Corporate Development Manager

Job title: Corporate Development Manager

Salary range: £50,000 per annum

Type of contract: 12 months Fixed-term contract

Location: London, Hybrid

Working hours: Full time, 35 hours per week (open to talk about flexible working)

About the role

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) plays a leading role in improving women’s healthcare across the world. We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Corporate Development Manager to play a leading role in driving income generation through strategic partnerships and sponsorship.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing team at the forefront of health advocacy and education. Your work will directly support the College’s mission while engaging with leading brands, sponsors and stakeholders across the UK and internationally.

Reporting to the Director of Events and Corporate Development, you will lead the planning, sales and delivery of sponsorship and exhibition activity across a diverse portfolio of events, advertising, educational materials, and other relevant campaigns.

In this role, you will have direct responsibilities, including:

• Delivering sponsorship and commercial income for our Annual Congress
• Managing exhibition and sponsorship sales for a wide range of virtual, hybrid and in-person RCOG events
• Securing and developing advertising income and opportunities
• Growing our business and commercial contacts by securing new partnerships
• Managing our existing corporate relationships and partnerships.
• Grant funding applications
• Line management of the Corporate Development Administrator

About you

If you are a self-motivated and proactive individual who is skilled in selling and negotiating event and conference exhibitions, sponsorships and partnerships, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for someone who is customer focused and possesses the following skills and capabilities:

• skilled in developing compelling proposals and pitches to potential corporate sponsors and partners
• confident account manager with a track record of cultivating and maintaining productive partnerships and relationships
• strong networker with effective negotiation and communications skills
• results-driven, able to achieve sales and income targets with a proactive and determined approach.

This position is well-suited to a forward-thinking professional in business development, events, or sponsorship, looking to grow and develop their career, and who is looking to gain experience in strategy development.

Our culture and benefits

As a key member of the team, you will be located in our offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Agile and flexible working
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure from 25 December to 1 January
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution after probation
• Enhanced occupational Maternity, Adoption, and Shared Parental leave policies
• Interest-free bike and season ticket after probation
• Tailored Learning and Development and study leave
• Affinity staff networks
• Free lunch (onsite only)
• Employee Support Service counselling
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Lifestyle discounts

For a full list of the benefits we offer, please visit our careers site.

How to apply

• Click on Apply to be taken to our recruitment platform, Applied. Please visit our careers website, www.rcog-careers.org, to download the full Job pack.

• Closing date: 10.00 am on Monday 9 June 2025

• We encourage candidates to apply early and reserve the right to close the advert and appoint before the closing date.

• If you have any additional questions about the role or how to apply, please contact the People Team on 020 7772 6453 or [email protected].

We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We are therefore looking for candidates whose backgrounds, experience and identity enhance the diversity of our existing team. We are particularly encouraging applications from underrepresented groups at the College such as those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with a disability. To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy.

If you require any adjustments to apply for this role or need the job advert in an alternative format, please contact us via [email protected]. We are happy to support with reasonable adjustments to accommodate individual needs throughout the recruitment process.

Please note: We are only accepting applicants with a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.