Country New Business Development Manager
Location: London
Base Salary: £87,500 + bonus & attractive benefits package
Location: Hybrid – 2-3 days per week in the central London studio, remainder remote
Travel: 1½–2 weeks per month across the US, Europe & Asia
Reporting to: Global Business Development Director
Start: Q3 2025 (flexible for notice periods)
Our client is an award-winning product-innovation and design consultancy that turns breakthrough science and engineering into market-ready healthcare solutions. To accelerate expansion in global med-tech, diagnostics and digital-health markets, they are creating a new Business Development Manager (BDM) position.
You will own the full BD life-cycle—from strategic prospecting through to closing multi-million-pound design, development and industrialisation programmes—working alongside world-class researchers, engineers and designers.
Market mapping & lead generation – identify start-ups, OEMs and blue-chip healthcare brands needing external R&D and design partners.
Opportunity shaping – engage C-suite, R&D and innovation leaders; frame consultancy programmes that de-risk and speed path-to-market.
Account stewardship – nurture long-term relationships, spotting upsell and cross-sell opportunities across the service stack.
Thought-leadership – represent the consultancy at global conferences, webinars and networking events; Collaboration – act as the commercial bridge between multidisciplinary teams, ensuring smooth project hand-off and client satisfaction.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, industrial/product design, biomedical science or similar; Master’s or PhD preferred .
Background: Proven track record in business development or strategic sales within healthcare, med-tech, diagnostics, pharma or health-focused design/engineering services.
Demonstrated success closing £1 m+ consulting or NPD projects and managing a rolling pipeline of £5–10 m.
Comfortable with frequent international travel (~35–40 %).
Commercially astute, data-driven and adept at navigating complex buying centres.
Exceptional communication, presentation and negotiation skills in English; additional European or Asian languages welcome.
Shape life-changing healthcare products adopted worldwide.
Clear, structured pathway to become Head of Business Development – Healthcare as you scale revenues and build the team.
Reward: Competitive salary, performance-linked bonus and a flexible, comprehensive benefits package. Apply
