Job Description
Job Title: Senior Business Development Manager

Location: Radway Green, Crewe; Glascoed, South Wales; or Washington, Tyne & Wear

Salary: Circa £68,000 depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

Acting as a key focal point for business development across the Land UK business
Enabling business growth through effective order pipeline management and prioritisation of resources
Owning key customer and partner relationships across both the UK and international markets
Influencing and shape our customer engagement activities
Ensuring excellence in business winning capability and culture across the team
Leading and developing a team of direct reports
Deputising for the Business Development and Strategy Director where required
Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Extensive experience working in Business Development, within a highly regulated industry
Shipley business winning training or equivalent
Experience in securing major defence contracts
Deep understanding of Business Development processes
Ability to foster strong relationships at a range of levels
Demonstrable leadership skills
Desirable:

Experience in leading small teams of business development professionals
Successful track record in delivering change within teams
Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Munitions Business Development and Strategy team:

Step into the dynamic world of BAE Systems Land UK, where you’ll play a pivotal role in driving growth within our munitions business. As part of our team, you’ll help expand our order pipeline and influence the future direction of this critical sector. This role offers opportunities for development to allow progression within the team or across the wider organisation. With cutting-edge technologies at your fingertips, robust internal training courses, you’ll be equipped to lead with impact while developing your expertise. And with a team to guide and coach, you’ll have the chance to leave your mark in a fast-paced, globally focused environment.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.