Business Development Manager

Description:

As the Business Development Manager, you will be responsible for driving commercial research and enterprise income to meet challenging University targets through the identification, development and contracting of applied research and enterprise activity. This will involve both fully funded client contracts and working on grant funded opportunities for university-business collaboration. The role will require close working with academic Schools and external organisations.

About You:

We are looking to hear from candidates who have the following skills/experience:

• Strong technical skills base, with high numeracy, analytical and IT skills, in addition to good written and document design skills.
• Experience of building and maintaining effective working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Good management and organisational skills and attention to detail, not only managing activity in line with agreed outcomes, but going beyond this to identify areas for improvement.
• Flexible approach to work with the ability to prioritise complex workloads and manage changing priorities, whilst maintaining high standards of quality.
• Knowledge of the funding landscape particularly UKRI (Innovate UK) and the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund would be advantageous.

To be successful as the Business Development Manager, you will need to have business / commercial development experience, ideally in the higher education sector although this is not essential. You will have experience of identifying commercial/ research opportunities, creating, and managing client relationships, identifying resources to deliver, and writing and supporting the development of proposals including financial business planning.

Ideally, you will also have a background in STEM. Current areas of strength and growth for research exploitation at LSBU include sustainability, net zero, energy networks, and 5G. You will preferably have knowledge and experience in innovation trends in one or more of these areas, although this is not essential.