Business Development Manager

Overview

You join a well-established family-owned renewable energy business to drive commercial growth. You will own the growth strategy and build a robust pipeline across public and private sectors, expanding the private commercial solar market. You’ll lead pricing, costing and commercial negotiations, and guide tender submissions and framework bids. As part of the senior leadership team, you help diversify revenue and shape the company’s future in a values-led SME. This is a rare chance to impact growth at scale within an established energy business.

Pay / Benefits

• salary: 50,000–60,000
• annual profit-related bonus
• company vehicle
• NEST workplace pension
• flexible working considered
• 20 days annual leave + UK Bank Holidays

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the commercial growth strategy
• Build a robust pipeline of public and private sector opportunities
• Grow presence within the private commercial solar market
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders across target sectors
• Lead commercial negotiations, pricing and costing activity
• Lead tender submissions and framework applications
• Support diversification of revenue streams
• Become a trusted member of the senior leadership team

Key requirements

• Significant experience in a senior commercial, business development or partnerships role
• Background in renewable energy, solar, infrastructure or wider energy sector preferred
• Proven track record building new business pipelines and revenue streams
• Strong pricing, costing and commercial management experience
• Experience with strategic partnerships and tender/framework bids
• Confident operating both strategically and commercially
• Proactive, resilient, relationship-focused and entrepreneurial

• relationship-focused
• proactive
• resilient
• pricing and costing
• tender and framework bid processes
• commercial negotiations

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