Essential Duties & Responsibilities
• Deliver in-year revenue, TCV targets and exit pipeline requirements as agreed with the Growth Director• Own and develop the portfolio of opportunities within the relevant Division as agreed with the Growth Director• To provide leadership to the BD and Bidding teams for live opportunities within their portfolio• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders within the Division and ensure there is a “one team” approach to Business Development between the Division and Growth.• Understand Maximus capabilities and assesses them against customer requirements / needs, identifying gaps and implementing individual strategies to address these.• To contribute as a senior member of the BD & Division Management Teams in the formation of strategies and plans.• Work closely with the Marketing and Solutions team to evolve core propositions to meet the specific needs of the individual accounts / opportunities.• Employs customer knowledge, market information, competitive intelligence, solution and commercial skills to develop winning customer proposals.• Ensure robust Capture plans are in place for all qualified deals within their portfolio• Management of resources across the BD lifecycle and the application of robust qualification to drive up quality and win rates• Lead strategic deals through the appropriate governance sessions• Identify resource requirements, forms and leads multi-disciplinary capture teams to pursue qualified opportunities.• Develop a sustainable pipeline of business, formally captured and presented within the CRM.

Salary Banding: £75,000 - £90,000 plus bonus Qualifications and/or Experience
• Proven experience in a growth-focused role. • At least 5 years Business Development experience in this (or similar) market.• Demonstrated year on year ability to grow business sectors and reference impactful wins of > £20m TCV.• Experience of team leadership and management oversight for multi-disciplinary teams.• Commercial and financial understanding to enable optimum balance of risk / reward / price to be embedded within qualified opportunities.• Prior experience working within outsourced environments. • Proven ability working with key stakeholders, building relationships across all levels including board and C-Suite level.• Proven experience managing large teams across multiple projects.• Strong track record of delivering change in complex and demanding environments.
Individual Competencies• Ability to comprehend complex business challenges and identify potential change initiatives. • Highly developed collaboration skills to work across teams internally and externally to deliver solutions. • Ability to influence others to adjust behaviours and act on change initiatives. • High level of presentation skills, with ability to reduce complex issues into simple concepts that others can relate. • Exceptional time management skills, delivering priorities to standards and deadlines with a logical and commercial approach.• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, when interacting with team colleagues and internal/external stakeholders.• Practical and pragmatic with ability to cut through challenges to deliver value for colleagues and the organisation.   • Exhibit characteristics of high performance, goal oriented, and creative problem solving and business acumen.• Strong financial acumen and experience aligning business plans with financial growth ambitions. • Highly impactful, articulate, strong relationship builder with the ability to influence at all levels and with evidence of building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external customers and key business stakeholders.• Strongly values led individual with excellent judgement and decision-making skills.• Sound strategic thinker with the ability to operate with a hands-on, pragmatic approach when required.



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