Strategic Public Sector Growth Manager

Northern Europe; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous leave

Life assurance

Benefits app

In-house events

Job summary

Aramark UK is seeking a Senior Business Development Manager to identify, develop and secure new opportunities across the public sector, shaping the growth of our Government Services business. You will lead end-to-end sales, from opportunity identification to contract award, and build strong client relationships.

The role requires a strategic mindset, proven bid success, and strong stakeholder management across Operations, Finance, Bid Management and Legal. UK-based with a London focus.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in selling to the public sector or similar sectors.
• Track record of generating and winning high-value contracts.
• Strong commercial awareness and solution selling ability.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and secure public-sector opportunities, driving revenue growth.
• Build and manage a robust sales pipeline with accurate forecasting.
• Lead end-to-end BD process from qualification to contract award and handover.
• Develop tender responses, proposals and client presentations with bid/operations teams.
• Build relationships with stakeholders, clients, procurement, and decision-makers.
• Collaborate with Finance/Operations to create commercially viable solutions.
• Support negotiations and client engagement to maximise win rates.
• Ensure activities comply with procurement regulations and company standards.

Skills

Public sector sales experience

Bid management experience

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Sales pipeline management

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

Aramark UK is seeking a Senior Business Development Manager to identify, develop and secure new opportunities across the public sector, shaping the growth of our Government Services business. You will lead end-to-end sales, from opportunity identification to contract award, and build strong client relationships.

The role requires a strategic mindset, proven bid success, and strong stakeholder management across Operations, Finance, Bid Management and Legal. UK-based with a London focus.