Business Development Manager

About the Role

WMG is a world-leading education and research department of the University of Warwick,  Working in collaboration with academia and industry, WMG is driving the new ideas in applied science, technology, and engineering to create education and research programmes that have a real relevance in our ever-changing world.  WMG is also a High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC), working with business, industry and government to transform UK manufacturing, and helping de-risk and accelerate innovation and commercialisation.

We are looking to appoint 2 Business Development Managers who are ready to develop their career working closely with WMG’s different research teams across Electrification, Materials or Manufacturing, to identify and secure industrial engagement opportunities multi-sector for WMG, as well as WMG’s multi-million-pound HVM Catapult. You will be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress in the latest technologies.

The Business Development Managers will report to and work closely with WMG’s Head of Business Development – Research, as well as working constructively across other research disciplines, in addition to the SME group and across Education, to realise significant opportunity with a multi-disciplinary approach; identifying and developing strategic and tactical prospects that strongly align with WMG’s overall vision.

The role will be both a technical and management role, with an ability to be responsible for all aspects of business development with multiple stakeholders, as well as the management and delivery of agreed objectives multi-sector across a diversity of research teams.

About You

Candidates will have a demonstrable track record of successful experience of commercial management and achievement of challenging revenue targets, and in the securing of significant new business within a technical or research environment.

They will have technical or transferable capabilities across WMG’s different research fields, and a capacity and passion to master new areas of knowledge and skills

Appointed candidates should have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability and confidence to communicate with a wide range of management and technical stakeholders both internally and externally.

About the University of Warwick

University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards, and WMG is the largest department with over 800 staff, internationally renowned for providing innovative solutions to industry through research and education. It is one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**. *QS World University Rankings 2024 ** Research Excellence Framework 2021.

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Closing date for applications is Monday 6th January 2025

The University of Warwick has appointed SearchHigher as their recruitment partner for this campaign; please apply above by submitting a CV & Cover Letter in Word Document format, or you can also email your documents to enquiries@searchhigher.com.

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