Business Development Manager | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 June 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 9NQ |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7198074/349-HIM-7198074-RL4 |
Summary
Health Innovation Manchester Business Development Manager
Are you ready to play a key role in transforming healthcare innovation across Greater Manchester?
Health Innovation Manchester (HInM) is seeking aBusiness Development Managerto help deliver our ambitious commercial strategy, with a strong focus on partnerships with the life sciences industry. This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of healthcare transformation, where the NHS, academia, and industry meet.
About the role
As Business Development Manager, you’ll work closely with theBusiness Development DirectorandChief Commercial Officerto shape and execute strategic initiatives. You'll bring commercial expertise, influence major partnerships, and navigate both NHS and industry environments with confidence and clarity.
We’re looking for a commercially minded team player who can:
• Negotiate and manage complex commercial contracts.
• Lead strategic business planning, funding bids, and project delivery.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across the NHS, government, and industry.
• Oversee governance, reporting, and financial processes for high-impact projects.
• Communicate complex ideas in simple, compelling ways to senior audiences.
Why would you choose to work at HInM?
Health Innovation Manchester is a place where innovation meets impact. We unite world-leading clinicians, researchers, and innovators to tackle health inequalities, improve care, and accelerate digital solutions.
Our offer includes:
• A dynamic, inclusive, and hybrid working environment
• Offices based atCitylabs, Manchester
• Opportunities to lead on nationally significant projects
• A collaborative culture where your voice matters
What we need from you the candidate
To thrive in this role, you'll need:
• A strong background in business development or commercial management, ideally within or alongside the NHS and life sciences industry landscape
• Deep understanding of the UK digital health and innovation ecosystem.
• Experience of or deep understanding of how life science and health technol;ogy organisations operate within their codes of conduct and financial governance.
• Excellent problem-solving, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• The ability to work independently to solve problems, and create improved processes to support the growth of the team and delivery of stretching targets
• The ability to translate strategy into delivery, again working both independently and within teams.
This advert closes on Thursday 5 Jun 2025
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