Business Development Team Lead

Cubiq Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubiq Recruitment is seeking a newly created leadership role in Manchester to own the BDM engine and build a high-performing team.

You will coach 6-8 BDMs, run monthly 1-2-1 coaching and own the pipeline in a fast-growing AI-native sales function, reporting to the CRO. This in-office role is four days per week with a base of £60k-£70k and OTE £100k-£110k+ in year one.

Qualifications

• Experience managing an SDR/BDM team, ideally in tech or SaaS.
• Coaching-led leadership style, not just numbers.
• Hands-on in-office role (4 days/week).
• Interest in AI and ability to inspire a team.
• Organised and CRM-disciplined; build a repeatable outbound engine.

Responsibilities

• Build and coach a team of 6-8 BDMs to hit sales targets.
• Own the BDM engine that sets the standard for new business pipeline.
• Run monthly 1-2-1 coaching, mindset and performance reviews.
• Develop the BDM-to-Account-Executive talent pipeline.
• Operate in a market where enterprise customers invest in AI.

Skills

BDM management

Coaching leadership

CRM discipline

Hands-on leadership

In-office presence

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Be part of a fast-growing AI-native engineering business that's just landed a major strategic global AI partnership, and is building its sales function off the back of its best-ever year.

This is a newly created leadership role, owning the BDM engine that feeds new business pipeline.

It's a critical sales function in its own right and needs someone able to build, lead and coach their own team of BDRs.

This is a brilliant career opportunity:

• £60k-£70k base salary (established BDR/BDM managers), year 1 £100k-110k+ OTE
• North West England-based, in-office role at the heart of a fast-scaling AI-native sales function
• Newly created leadership seat, reporting straight into the CRO
• Real ownership building and growing a team of 6-8, with scope to expand further

Here's what you'll be doing:

• Building and coaching a team of 6-8 BDMs to hit their sales targets
• Owning the BDM engine that sets the standard on new business pipeline
• Running monthly 1-2-1 coaching, mindset and performance
• Developing the BDM-to-Account-Executive talent pipeline
• Operating in a market where enterprise customers are actively investing in agentic AI

About you (To respect your time, please only apply if you have this experience)

• Proven experience managing an SDR or BDM team, ideally in tech or SaaS
• A coaching-led leadership style, not just a numbers-and-reporting one
• Comfortable in a hands-on, in-office role (4 days/week)
• Genuine interest in AI, and able to instil that across a team
• Organised and CRM-disciplined, able to build a repeatable outbound engine