Business Development Manager

Pay Range Salary: £36,000 + bonus opportunity (OTE up to £60,000)

Job Description Salary: £36,000 + bonus opportunity (OTE up to £60,000)

Location:

Hybrid (Manchester ideally) or remote (UK), with occasional travel to client meetings, networking events and team gatherings

Contract:

Full time, permanent

Reed Screening is one of the UK's leading pre‑employment screening and compliance providers, helping organisations recruit safely and with confidence. We're looking for a motivated Business Development Manager to help grow our client base, build strong relationships, and identify new business opportunities across the public and private sectors.

• Generate and win new business opportunities.
• Build relationships with senior decision-makers.
• Promote Reed Screening's screening and compliance solutions.
• Manage opportunities from initial contact through to contract win and onboarding.
• Attend networking events, client meetings and industry events to build your network and generate leads.
• Work closely with internal teams to deliver an excellent client experience.

• Experience in business development, sales or account management.
• A proven track record of winning new business.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive, target-driven approach.
• Experience with in recruitment, screening, compliance or outsourcing is beneficial, but not essential.

• Hybrid or fully remote working
• Opportunity to earn up to £2,000 bonus per month
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Employee wellbeing support
• Retail, travel and lifestyle discounts
• Clear career progression opportunities

If you're a driven business development professional looking for your next challenge with a trusted and growing business, we'd love to hear from you.

Feel what it’s like to truly belong… All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role.

Reed is an equal opportunities employer.

We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity.

We are a Mindful Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

As a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from ex-services personnel, reservists and cadets and offer a guaranteed interview for applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

We’re never afraid to ask, “What’s next?” Inspiration comes from knowing the work you do really matters and, as trailblazers in our field, the value of what we do every day is obvious.

We are a family business with a rich history and a purpose of improving lives through work, for people and organisations worldwide.

Our inclusive and collaborative approach, combined with an unwavering belief in our long-standing core values, means that we genuinely trust and work hard for each other.

We have built a dynamic culture where individual achievement is celebrated and succeeding as a team is revered.

A supportive environment, where careers are developed and futures are forged.

Feel what it’s like to truly belong.

In the early 1960s, Reed pioneered specialist recruitment in the UK. Seven decades on, we have become the world’s largest family‑run recruitment business, with offices spanning across the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East and East Asia. With access to the UK’s largest candidate database and expertise across 20 specialist sectors, we are committed to ensuring that people are at the heart of everything we do to ensure we fulfil our purpose: improving lives through work.