Our Future Health UK

Senior Business Development Manager

Our Future Health UK

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £80,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Drive strategic growth by identifying, developing and securing high-value partnerships with industry and research organisations.
  • Shape the evolution of our products by working closely with Product, Science, Access, Data, Legal and Delivery teams.
  • Turn complexity into compelling value by clearly communicating the scientific, ethical and operational strengths of our recontact capability.
  • Strengthen our commercial approach by embedding structured, scalable business development practices.
  • Support long-term sustainability by balancing revenue growth with public trust, participant experience and governance standards.
  • Own and grow the pipeline: Build, manage and convert a strong customer pipeline aligned to business objectives.
  • Lead strategic partnerships: Identify, develop and secure high-value, complex deals with industry and research partners.
  • Drive forecasting and planning: Maintain accurate pipeline reporting and contribute to revenue planning and strategic decisions.
  • Shape and close deals end-to-end: Develop account strategies, craft value propositions, structure commercial models, and lead negotiations through to contract execution.
  • Collaborate across teams: Work closely with Revenue Operations, Lead Generation, and Pricing & Proposals to ensure strong pipeline health and delivery.
  • Evolve the product offering: Partner with cross-functional teams to refine the recontact product based on customer insight, feasibility and regulatory requirements.
  • Translate science into strategy: Help develop compelling proposals and materials that clearly articulate our unique value.
  • Bring market insight: Monitor trends, competitor activity and research needs to inform pricing, positioning and long-term strategy.
  • Enable alignment and delivery: Act as a bridge between external partners and internal stakeholders to ensure feasibility, compliance and successful delivery.
  • Uphold governance and ethics: Ensure all commercial activity aligns with our charity mission, ethical standards and regulatory requirements.
  • Lead through influence: Support and mentor colleagues, sharing best practice in complex deal-making across the commercial function.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience leading complex, high-value business development initiatives within life sciences, health research, biotech, pharma, or data-driven environments.
  • Proven ability to structure and negotiate sophisticated commercial agreements involving multiple internal and external stakeholders.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Legal, Data, and Scientific teams to shape offerings in regulated environments.
  • Ability to operate effectively within governance-driven organisations where ethics, compliance, and public trust are central.
  • Strong commercial acumen, including pricing strategy, financial modelling input, pipeline management and revenue forecasting.
  • Significant experience operating in complex, evolving, or mission-led organisations requiring both strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
  • Capable of working in a fast paced “startup” style environment.
  • **Personal Attributes **
  • Exceptional communicator: Able to work across disciplines and seniority levels, translating complexity into clear, actionable insight.
  • Strategic and commercially astute: Able to see beyond individual deals to long-term product and partnership strategy.
  • Influential relationship builder: Builds credibility quickly with senior stakeholders internally and externally.
  • Scientifically curious: Comfortable engaging deeply with research concepts and translating them into commercial opportunity.
  • Resilient and adaptable: Thrives in ambiguity and helps bring structure to evolving products and markets.
  • Collaborative leader: Operates with high emotional intelligence and works effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
  • Purpose-driven: Motivated by contributing to a world-leading health research programme with public benefit at its core.
Benefits
  • Salary from £80,000.
  • Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
  • 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
  • Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments.
  • Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
  • Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice.
  • £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
  • Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
  • A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
business developmentpipeline managementrevenue forecastingfinancial modellingnegotiationcommercial agreementspricing strategystrategic thinkingaccount strategiesvalue propositions
Soft Skills
exceptional communicatorstrategic and commercially astuteinfluential relationship builderscientifically curiousresilient and adaptablecollaborative leaderpurpose-driven