Your Role and What You'll Be DoingThe Head of Business Development is responsible for planning, directing, and managing business development activities to support growth in Personal Injury.
This role ensures outcomes are delivered to achieve business and strategic goals.You will drive business development strategies for the business unit with a strategic aim of maximising profitable revenue, building new business pipelines, and increasing share of wallet from existing clientsDevelop and implement international business strategies to expand the firms global footprintWork collaboratively with other Heads of BD and M to maximise opportunities and outcomes for the groupYou will lead a high-performing team, continuously developing, retaining and recruiting talentSet clear objectives and PDP plans for each team member to maximize individual, team, and divisional performanceImplementation of Key Account Management programs with action plans to achieve objectives, conduct research and share knowledge across the firmYou will utilise reporting systems and data insights for ROI, including tracking and monitoring of activityManagement of the business development budgets to ensure value for money and assess ROI to inform future activity and strategySupport the overall process of management and corporate decision-making to ensure the organisation maximises its short, medium, and long-term profitabilityWork with and support Partners by developing presentations and proposal documents, accompanying partners on new business pitches, and providing strategic directionIdentify and anticipate future trends in bid/tender opportunities and advise on strategies to capitalise on these opportunities.About YouWe're looking for a Head of Business Development who has demonstratable experience designing and achieving strategic and business development goals.
Our ideal candidate will have the following: The ability to inspire and engage others to ger the best out of their teamDemonstrable experience of recruiting, developing and coaching a high performing teamThe ability to look ahead, anticipate, enable and capitalise of opportunities and challengesDemostrable experience working in a senior business development role, relevant to Personal InjuryThe ability to interpret and make effective use of data to make sound decisions and encourage others to do soYou will thrive on change, challenge the status quo, and constantly look for new opportunities to do things betterDemonstrable experience of working in a multi-disciplined marketing and business development team, within a medium/large organisationYou are obsessive about client care, constantly seeking to delight the client.
You will lead by example and encourage others to give outstanding client service If this sounds like you and you want to join a thriving team hit the apply button below for consideration!Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can 'buy' up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.Generous and flexible pension schemes.Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported.
This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose.
We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.
Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are.
It's made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.