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Professional Services Business Development Manager Contract UK

Name: Professional Services Business Development Manager Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: professional_services_business_development_manager_quality_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Set responsible growth duties around qualified opportunities, controlled proposals and client relationship development.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Probation period

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

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When to use this contract

Deliver qualified consulting opportunities, produce accurate approved proposals, and complete sales-to-delivery handovers.

Workplace context: Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering sectors territory and accounts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering CRM data and confidentiality. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering pricing contracts and authority. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering targets commission travel and expenses. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The manager cannot promise regulated outcomes, sign beyond authority, conceal proposal conditions or misuse client information. May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

What to prepare before you issue it

the markets and services
the account ownership rules
the proposal and expert process
the pricing and signature limits
the commission formula
the delivery handover standard

Day-to-day operating brief

What Business Development Manager work looks like in practice

A Professional Services Business Development Manager develops prospects, qualifies advisory needs and coordinates experts to shape proposals. The role handles pipeline forecasts, confidential client plans, fees and tender information but must not sell professional conclusions before engagement teams assess them. Terms should define sectors, territory, account ownership, pricing and signature limits, CRM, travel, expenses, targets, commission and handover into delivery. Opportunity qualification should identify who controls budget, procurement route, decision timetable and the real problem before forecasting probability. Relationship warmth is not buying authority. Handover must preserve every caveat and promised specialist input so delivery does not discover commercial commitments only after signature. Forecast stages should require observable evidence such as confirmed need, budget path or proposal review. Moving opportunities forward to meet pipeline expectations weakens resource planning and can trigger premature specialist work on prospects unlikely to buy.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Research and approach target clients.
Qualify needs budget and authority.
Coordinate experts and proposals.
Negotiate within fee limits.
Maintain CRM and forecasts.
Handover commitments and dependencies.

A realistic working scenario

A prospect asks for a fixed result before providing records. The manager describes scope and process rather than promising the professional outcome to secure the sale.

Outputs to agree

qualified consulting opportunities
accurate approved proposals
complete sales-to-delivery handovers

Records and evidence

Lead source and consent.
Discovery and qualification.
Proposal pricing and approval.
Forecast contract and handover.
Work records.
Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Senior Manager, Director or Business Owner. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The manager cannot promise regulated outcomes, sign beyond authority, conceal proposal conditions or misuse client information.
May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Supervision

Allocate and review assigned work within delegated authority and escalate formal people matters through the Employer's procedures.

Tools and systems

HR systems.

Workplace context

Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Training and certification

Employer-confirmed evidence of training required for Business Development Manager duties where applicable to the role.

Contract priorities

sectors territory and accounts
CRM data and confidentiality
pricing contracts and authority
targets commission travel and expenses

Information the employer should prepare

the markets and services
the account ownership rules
the proposal and expert process
the pricing and signature limits
the commission formula
the delivery handover standard

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Business Development Manager contract is built around

These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for professional services work.

Work setting

Office, client premises, remote systems or assigned work locations.

Primary duties

Research and approach target clients.
Qualify needs budget and authority.
Coordinate experts and proposals.
Negotiate within fee limits.

Tools and training to confirm

HR systems.
Employer-confirmed evidence of training required for Business Development Manager duties where applicable to the role.

Governance focus

Employer procedures and role controls. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering sectors territory and accounts. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering CRM data and confidentiality. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering pricing contracts and authority.

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Role wording

Business Development Manager duties

Deliver qualified consulting opportunities, produce accurate approved proposals, and complete sales-to-delivery handovers.

Research and approach target clients. Qualify needs budget and authority. Coordinate experts and proposals. Negotiate within fee limits. Maintain CRM and forecasts.

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What is added to the finished contract

The manager cannot promise regulated outcomes, sign beyond authority, conceal proposal conditions or misuse client information.

May allocate routine work and make operational decisions only within documented staffing, financial, contractual and policy limits.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering sectors territory and accounts.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering CRM data and confidentiality.

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