duties as and when necessary to meet the varying demands of the business and satisfy customer needs.
• Identification of opportunities to improve and develop business further.
• Understand Remit and client culture and values and work in line with these always.

Qualifications:

• Functional skills at Level 2 in English, Maths and ICT or equivalent qualifications

Experience:

• Previous experience of having a portfolio of clients
• Demonstrable experience in a Business Development or Sales environment; working to, achieving and exceeding targets
• A proven track record in delivering results through building trust and relationships with other companies
• Experience of and willingness to undertake travel, meeting clients, prospective clients and attending networking events
• Experience of presenting ideas, in a consultative manner at the highest executive level
• Experience in development and implementation of strategic solutions
• Demonstrable experience of developing deep insight into prospective customers’ strategic growth plans – relating finding to our own product and service offering

Skills & Knowledge:

• Strong analytical and IT skills
• Understanding of Government funded training and/or general funding regimes
• Influencing experience, in order to motivate others to achieve challenging results
• Extensive knowledge of the business service sector
• The ability to communicate confidently at all levels and develop long standing relationship with prospective customers, partners and staff
• Ability to deal with fluctuating workload and prioritise accordingly
• Ability to travel to locations throughout the UK as required & stay overnight as required
• Full valid driving licence
• Working knowledge of the funded vocational market

Personal Qualities and Attributes:

• Ability to demonstrate initiative
• Diplomatic and discreet in approach
• Ability to manage a complex and demanding workload
• Good time management with the ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload under pressure

Remit Training is an Investors in People Platinum awarded employer and pride ourselves on being a company putting our learners and colleagues at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to the support and education of mental health to work towards improving the culture and stigma tied to it, for all individuals. We are delighted to announce that we are an accredited Living Wage Employer! This means that every colleague working for Remit earns a Real Living Wage.

As an equal opportunity, disability confident and safeguarding committed employer, we welcome applications from all who meet our minimum requirements and any prospective colleagues will be assessed as part of a fair and Safer Recruitment process.

An offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check from the Disclosure & Barring Service and appropriate references.

Please refer to our data policy to find out more about how we store and handle applicants’ information.

Job type Permanent Industry Other Posted 2025-03-12T00:00:00 3 months ago

Skills

• Development
• Business-Development
• Information-Technology
• Digital-Executive

What our people say

About us

A career at Remit Training has never been so exciting. We offer a variety of career routes, which all aim to ensure the experience of our learners and employers is at the heart of what we do.

Remit Training is an Ofsted Oustanding Grade 1 training provider, recognised as Outstanding for our leadership and management that operates across the UK.

We’re proud to support employers with quality training and development solutions including Apprenticeships across a variety of sectors including food, leadership and management, IT, business, retail, hospitality and automotive. Our passionate and dedicated colleagues are a team focused on providing exceptional customer service and learning experiences for all our clients and stimulating real career opportunities for young people and adults across the UK. A Remit colleague applies their wealth of industry knowledge and skills to enhance, develop and support the workforce of tomorrow.

We work across a wider number of sectors and are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about their field of work.

Many of our Trainers have experienced successful careers in their field and are looking to give something back. We provide full training for the right individuals along with some fantastic benefits:

• Car allowance

• Fuel card

• Laptop/tablet

• Mobile phone

• Generous holiday allowance

• Pension

Exciting opportunities at Remit

If you are considering a career in training and education and know you can passionately inspire, coach, and develop others, we’d like to hear from you.

Remit Training is an Outstanding Ofsted Grade 1 training provider, recognised as Outstanding for our leadership and management that operates across the UK.