Business Development Manager

# Business Development Manager## Job Introduction**Business Development Manager**Here at BPP, we pride ourselves on providing the best possible client and learner experience. We’re looking for a Business Development Manager who thrives on consultative conversations, understanding client needs, and building strong relationships.The Business Development Manager will identify new business opportunities and win new business by actively selling the wider BPP Education Group corporate solutions to both new and existing clients.**We are growing!**Your role is to developing new business, from both new and existing clients and building client relationships.You’ll work closely with Programme Managers, and wider Sales teams within BPP to understand client needs and develop training solutions to identify the right stakeholders at corporate accounts to help us scale both nationally and internationally.It is a great time to join BPP Education Group as we have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, offering a wealth of opportunities to our staff, students and clients. There are many more great reasons to join BPP Education Group such as:* Brilliantly, you can study any of BPP’s courses for free – be it a professional qualification or full degree.* With hybrid working available, you’ll be able to split your time between one of our centres and wherever you choose to call home.* We also provide a generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days, and there’s a rewards package that includes retail discounts and much more.Other key benefits include our Group Personal Pension Plan, dedicated private healthcare and dental plans that offer additional assurance to look after you and your family**What you’ll be doing**In this role you will manage the full sales cycle, including lead generation, writing proposals, presentations, contracting, commercial negotiations and finally implementation.As such, you will be responsible for:* Increase sales of BPP training solutions to new and existing BPP clients, building a portfolio of clients and ongoing pipeline of corporate sales.* Successfully set up and execute a sales strategy in line with agreed sales targets.* To maintain a pipeline of opportunities and pursuits which are actively managed to conclusion. Salesforce CRM used to manage all opportunities.* Manage end to end process, working with multiple stakeholders.* Produce regular sales reports and other management information using Salesforce CRM and various tools.* Competitor monitoring/analysis and feedback to line manager/ programme manager on programmes that are selling and potential developments required.* Comprehensive product knowledge of the short-course portfolio and bespoke design capabilities.* A working knowledge of all other products sold within BPP.**What we’re looking for**To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:* A proven track record of building sales pipelines and winning new business in a B2B consultative sales environment.* Experience of B2B client engagement and relationship building together with a determined and focused approach to drive new business development.* Presence and stature to establish credibility with clients.* Experience of writing and producing proposals / presentations and contract negotiations.* Experience of setting and overseeing a strategic sales plan and working with small teams to achieve common goals.* Progress reporting and pipeline management aligned to sales strategy.* Commercially astute, have a logical approach but also a self-starter.**Key and Desirable Skills:** Knowledge of the wider skills landscape, emerging themes and appetite to learn more.* Ability to understand the client’s skills strategy, challenges faced and to identify and propose solutions.* Self-motivated and ambitious to succeed, together with proven approach to building pipelines and ultimately new business.* Accomplished at writing proposals and presenting to clients* Experience of CRM systems e.g. Salesforce and other common business tools including social media.* Suggests & promotes initiatives/ideas which may directly or indirectly benefit BPP.The interview process for this position will consist of the following stages:* Competency style interview with two team members and a presentation style task – 75 minutes*BPP Education Group are proud to be a Disability Confident employer so if you need any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please just let us know!**BPP Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP’s safer recruitment practices****BPP Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.***### Business Development Manager* **Salary** £55,000 + £9kOTE* **Frequency** Annual* **Job Reference** bppuniversity/TP/474/1050* **Contract Type** Permanent* **Closing Date** 11 December, 2025* **Job Category** Sales* **Business Unit** Sales & Marketing* **Location** Remote , United Kingdom* **Posted on** 11 November, 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr