Senior Business Development Manager

Senior Business Development Manager
Chalk Farm, London, NW1

About the Roundhouse

Roundhouse is an iconic music and arts venue in Camden. Since the 1960s, we’ve opened up space for creativity to empower people and communities – day in, night out. We’re on a mission to raise the creative potential of the UK, giving young people and artists the space to experiment, develop skills and be part of incredible moments that go down in history.

We are now looking for a Senior Business Development Manager to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 35 hours per week.

The Benefits

• Salary of £40,000 per annum
• 25 days’ holiday per year plus bank holidays pro rata, increasing after 2 years’ service up to 30 days
• Ability to buy up to three days’ annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to Work, Tech and Home Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Health Cash Plan
• Group Life Assurance
• Staff discount at our bar and café
• Complimentary staff tickets
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave
• Staff networks, forms and social groups

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced event sales professional with a proven track record of exceeding commercial targets to join our iconic creative organisation.

You’ll have the chance to utilise your skills, creating a high-performing timeline and building a strong industry network, allowing you to convert ambitious ideas into measurable growth and make a lasting impact.

What’s more, you’ll join a collaborative organisation that has empowered young people and artists since the 1960s, offering a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and development.

So, if you’re ready to maximise commercial potential within a venue that hosts incredible moments that go down in history, apply now and take your next step with the Roundhouse.

The Role

As a Senior Business Development Manager, you will drive significant commercial revenue growth through venue hire at the Roundhouse.

Leading targeted business development activity, you will deliver the agreed annual sales target and maximise all income-generating opportunities, developing and executing a strategic sales plan that increases forecasted venue hire over the coming years.

You will position the Roundhouse as a unique experiential venue, manage prospective client site visits, negotiate and close venue hire agreements, optimise event packages and pricing, and work in partnership with internal teams to manage diary planning and maximise main space income.

Alongside new business generation, you will build and nurture high-value clients and industry relationships, oversee consistent contract management, and ensure positive conversion and recurring business rates.

Additionally, you will:

• Grow and leverage a strong industry network to unlock new opportunities
• Manage the Event Sales Coordinator
• Maintain accurate sales records and CRM data
• Monitor market trends and competitor activity
• Design and implement targeted sector marketing strategies

About You

To be considered as a Senior Business Development Manager, you will need:

• A minimum of three years’ experience in event sales with proven success in achieving and exceeding commercial targets
• Experience in outbound sales, lead generation, and converting high-value opportunities into long-term partnerships
• Experience of negotiation and closing of high-level contracts
• Experience managing budgets
• Experience reporting and presenting sales performance data
• Experience of Google Suite, Yesplan,  or similar
• The ability to develop high-performing commercial pipelines that drive revenue growth across diverse and profitable event sectors
• Strong negotiation, persuasion, and proposal-writing skills

The successful candidate must have a current and acceptable DBS check or be willing to undertake one due to the nature of the role.

Final date to receive applications
:
Sunday 29th March 2026

Interviews
: w/c 13th April 2026

Other organisations may call this role Commercial Development Manager, Senior Commercial Manager, or Venue Sales Manager.

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