Business Development Executive
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Job Summary
School of Engineering College of Science & Engineering / School of Engineering / Centre for Electronics Frontiers
Grade UE08: per annum pro rata
Part time: 7 hours per week
Fixed term contract: up to 12 months
The Opportunity:
The appointee will be responsible for sourcing market information on AI hardware products and drive strategic commercialisation opportunities for Prof Prodromakiss RAEng Chair in Emerging Technologies.
The successful applicant will have prior experience with business development and the creation of start-up propositions.
This role is grade UE08 and is available on a fixed term basis for up to 12 months.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Ability to conduct market research
- Develop investor-ready commercial propositions
- Ability to represent CEF at investor events
A full list of main responsibilities and the knowledge skills and experience required for the role can be found in the full job description below.
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Please apply including a cover letter and CV.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is22 September 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Sales Experience
- B2B Sales
- Marketing
- Cold Calling
- Sales Pipeline
- Salesforce
- Inside Sales
- Customer relationship management
- CRM Software
- negotiation
- Lead Generation
About Company
Access the latest research expertise, new technologies and world-class facilities at the University of Edinburgh. Benefit from collaborative partnerships, contract research and consultancy across a range of sectors.
