Business Development Manager

Location: Farnborough, Hampshire, UK

We Need You...

Join Our Business Development Talent Community

Leidos UK & EUROPEare always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our company and would love to hear from you.

If you cannot see a vacancy on our careers page that matches your current requirements, please register your interest in Leidos UK & EUROPE, by submitting an application via ‘Join Our Talent Community’on the UK careers page and we will be in touch as soon as a role matching your skill set becomes available.

The Role

Register your interest in future Business Development Manager and Lead opportunities

Are you an experienced business development professional interested in future opportunities with Leidos UK?

We are building a talent community of professionals who can identify, shape and win strategic opportunities across our UK focus markets while developing trusted, long-term customer relationships. By registering your interest, you can be considered for suitable Business Development Manager or Lead roles as they arise.

This is an expression of interest rather than an application for a specific current vacancy, and a member of our Talent Acquisition team may contact you when an opportunity aligns with your experience.

Location

UK-based opportunities, typically offering hybrid working with travel to Leidos offices, customer sites and industry events as required.

Experience we are interested in

• Leading business development campaigns within UK Government, Defence, National Security or the wider public sector
• Building and maturing high-quality, multi-year pipelines of qualified opportunities
• Shaping and positioning complex technology, digital transformation, managed services, engineering, mission-focused or business transformation solutions
• Developing senior customer, partner and industry relationships that support sustainable growth
• We are interested in hearing from professionals at different stages of their business development careers who enjoy working in dynamic, collaborative and customer-focused growth environments.
• Depending on the opportunity, future Business Development roles may involve:
• Developing and executing business development campaigns aligned to annual awards objectives and long-term UK growth priorities
• Identifying, influencing, shaping and qualifying opportunities that align customer outcomes with Leidos capabilities
• Establishing and strengthening relationships with senior government customers, strategic partners and industry stakeholders
• Acting as the voice of the customer throughout the opportunity lifecycle and helping capture and bid teams create differentiated, compelling propositions
• Leading market analysis, competitive positioning, account planning and customer engagement for strategic pursuits
• Working across business development, capture, solutions, technology, delivery and marketing teams to bring the best of Leidos UK and our global capabilities to customers
• Sharing customer insight and market intelligence to support collective growth across the wider team
• Representing Leidos at customer meetings, partner engagements, industry events and conferences
• Maintaining awareness of government policy, spending priorities, acquisition strategies, procurement routes and customer buying behaviours
• Skills and background that could make you a strong fit:
• A strong track record in business development within UK Government, Defence, National Security or the wider public sector
• Experience delivering year-on-year growth, developing strategic pipelines and achieving challenging targets
• Experience shaping and winning complex technology, engineering, digital, managed services or transformation opportunities
• A strong understanding of government procurement, acquisition processes, contract awards, market trends and customer buying behaviours
• Established customer, partner or industry relationships relevant to the portfolio supported by the future role
• Experience developing value propositions and working collaboratively with capture, bid, solution and partner teams

What we may need from you

• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, negotiation, presentation and communication skills
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to manage multiple concurrent campaigns in a complex, matrixed organisation
• Energy, resilience, personal accountability and a collaborative, customer-first approach
• Confidence working across organisational boundaries, functions and geographically dispersed teams
• Flexibility to travel within the UK when required for the specific role

Security clearance

Some future opportunities may require applicants to be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of UK Security Clearance. The specific requirement will be confirmed for each vacancy.

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What we do for you

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexible Working Scheme

Commitment to Diversity

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growthwhilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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