Business Development Manager

Opportunity

Nigel Wright is delighted to be supporting an established, growth orientated professional services firm who are looking to recruit a Business Development Manager into a newly created role designed to bring structure, insight, and momentum to business development efforts.

This is a unique opportunity to shape a role around your strengths while making a tangible impact on the firm’s growth trajectory. Office based role, Newcastle upon Tyne, with flex for 1 day week WFH.

Role

Reporting into the head of marketing, You’ll work closely with fee earners to:

• Set and support achievable, strategic BD targets
• Provide market insight and segmentation to guide focus
• Encourage, challenge, and elevate BD activity across the firm
• This is not a traditional sales role. Instead, you’ll be the catalyst—creating the conditions for others to succeed in business development.

Key Focus Areas

Networking & Relationship Building

• Build and maintain networks across key sectors
• Identify and nurture potential client and referrer relationships
• Create a platform/funnel for fee earners to convert into new business

Market Intelligence & Strategy

• Stay close to sector trends and competitor activity
• Feed insights into BD strategy and campaigns
• Help shape events and initiatives that resonate with the market

Internal Enablement

• Be a trusted advisor to fee earners
• Bring accountability and structure to BD efforts
• Influence without overstepping – support without overshadowing

Skills & Experience

• Experience in a business development capacity, preferably within the professional services sector or working closely with professional services clients.
• Strong stakeholder management – both internally and externally.
• Resilient, with excellent communication skills and emotional intelligence.
• Confident in building internal and external networks and understanding personalities.
• Commercially astute with the ability to segment markets and identify opportunities.
• Comfortable working with data and insight to inform strategy.