Senior Business Development Manager

Location: Radway Green, Crewe; Glascoed, South Wales; or Washington, Tyne & Wear

Salary: Circa £68,000 depending on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Acting as a key focal point for business development across the Land UK business
• Enabling business growth through effective order pipeline management and prioritisation of resources
• Owning key customer and partner relationships across both the UK and international markets
• Influencing and shaping our customer engagement activities
• Ensuring excellence in business winning capability and culture across the team
• Leading and developing a team of direct reports
• Deputising for the Business Development and Strategy Director where required

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Extensive experience working in Business Development, within a highly regulated industry
• Shipley business winning training or equivalent
• Experience in securing major defence contracts
• Deep understanding of Business Development processes
• Ability to foster strong relationships at a range of levels
• Demonstrable leadership skills

Desirable:

• Experience in leading small teams of business development professionals
• Successful track record in delivering change within teams

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Munitions Business Development and Strategy team:

Step into the dynamic world of BAE Systems Land UK, where you'll play a pivotal role in driving growth within our munitions business. As part of our team, you'll help expand our order pipeline and influence the future direction of this critical sector. This role offers opportunities for development to allow progression within the team or across the wider organisation. With cutting-edge technologies at your fingertips and robust internal training courses, you'll be equipped to lead with impact while developing your expertise. And with a team to guide and coach, you'll have the chance to leave your mark in a fast-paced, globally focused environment.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Closing Date: 21st April 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.