Senior Manager Business Development, Cancer Research
£52-57k
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office
Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
Posted today
Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
1001+ employees
Posted today
£52-57k
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To prevent, control and cure cancer through ground-breaking research.
Role
Who you are
- A passion for the CRUK cause with the ability to understand CRUK’s vision, purpose, and achievements, sharing this knowledge to motivate and inspire supporters
- Significant experience of developing and implementing strategy and operating plans, making future focussed, well-informed decisions and articulating these clearly
- Experience of leading in a performance driven environment, setting, monitoring and achieving targets
- Experience of nurturing and developing talent with ability to inspire, motivate and empower a team, encouraging positive behaviours and leading by example
- Excellent relationship building, negotiating and influencing skills with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of leading multiple projects and working in a matrix environment, taking an objective approach to prioritisation and clearly translating this to others
- Proactive, creative and strategic thinker with evidence of spotting new opportunities and giving them a try
- Significant experience of developing complex relationships including corporates, organisations and key individuals
- Knowledge of the charity sector, supporter-led fundraising and partnerships market
- We’re looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer
What the job involves
- Reports to: Head of Business Development
- Directorate: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement
- Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract
- We’re looking for a motivated Senior Manager in Business Development to
- Provide support to the Head of Business Development. This role plays an active role in the leadership team to set the strategy for Business Development activity ensuring the team delivers against both financial and non-financial targets in current and future years across CRUK’s portfolio
- This role will initially include three direct reports with potential for growth over time. A key element of this position is providing support, coaching, guidance and setting high expectations that the team identify prospects, builds a robust pipeline and secures new opportunities
- Be a member of the senior management team, providing strategic direction for the business and cultural development of the Business Development Team in line with CRUK’s priorities and take collective responsibility for the performance of our entire product portfolio
- Devise and implement the longer-term Business Development strategy in line with CRUK priorities, setting the income and expenditure budgets for the team, maximising impact of in year and lifetime pipelines
- Lead and motivate the Business Development team to ensure a consistent approach to delivery, reporting and performance management and creating a strong team culture to drive success and high performance
- Responsible for team’s delivery and maintenance of a robust pipeline of high value and long-term opportunities, progressing through the sales stages, setting KPIs and tracking performance
- Build networks and relationships with internal and external stakeholders to influence decision makers and secure new opportunities
- Drive a culture of excellence across the Business Development team, developing the team and their knowledge of CRUK products and priorities, sharing best practice and insights to ensure an optimum supporter experience
- Work collaboratively with the Supporter Relationship Management team to deploy resource to support the development of new proposals to existing partners and seek opportunities to include Supporter Relationship Management input into new Business Development opportunities
- Ensure Business Development team is compliant with Fundraising Regulator and Charity Commission regulations, up to date with CRUK policies and procedures, and operating in line with Institute of Fundraising best practice including due diligence on prospects
- Ensure equality and diversity is celebrated and considered as part of all decisions taken
- Undertake other tasks as necessary to contribute to the Relationship Management objectives and those of Cancer Research UK
Application process
- Closing date: 14th June 2026 23:55
- Recruitment process: two stage competency based interviews (second stage will consist of a presentation and interview)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The world’s largest independent cancer research charity, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) was founded from a merger between the Cancer Research Campaign and the Cancer Research Fund in 2002. CRC and ICRF had been long-standing pinnacles of the British medical institution, their work dating back to 1902 and 1923 respectively, and the merger signalled a strong step forward for UK medical institutes’ global influence.
A multi-armed charity, CRUK uses both grant-funded researchers and its own employed staff to research the treatments and causes of cancer, whilst its striking advertising and marketing campaigns are responsible for influencing public policy on the causes, prevention, and treatment of the disease. An example of a significant public campaign was Stoptober, which appeared to have triggered a third of a million smokers at the time to try quit tobacco throughout the month of October.
Alongside its pharmaceutical efforts, in 2023 CRUK funded clinical trials for the first-ever proton beam therapy for breast cancer, indicating a focus on technological innovations in the fight against cancer. On this subject, CRUK has also taken part in a billion-pound investment in the Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research institute that is aiming to make England an international leader in the industry.
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Stratford, London, UK
Leadership
Michelle is a Trustee at the Francis Crick Institute and an Advisory Council Member at The King's FUnd. Previously, she served as a Non-Executive Director at NHS England and as CEO at the MS Society.
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