Business Development Manager in Hoddesdon

At RMG, we're proud to be one of the UK's leading residential property management companies. As part of Places for People, we manage a diverse portfolio of developments across the country and are committed to delivering exceptional service to our customers, clients, and residents. We're now looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to join our growing team and play a key role in driving the continued expansion of our business. This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially focused professional with strong industry knowledge and a passion for building lasting client relationships.

More about your role

As our Business Development Manager, you'll be responsible for identifying, securing, and converting new business opportunities across your designated region, helping to drive sustainable growth and strengthen RMG's market position. You'll work closely with developers, industry partners, and internal stakeholders to build and maintain relationships that generate future business opportunities. You'll join the New Business Support Team, oversee tender submissions, and represent RMG professionally throughout the sales and client engagement process. Working collaboratively across multiple regions, you'll proactively identify opportunities, promote the RMG brand, and deliver against challenging business growth targets. This role offers significant autonomy and variety, combining strategic business development with relationship management, tendering, commercial awareness, and leadership responsibilities.

More about you

We're looking for an experienced business development professional with a strong background within the residential property management, housing, leasehold, or related sectors. You will be confident engaging with stakeholders at all levels, from operational teams through to senior decision-makers, and will have a track record of identifying and securing new business opportunities. The successful candidate will also demonstrate:

• Experience within a Business Development role within the property management sector, with substantial industry knowledge and understanding.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of market trends.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience producing high-quality tender submissions and presentations.
• Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously.
• The ability to build and maintain long-term client relationships.
• A proactive, self-motivated approach with a focus on achieving business growth targets.

What does RMG have to offer you?

You'll not only be joining a thriving market leader where you'll benefit from working alongside the best in the industry, you'll also receive a superb package of company benefits including:

• 27 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays
• Free Healthcare cashback Plan (re-claiming for things like optical treatment and dental care, physiotherapy and GP Charges – plus more!), plus 24/7 access to remote GP Services
• Sponsorship for study and professional qualifications (up to 4 study days)
• Pension scheme (matched up to 7%) and Life assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Access to Our Place Rewards, where you can choose from a huge range of shopping discounts, instore vouchers and reloadable e-cards, earn cashback on online purchases and take advantage of many exclusive offers!

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us. As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best. If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team. We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.