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Senior Business Development Manager

King's College London - Arts & Humanities Faculty Office

Location: London
Salary: £53,947 to £63,350 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 10th August 2026
Closes: 20th August 2026
Job Ref: 154825

About the role:  

The Senior Business Development Manager will be responsible for implementing the faculty’s strategy and business plan for third stream and non-traditional education (professional education, continuous professional development, summer schools and lifelong learning), building the faculty’s portfolio and proposition, with a particular focus on the cultural and creative industry sectors.
 
They will be responsible for developing a robust pipeline of stakeholder and employer engagement, focused on income generation, portfolio diversification, impact, and enterprise aligned to the professional education portfolio within Arts & Humanities at King’s.
 
The role holder will work closely with Heads of Business Development in the central King’s Professional & Executive Development (KPED) team, the Pro-Vice Dean for professional education, and the education leadership team within the faculty, roles across various college Directorates and with the other faculties supporting professional education.
 
This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract

About you: 

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
 
Essential criteria 
  1. Proven skills and experience in business development and income generation
  2. Demonstrable experience in external engagement with private, public and third sector organisations, and ability to build internal networks across a large, complex organisation.
  3. Knowledge and understanding of the Third stream education marketplace and current trends, particularly in the sphere of social value, impact and enterprise.
  4. Highly effective communication skills attuned to audience requirements and delivered in different formats.
  5. Significant experience of managing organisational change.
  6. Excellent task management skills and proven ability to use initiative, prioritise workloads for self and others and respond positively to competing demands and deadlines.
  7. Highly capable in financial and data literacy, managing budgets, risks, and performance against metrics
  8. Experience of effective line management, including a commitment to continuous professional development in self and others
Desirable criteria
  1. Prior experience in a higher education administration environment.
  2. Knowledge of market intelligence gathering and marketing 
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Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
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