Director of Business Development

About us

The UCL Global Business School for Health (GBSH) at UCL East campus is an innovative business school in preparing future healthcare leaders to disrupt and reimagine global health systems. GBSH is dedicated to training and developing the next generation of leaders in the global health economy by building on UCL’s proud tradition of cross-disciplinary academic excellence in education and research. GBSH develops talent from all sectors – policy makers, technologists and entrepreneurs – to challenge conventional thinking, to improve health outcomes and address health inequalities world-wide.

As a new kind of business school GBSH is dedicated to solving the world’s greatest health challenges through strategic leadership, innovation, and global collaboration. Located in the heart of east London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, our campus at UCL East fosters bold thinking and interdisciplinary excellence.

About the role

As Director of Business Development, you will:

• Lead the commercial strategy and sales performance for executive education at GBSH.
• Build and maintain a dynamic pipeline of prospective clients globally.
• Engage directly with high-level clients to secure long-term contracts and partnerships.
• Collaborate with academic and operational teams to develop innovative and market-responsive offerings.
• Represent GBSH internationally at key events, driving awareness and commercial opportunities.
• Shape the future of executive education in healthcare leadership, strategy, and innovation.

This is a client-facing and target-oriented role—ideal for someone entrepreneurial, commercially astute, and comfortable engaging with C-suite professionals, industry leaders, and academic stakeholders alike.

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About you

The ideal candidate should have:

• MBA or equivalent commercial experience.
• A demonstrable track record in closing executive education or professional training sales.
• Strong relationship-building skills with a consultative, solutions-focused approach.
• Commercial acumen, with experience in pricing strategy, proposal development, and negotiation.
• Experience in the higher education or business school environment is highly desirable.

You will join a world-class university committed to societal impact, and you’ll be at the forefront of our global mission to advance health equity and leadership capacity across all sectors.

Apply now to lead the charge in transforming health through executive education.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

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