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Job Description
Job Title:
Business Development Manager
Working Pattern:
Full-time Hybrid
Working Location:
Derby preferred but open to London Glasgow Bristol or Plymouth
What you will be doing
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Business Development team supporting growth across both Submarines and Civil Nuclear energy programmes. You will play a pivotal role in identifying and developing new business opportunities shaping winning strategies and engaging with senior stakeholders across government and industry.
Youll be supported by multi-disciplinary teams including Strategy Customer Government Relations Technical and Commercial functions giving you the tools and insight to succeed. This role offers visibility influence and the chance to drive major national programmes with excellent career development and exposure to complex high-profile projects.
Responsibilities
In this role you will lead the pursuit of new business opportunities across Submarines and Civil Nuclear energy programmes working closely with internal teams and stakeholders to ensure strategies are well-informed and resourced. You will play a key role in shaping capture plans coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and driving opportunities from inception through to successful bids. Youll also be:
Identifying and maturing new business opportunities turning market and customer insights into actionable plans.
Developing capture strategies and leading multi-functional teams through the full business development lifecycle.
Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers government and industry partners.
Driving winning proposals and bids ensuring commercial technical and strategic alignment.
Collaborating with internal teams to ensure opportunities are fully supported and resourced for success.
Why Rolls-Royce
This role sits within the Business Development team at the heart of Rolls-Royces strategic growth in Defence and Civil Nuclear energy. Work with us and well welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development and give you access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.
We offer excellent development a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus employee support assistance and employee discounts. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office home or another remote location. Its a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum were all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons with frequency depending on business needs nature of role team and individual preferences. Discover more about hybrid working on the GBS Service Portal.
Who were looking for
Being a part of Rolls-Royce youll know we put safety first do the right thing keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
To be successful in this role you will need to:
Have proven experience in business development or bidding ideally within Defence Nuclear or other complex engineering industries.
Be confident engaging directly with customers and building trusted long-term relationships.
Be able to lead complex cross-functional teams and influence across different levels.
Have a strategic mindset with the ability to turn market insight into actionable business plans.
Ideally bring technical understanding or experience working with government organisations either in the UK or internationally.
Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing competitive resilient business.
Please be aware that priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.
The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate. It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.
We are an equal opportunities employer. Were committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. The more perspectives we have the more successful well be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.
Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy
To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual must hold Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently have this in place. Candidates must be UK nationals. All offers are subject to satisfactory security screening and Ministry of Defence approvals.
Grade: C
Closing Date: 01/12/2025
Job Category
Global Strategy & Business DevelopmentPosting Date
17 Nov 2025; 00:11Posting End Date
01 Dec 2025Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Sales Experience
- B2B Sales
- Marketing
- Cold Calling
- Account Management
- Territory Management
- Salesforce
- Affiliate Marketing
- CRM Software
- negotiation
- Lead Generation
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