Head of Business Development, Anthony Nolan
Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Laboratories
£59.7k
3 days a week in office (Hampstead, London)
Blood cancer charity
Be an early applicant
Blood cancer charity
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
£59.7k
3 days a week in office (Hampstead, London)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make lifesaving connections between patients in need and incredible strangers ready to donate their stem cells.
Role
Who you are
- A demonstrable track record of identifying, developing and converting new business opportunities and delivering commercial growth
- Significant business development, commercial or strategic account experience within healthcare, diagnostics, life sciences, biotechnology or a related sector
- Experience developing commercial strategy and building a pipeline of prospective customers, partners and opportunities
- Strong external relationship-building and networking skills, with the ability to represent an organisation confidently with prospective customers and partners
- Experience developing proposals, pricing and commercial models and leading commercial negotiations and contracts
- The ability to understand customer requirements and influence internal stakeholders to turn opportunities into deliverable services
- Strong leadership experience, with the ability to lead teams spanning both commercial and operational responsibilities in a complex environment
- Experience overseeing operational delivery, with an understanding of the infrastructure, assets, systems and support functions required to deliver effective services
- Experience managing budgets, commercial performance and business planning
- An understanding of regulated healthcare, diagnostics, life sciences or laboratory environments
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills
What the job involves
- The Head of Business Development is responsible for leading the commercial growth and development of Anthony Nolan H&I Laboratories, while providing strategic leadership to the Business Delivery and Laboratory Operations functions
- You will develop and deliver our commercial strategy, proactively identifying new markets, customers and opportunities while developing existing customer relationships. You will own opportunities from initial prospecting and engagement through proposition development, pricing and negotiation to implementation, working across the laboratories and wider organisation to convert opportunities into sustainable services
- Your responsibility extends beyond business development. You will lead the teams that support the delivery and effective operation of our laboratory services, ensuring that commercial ambition is matched by the capacity, infrastructure and operational support needed to deliver successfully
- Your wider remit includes strategic oversight of areas such as laboratory asset management, health and safety, temperature and environmental monitoring, facilities and building management, working with specialist teams across Anthony Nolan to ensure our laboratory environment remains safe, compliant, resilient and fit for purpose
- Reporting to the Director of Laboratory Operations, you will lead the Business Delivery Supervisor and Laboratory Operations Supervisor and work closely with scientific, quality and operational leaders across Anthony Nolan
Application process
- Closing date: 19 October, 2026
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 1974 to find bone marrow donors for people suffering with blood cancer, Anthony Nolan is today one of Britain's largest recruiters of stem cell donors. As only one in four people with blood cancer will find a compatible donor in their family, Anthony Nolan's work saves over 1,000 lives a year worldwide.
Aside from recruiting donors, Anthony Nolan conducts research through the Anthony Nolan Research Institute, with its findings reducing post-transplant complications and increasing quality of life for patients. It also maintains the UK's first dedicated cord blood bank which allows new mothers to donate their umbilical cords for research.
Despite significant advances in blood cancer treatment since Anthony Nolan's founding, there's still a critical shortage of donors, worsened by a sharp decline since 2019. To combat this, the charity is actively raising awareness of this issue, as well as opening a new stem cell donation centre at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham in 2025.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Family friendly policies: Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and dependents leave support our colleagues to put their family and loved ones first and maintain a healthy work/life balance
- Flexible working: Many of our colleagues work in a hybrid way, with some time spent working on site and some from home, and we also offer flexible working arrangements where possible
- Learning & development: With a dedicated online learning platform, workshops open to all and run by both colleagues and external providers, a management development plan, and much more, we're fostering a culture of constant learning
- Holidays: 27 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays (and the ability to swap up to two bank holiday days per year!
- Pension: The Anthony Nolan Pension Scheme is open to all eligible employees, with the option for enhanced contributions after 6 months' service
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): Mental health support through a 24/7 confidential helpline, structured counselling sessions and a wellbeing portal
- Medicash: Claim back medical costs such as dental bills, new glasses and physiotherapy
- Cycle & Green Car Scheme: Order a bike or lease a car through salary sacrifice and save on National Insurance and income tax
- Discounts, Cashback & GymFlex: 1000s of discounts and cashback deals on retailers and consumer orgs, as well as discounted gym memberships by salary sacrifice
- Travel Insurance & Loan: Colleagues and their families are covered by our Group Travel Insurance, and you can purchase a travel card to pay off monthly
- Life Assurance: All colleagues are covered at 4x their annual salaries, so you can be sure that your family will be supported
- Rental Deposit Advance: Apply for an interest-free advance to help you cover the cost of a rental deposit, and pay it off over 12 months
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Henny Braund MBE
(CEO)They are a trustee of The Mix Charity, WMDA and the Association of Medical Research Charities. Prior to joining Anthony Nolan in 2009, henny was a Resources Director for Shelter UK.
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