Business Development Manager in Manchester

Business Development Manager (BDM)

Digital Marketing Agency | SEO | PPC | Paid Social | Digital PR

📍 Manchester (Hybrid – 2 days in office)
💷 £40,000 – £45,000 basic + uncapped commission

Sales. Proper sales.
Not customer success. Not account management. Not growth hacking.
This is Business Development – and sales is celebrated.
Our client is an ambitious, fast-growing search and performance marketing agency based in Manchester. Due to continued growth, they are expanding their Sales & Marketing team and are looking to appoint a commercially driven Business Development Manager to accelerate new client acquisition across multiple sectors.
This is a hybrid role (2 days per week in the office).

The Role – Business Development Manager

Reporting directly to the Head of Business Development, the successful candidate will take full ownership of new business generation, with a strong focus on outbound B2B sales activity. You will identify, engage and convert Senior Marketing Managers, Business Owners and Directors into long-term agency clients.

You will be selling high-value digital marketing solutions, including:

• SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)
• PPC / Paid Search
• Paid Social
• Digital PR

This is a consultative, relationship-led sales role, not transactional selling.

Key Responsibilities

• Achieve and exceed monthly sales targets
• Proactively generate new business through LinkedIn outreach, email, cold calling and face-to-face meetings
• Build and manage a self-generated sales pipeline
• Identify ideal client profiles and engage key decision-makers
• Deliver tailored, value-led sales messaging throughout the sales journey
• Lead discovery calls, sales meetings and client pitches
• Scope opportunities and collaborate with internal teams to deliver compelling audits and proposals
• Present digital marketing strategies aligned to client objectives and commercial goals
• Maintain accurate CRM records, pipeline stages and sales forecasts
• Work closely with marketing and delivery teams to ensure a seamless handover post-sale

About You

You are a results-driven Business Development professional with a passion for sales, relationship building and problem solving.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in Business Development / B2B Sales
• Experience within a digital marketing agency or marketing services environment is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of digital marketing channels and how they integrate
• Working knowledge of SEO, PPC, Paid Social and Digital PR
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders and decision-makers
• Commercially astute with an understanding of B2B and B2C metrics
• Highly organised with strong time management skills
• Target-driven and motivated by uncapped commission
• Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Proactive, inquisitive and solutions-focused
• A good sense of humour is welcomed

What’s On Offer

• £40,000 – £45,000 basic salary (DOE)
• Uncapped commission – significant earning potential
• Hybrid working – 2 days per week in the office
• Flexitime
• 27 days annual leave plus birthday off
• Mental wellbeing support programme
• Carbon-offset role via an environmental initiative
• Opportunity to join a high-growth digital marketing agency
• Supportive, collaborative and ambitious team culture

The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to make a real impact – for clients, the agency and your own career. If you are looking for a serious sales role with autonomy, progression and uncapped earning potential, this is an outstanding opportunity.
Hybrid role – no fully remote applications.

Mandeville is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.