Job Description

Job Role

This is an opportunity to combine commercial ambition with social purpose. You’ll help shape Seetec’s growth across London, build partnerships around local needs and work across specialist teams to turn insight into practical public-service solutions.

As our Regional Business Development Lead, you’ll take ownership of the London growth plan, building a balanced pipeline and converting opportunities into contracted revenue. Reporting to the Head of Business Development, you’ll connect with commissioners, funders and partners to understand local priorities, identify unmet needs and shape commercially viable solutions. Working with our operational, Bid, Finance, Commercial and Marketing teams, you’ll help take opportunities from early engagement through procurement and successful handover

In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we’re offering a competitive salary range £55,000 to £65,000 p.a. (dependent on experience) with these great benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy additional days)
• 2 Volunteer Days
• Pension - 5% Employee 5% Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
• Annual Salary Increase in line with national average
• Refer A Friend Scheme
• Free access to BenefitHub – an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and additional voluntary benefits

There’s also the opportunity to progress your career!

Interested? There’s an easy to apply route below to upload your CV! If you need any further information, talk to our experienced Internal Recruitment Team on 01702 595200.

Seetec is an employee-owned organisation and we continually pride ourselves on our sense of community, both in the incredible work we do throughout UK and Ireland, and internally within our 2,500-strong team. People are at the front, centre and heart of every service we provide and each decision we make.

Location: Remote

Hours: 37 hours a week.

Closing Date: 18 November 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Generate, qualify and convert opportunities to deliver sustainable revenue growth across London.
• Build influential relationships with London boroughs, the Greater London Authority, central government, NHS bodies, funders, prime contractors and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations.
• Use market, policy and funding intelligence to identify service gaps and shape opportunities ahead of procurement.
• Develop compelling propositions, expressions of interest, presentations and pitches that respond to commissioner needs.
• Build partnerships that strengthen Seetec’s local reach, delivery capability and competitive position.
• Provide evidence-based bid/no-bid recommendations, maintain accurate CRM records and support forecasting and governance.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to shape deliverable solutions and ensure effective handovers to bid and mobilisation teams.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Strong knowledge of London’s commissioning and funding landscape, with established relationships with commissioners and London boroughs, alongside experience building relationships with partners and local stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience in business development, sales, partnerships or growth within public-sector or publicly funded markets.
• A demonstrable track record of originating, developing and converting opportunities into contracted revenue.
• Good understanding of public sector commissioning, procurement and funding, ideally across employability, skills, justice, health or related public services.
• Experience of market engagement, consultative selling, opportunity qualification, proposition development and partnership building.
• Experience of shaping opportunities upstream of procurement, identifying unmet need and developing routes to market.
• Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to consider strategic fit, viability, risk, value and return on investment.

Additional Information

Seetec is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values.

Dependent on the role applying to you may be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS/DS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex- offenders and will not discriminate in any way. Our full policy statement of “Ex-Offenders” can be found on our website under “About us”.

Seetec is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.