Strategic BD Manager: Growth & Client Relationships

Brabners; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Flexible approach to working hours

Bupa/ Medicash

Discretionary bonus opportunities

Pension scheme

Life Insurance & Income Protection

25 days Annual Leave plus flex bank"s

Option to buy 10 additional daysannual

2 My Days (in addition to your holiday

Additional discretionary annual leave

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adapt?

Career Development Opportunities

Wellbeing and Mental Health Benefit

Job summary

Brabners is seeking an experienced B2B Business Development Manager to grow the client base and connect more clients with the firm. You will shape the front end of BD, identify opportunities, and progress them with partners and sector leads.

The role focuses on client relationships, prospecting, and cross-service solutions in a professional services environment. You’ll work closely with partners across sectors to build targeted relationships, nurture opportunities, and drive sustainable firmwide

Qualifications

• Proven business development or sales experience within professional services
• Experience building, managing and converting qualified pipelines of opportunities
• Strong relationship management with senior decision-makers
• Comfort with data-driven BD approaches and CRM reporting

Responsibilities

• Own BD activities across allocated sectors and nurture opportunities to win new instructions
• Develop and maintain target client lists and priority relationships
• Lead prospecting and qualification via events, campaigns, referrals and outreach
• Manage opportunities from initial engagement to partner hand-off and proposal support
• Identify opportunities to introduce clients to additional services and practice areas
• Collaborate with partners and experts to tailor client solutions
• Maintain accurate pipeline data and reporting in CRM and systems
• Measure activity and ROI to improve targeting and future BD activity

Skills

Business development

Sales pipeline

Stakeholder management

CRM software

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Brabners is seeking an experienced B2B Business Development Manager to grow the client base and connect more clients with the firm. You will shape the front end of BD, identify opportunities, and progress them with partners and sector leads.

The role focuses on client relationships, prospecting, and cross-service solutions in a professional services environment. You’ll work closely with partners across sectors to build targeted relationships, nurture opportunities, and drive sustainable firmwide