Job Description

Growing sports and leisure start-up business focused on finding, developing, building and running high-quality facilities across the UK.Our client's looking for a strategic and results-driven Business Development Manager / Head of Business Development to lead and execute business development / sales efforts across the business.
Our client is looking to expand rapidly and are looking for an experienced, hands-on Business Development Manager / Head of Business Development to drive growth by expanding the pipeline of new sites.This is a senior role that requires both strategic oversight and a willingness to get stuck into the day-to-day. You will be responsible for developing and implementing a cohesive business development strategy to support business growth, working closely with leadership, external consultants and potential stakeholders.

• Develop and own the overall BD strategy across the UK
• Build and manage the site finding process
• Assess the suitability of future sites using a tested set of KPIs
• Lead on the initial engagement with new Landlords across the UK
• Work with leadership to align BD with business goals and expansion plans
• Oversee all pipeline activity including locating potential new sites, engaging with new Landlords and performing early stage negotiations
• Manage and grow a team to execute a process driven approach to finding new venues across the UK - not right away, but as the business grows
• Track and record engagement and feedback and use this to further develop the pipeline expansion process
• Provide regular performance reports to the leadership team
• Work with and manage relationships with external property agents, ensuring all messaging is consistent and on-brand

Fantastic opportunity in the Property/Sports spaceStart-up looking to grow and build more sports sites
Our client would love to speak with strong business developers from either the property, leisure or sports industries. This role is all about 'site finding' and so if you've done this in a property setting, that would be amazing. A further breakdown of what our client is ideally looking for is below:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience using tools such as Asana, Landinsight, Searchland etc. (desirable)
• Comfortable working with data, tracking engagement across multiple sites at varying stages, and recording interactions in a scalable way
• Comfortable working both strategically and operationally
• Experience managing property agents or consultants is a plus as is experience with the planning process

Our client is a growing sports and leisure start-up business focused on finding, developing, building and running high-quality facilities across the UK.Being a pioneer in the development of racquet sports sites for local communities, our client is dedicated to making sports more accessible to communities nationwide. By partnering with sports clubs, local authorities, and various organisations, our client establishes state-of-the-art facilities that cater to players of all levels.
Our client is looking to pay up to 50k Base Salary with OTE to be discussed at interview. Covent Garden location, hybrid working encouraged and an autonomous working environment.I look forward to working with you.