Business Development Manager

Overview

As a Business Development Manager at Cavendish Nuclear, you will drive growth by identifying and securing strategic opportunities in the UK nuclear sector. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to shape winning proposals and strengthen customer relationships, expanding our order book and market position. The role combines market insight, stakeholder engagement, and bid leadership across Bristol, Newbury, Leicester or Warrington with hybrid working. You’ll contribute to critical national projects and the mission of a secure energy future.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched pension scheme with life assurance
• Digital GP and annual health check
• Employee share scheme
• Professional fees paid
• Be Kind Day

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture relationships with customers, partners and stakeholders to identify new opportunities and strengthen accounts
• Develop and manage a pipeline of future opportunities, converting early engagement into contracts
• Lead planning and preparation for major opportunities with internal teams to develop competitive solutions
• Maintain account plans and monitor market activity, providing updates on opportunities, risks and performance
• Support bid activities and act as the liaison between customers and the wider business to secure new work and protect revenue

Key requirements

• Proven experience securing opportunities in nuclear or defence sectors
• Strong network of customer contacts across relevant markets
• Proven ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders and negotiate
• Experience developing and managing opportunity pipelines, bids and capture plans
• Strong commercial awareness with understanding of contracts, risk and project delivery

• Relationship-building
• Negotiation
• Stakeholder management
• Opportunity pipeline management
• Bid management and capture planning
• Commercial awareness in contracts, risk, and delivery

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