Job 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 a Business Development Manager to 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.
Main duties of the job
About the role
As Business Development Manager, you'll work closely with the Business Development Director and Chief Commercial Officer to 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.
About us
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 at Citylabs, Manchester
- Opportunities to lead on nationally significant projects
- A collaborative culture where your voice matters
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level with additional qualification to master's level in business management
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Additional training or experience around business development, post grad level
Desirable
- Strong experience of working with industry and developing relationships with external partners
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within business management role and team
- Experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience of working closely and liaising with very Senior leaders from partner organisations
Skills & abilities
Essential
- Uses own initiative and takes responsibility for own actions & behaviours
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders
- Ability to build and maintain a variety of constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
- Strong ability to write business reports and present information in a suitable format
Attributes
Essential
- Ability to clearly rationalise and commutate own decisions made
- Maintains the highest standards of integrity in all interactions
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level with additional qualification to master's level in business management
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Additional training or experience around business development, post grad level
Desirable
- Strong experience of working with industry and developing relationships with external partners
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working within business management role and team
- Experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience of working closely and liaising with very Senior leaders from partner organisations
Skills & abilities
Essential
- Uses own initiative and takes responsibility for own actions & behaviours
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders
- Ability to build and maintain a variety of constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
Desirable
- Strong ability to write business reports and present information in a suitable format
Attributes
Essential
- Ability to clearly rationalise and commutate own decisions made
- Maintains the highest standards of integrity in all interactions
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
