New Business Development Manager – SME

Location: London/ Birmingham/ Leeds, Hybrid working

LHH, a global leader in integrated talent solutions and a division of the Adecco Group, is seeking a driven and strategic Business Development Manager to join our Career Transition & Mobility division. We’re seeking a results-oriented New Business Development Manager to help accelerate our success across the SME sector within our Career Transition & Mobility portfolio. This is a rare opportunity to join a global leading brand at a pivotal moment, combining the energy of a high-performance sales culture with the purpose of helping people and organisations thrive through transformation. If you’re driven by strategy, collaboration, and making a lasting impact, this is the role for you.

This client-facing position sits within our Career Transition & Mobility business line and forms part of our UK Sales team. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to HR and Talent leaders, helping organisations manage their workforce priorities, by navigating change, supporting their people through transitions, redeployment, and career development.

As a New Business Development Manager, you will:

• Own the revenue and growth strategy across your assigned territory (~1,500 prospects)
• Collaborate across the Adecco Group portfolio and within LHH’s business lines to strengthen partnerships and unlock cross-brand opportunities.
• Identify, pursue, and convert new business opportunities, ensuring pipeline accuracy and providing insightful forecasting to leadership.
• Leverage marketing-generated leads while proactively creating new demand through networking, referrals, and market intelligence.
• Work in close partnership with your account management team to onboard new clients, ensuring seamless delivery, retention, and expansion of client partnerships.
• Role model and champion a collaborative culture, maximising opportunity, knowledge sharing, and driving mutual success across the wider UK sales team.

Here’s what you’ll need to succeed:

We’re looking for an A-player who’s ready to make an impact. Someone who combines commercial acumen with purpose, resilience, and a consultative mindset. To thrive in this role, you’ll bring:

• Proven success in driving growth: building, developing, and converting complex customer relationships and contracts.
• Ability to design and execute a market strategy, shaping your portfolio around emerging trends, client demand, and growth opportunities to maximise potential.
• A consistent record of exceeding sales targets, supported by a data-driven, strategic approach to business development.
• Strong adoption of technology and CRM systems (ideally Salesforce), using them to manage pipelines, forecast accurately, and drive productivity.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills and able to engage senior stakeholders with confidence, clarity, and credibility.
• A proactive, self-starting mindset with the agility to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• High energy, resilience, and tenacity, with the drive to overcome challenges and deliver exceptional outcomes for clients.
• A passion for LHH’s mission, to create a beautiful working world, helping people and organisations thrive through transformation.
• Outstanding organisational skills, balancing multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail and accountability.
• A collaborative spirit, sharing best practices, improving processes, and contributing to a culture of excellence.
• Experience in career transition/ outplacement, staffing, HR consulting, or learning and development is desirable but not essential.

You’ll Get to Partner with the Best

In this role, you’ll collaborate with some of the most talented professionals in our industry. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams; including Customer Success, Account Services, Finance, Marketing, and Bid Management, as well as colleagues across the wider Adecco Group portfolio to deliver best-in-class client experiences. You’ll report directly to the UK Specialist Sales Director and work closely alongside your account management team and wider support functions.

Why Join LHH?

At LHH, passion and purpose meet performance. You’ll join a high-performing, collaborative culture where ideas are valued, initiative is rewarded, and impact is celebrated. Work alongside industry leaders, and influence strategy. If you’re driven by challenge and inspired by purpose, LHH is the company for you.

Our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance (PMI)
• Career support for family and friends
• 25 working days paid holiday with the opportunity to buy extra days off each year
• So much more!

Contract: Permanent

Contract Type: Full-time

Must have the right to work in the UK.

LHH is an Equal Opportunity Employer/ Veterans/ Disabled.