Job Description

We’re Hiring: National Strategic Development Manager

📍 Location: Based anywhere across the UK (National Remit - Travel Required)

💰 Pay: up to £75,000 Dependent on Experience + £7,200 Car allowance + Commission (Discussed at Interview)

✨ Benefits: Ranging from –

• 3 Months Notice
• Single Private Healthcare Coverage
• 3x Salary Life Assurance
• 5% Employer Contribution Pension

Grade: H

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Are you energised by opening new doors, shaping competitive strategies, and winning high-value national contracts?

Do you thrive in environments where you set the pace, influence decision makers, and build market presence from the front?

If you’re a senior sales professional who excels at breaking into new markets, securing major tenders, and driving large-scale revenue growth, this role offers the autonomy, scale, and strategic impact you’re looking for.

This is a rare opportunity with no Year 1 forecast target—giving you as our new National Strategic Development Manager the freedom to shape your own success parameters while absorbing industry-leading knowledge and establishing our position as a modern, multi-service protective services provider.

The Strategic Development Manager will lead and deliver all national sales and competitive tendering activity across our protective service lines. You’ll be the driving force behind identifying big opportunities, shaping winning strategies, and securing high-value national and strategic contracts end-to-end, be the beacon of recurring revenue streams, win new business and drive continued growth of Securitas UK. Security is needed everywhere, so scope to sell is vast – This role lends hand to a excellent relationship builder, a hands-on sales professional driven by targets and own success (with the right tools in place to help you flourish).

You will operate with total market visibility and be empowered to take bold, intelligent action to expand our footprint on a national scale.

What You’ll Be Doing

New Business Generation & Opportunity Strategy

• Lead the end‑to‑end strategy for identifying and securing new national business opportunities, ensuring Securitas is positioned early and effectively in the market.
• Drive proactive opportunity spotting across frameworks, procurement pipelines, and target accounts to maximise new business potential.
• Shape winning strategies in collaboration with Sales, Operations, Commercial, and SMEs, ensuring a strong competitive edge.
• Use customer and market intelligence to anticipate future needs and position Securitas as the partner of choice.

Winning National Tenders & Strategic Submissions

• Own the full tender lifecycle — from strategy creation to high‑quality submission — with a sharp focus on new revenue generation.
• Develop compelling, persuasive written content that differentiates our solutions and secures new national contracts.
• Coordinate inputs from technical, operational, risk, fire, and security experts to create aligned, compliant, and cohesive submissions.
• Maintain excellent standards of accuracy, clarity, compliance, and brand consistency across all documentation.

Revenue Growth, Commercial Impact & Solution Design

• Drive new business revenue by targeting high‑value national tenders and strategic growth opportunities.
• Partner closely with Commercial teams to shape pricing models, ensure commercial viability, and mitigate risk.
• Influence solution design to ensure offerings are innovative, scalable, competitive, and commercially strong.
• Work alongside Business Leadership to prioritise and pursue the most valuable national opportunities.

Pipeline Management & Market Insight

• Maintain visibility of all upcoming national tender opportunities across protective services.
• Provide intelligence on competitors, market shifts, and procurement trends to guide new business direction.
• Support the development of national forecasting, pipeline planning, and long‑term strategic growth initiatives.

Collaboration, Governance & Stakeholder Leadership

• Lead storyboarding sessions, solution workshops, reviews, and internal sign‑offs to strengthen bid quality.
• Ensure all submissions meet governance, commercial approval, and contractual risk standards.
• Build strong, trusted relationships across the organisation — from technical SMEs to C‑suite leaders — to drive alignment and accelerate new business success.

Qualifications

What you’ll bring:

You’re someone who thrives in a role where new business creation is the heartbeat of success. You’re motivated by winning major contracts, engaging with senior decision makers, and shaping strategic opportunities from the ground up.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience managing high-value tenders, bids or proposals (national scale ideal).
• Strong understanding of protective services or adjacent safety-led markets.
• Exceptional written communication—able to create persuasive, polished content.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple concurrent submissions.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to interpret complex contract requirements.
• Advanced MS Word, PowerPoint and proposal-building capability.

Desirable

• Experience in cross-functional collaboration.
• Understanding of commercial pricing models and contract structures.
• Knowledge of both public and private sector procurement environments.
• Background in sales-focused roles within protective services or complex B2B industries.

Additional Information

It’s great to see you’re considering a career with Securitas UK!

Join our global team of 336,000+ colleagues and help make the world a safer place.

At Securitas, we live by our values of Integrity, Vigilance and Helpfulness, and our People Promise:

• Opportunity – We see potential in every person and situation
• People – We open our eyes to all that’s good
• Purpose – We make your world a safer place

What You Can Expect

Our Recruitment Team reviews every application carefully. Applying can feel daunting, but we’re here to support you—just email us if you need help.

Diversity & Inclusion – Be Yourself

We are an inclusive employer, proud of our Level 2 Disability Confident status (we will always try our hardest to guarantee interviews for eligible candidates, should you meet the roles minimum requirements, having disclosed a disability to our Talent Team upon application). We support equality through Employee Networks - Our real change makers of the business.. YOU, the Race at Work Charter, and the Armed Forces Covenant We also celebrate diversity with events like BSL Week, International Women’s Day, PRIDE and Black History Month

Your Benefits

• STRIVE– Securitas Perks gives you access to a great range of discounts on a variety of retailers, services and everyday spending to suit your shopping habits.
• Dental Plans - A range of plans providing support, providing cash back towards everyday dental costs, such as dental examinations, X-rays, and treatment
• HSF Health Plan - Range of healthcare cash plans at highly discounted rates, providing families with peace of mind by getting cash back on everyday medical costs, such as dental check-ups, contact lenses and acupuncture, and by covering unexpected costs.
• Cycle to Work – A super cost-effective way of getting a brand new bike, cycling equipment or both. Save up to 42% of the usual cost and spread the cost over several months from your salary.
• Specsavers – Save money on eye tests and when purchasing spectacles.
• WeCare – A 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme and more.
• Toothfairy – Online access to advice and guidance, from real UK Dentists.
• Pension Plan – Plan for your financial future by building up a benefit in the Securitas Pension Plan, with the benefit of employer contribution plus tax relief on your contributions.
• Payroll ISA – An ISA savings account is a great way to meet your longer term personal financial goals.
• Free Mortgage Advice
• Go & Live – Financial Wellbeing Hub
• Death in Service Benefit - Permanent employees are automatically covered for Life Assurance, which would provide a lump sum benefit to your beneficiaries in the unfortunate event of death in service whilst employed by Securitas

Take the Next Step

Join a team that values you. Click ‘I’m Interested’ and start your career with Securitas UK today.

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