Strategic Partnerships Lead for Public Sector Growth

Priory Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance £4,200

25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays +

Birthday leave

Employee Assistance Programme

IPD sponsorship for professional quals

Leadership & management development

Parental Leave Gift

Job summary

Priory Group is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive engagement with public sector funding routes and develop strategic partnerships for our Flourish service. You will identify opportunities to grow our services, maximise contracting opportunities and strengthen Priory's position as a provider of choice.

In this role you will collaborate with bid, operations and service development teams to shape future services in line with NHS priorities and to support patients transitioning to

Qualifications

• Experience of consultative and transactional sales.
• Experience building relationships with commissioners, partner organisations and senior decision-makers.
• Understanding partnership working, direct contracting, framework agreements and collaborative service delivery.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to identify opportunities that drive growth and financial performance.
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills; able to engage senior stakeholders.
• Experience with prime providers or delivery partners in collaborative contracts is beneficial.
• Experience across healthcare, local government, education, public sector outsourcing or charity sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with commissioners, public sector organisations and delivery partners to identify opportunities and growth for Flourish.
• Identify framework contracts, tender opportunities and partnerships to support service growth and funding.
• Monitor referral activity and ADC performance, identifying opportunities to improve service utilisation.
• Represent Flourish at meetings, sharing market intelligence with internal teams.
• Research commissioning priorities, local needs and funding changes to inform service development.
• Work with Marketing to promote Flourish services and raise pathways awareness.
• Collaborate with Operations, Finance, HR, Estates and Service Development to maximise growth opportunities.
• Build links between external partners and operational teams to support high-quality service delivery.

Skills

Relationship building

Prospecting & opportunity

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Commercial acumen

Communication

Strategic partnerships

Job description

Priory Group is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive engagement with public sector funding routes and develop strategic partnerships for our Flourish service. You will identify opportunities to grow our services, maximise contracting opportunities and strengthen Priory's position as a provider of choice.

In this role you will collaborate with bid, operations and service development teams to shape future services in line with NHS priorities and to support patients transitioning to