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Universal Business Team

Head of Business Development

Bognor Regis , United Kingdom
full-time

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Lead the business development team to deliver exceptional commercial results, drive growth, and build strategic relationships across the UK and beyond.

Head of Business Development

Location: Flexible / Hybrid (with presence at Head Office in Bognor Regis at least once a week)
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £80,000 – £100,000 + Profit Share

Are you a strategic business builder with the drive to lead growth from the front?

We’re looking for a Head of Business Development to shape and deliver our commercial strategy — identifying opportunities, leading a talented team, and taking the business to its next exciting stage of expansion.

This is a hands-on leadership role where strategy meets execution. You’ll combine vision with action, influence with energy, and insight with results.

 

The Opportunity

You’ll lead the business development function — guiding, inspiring, and empowering your team to deliver outstanding commercial results while strengthening our brand and partnerships across the UK and beyond.

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Leading, coaching, and developing members of the Business Development team.
  • Driving new business growth and managing the full sales pipeline.
  • Building and maintaining strategic relationships with key clients, partners, and industry stakeholders.
  • Identifying and pursuing opportunities that align with our long-term growth ambitions.
  • Collaborating across departments to ensure seamless delivery and sustained client success.

 

Requirements

About You

You’re a confident, commercially astute leader who thrives in a dynamic environment. You understand how to motivate teams, inspire clients, and convert opportunities into tangible results.

You will bring:

  • Proven experience in a senior business development, sales, or commercial leadership role.
  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills — both with clients and your own team.
  • A commercial mindset, with the ability to translate strategy into measurable outcomes.
  • A proactive, forward-thinking approach, with the agility to adapt in a fast-paced, evolving business.
  • A passion for growth — both personally and professionally.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary of £80,000 – £100,000 plus profit share.
  • Company car and technology package.
  • 24 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
  • Supportive, collaborative team culture where ideas are encouraged and success is shared.
  • Access to an on-site gym and free lunch when working from HQ.

 

Why Join Us?

You’ll be joining a forward-thinking organisation with a clear purpose: empowering businesses to achieve more with less. We’re on an exciting journey of growth and transformation — and we’re looking for a leader who wants to grow with us.

If you’re ready to lead, inspire, and deliver meaningful commercial impact, we’d love to hear from you.

 

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Access to an on-site gym and free lunch when working from HQ.
  • Other Benefit: Company car and technology package.
  • Paid Time Off: 24 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
Universal Business Team

Universal Business Team (“UBT”) is a global enterprise spanning 19 countries across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, Central America and Australasia. UBT, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is a diversified business consultancy that supports clients with business-advisory and group-buying services with the objective to help businesses develop a competitive edge. UBT was launched in 2009 in response to the Global Financial Crisis to support client organisations that were either in distress or looking to improve their competitiveness and financial performance. Currently, UBT turns over $500M (AUD) and has aspirations for significant growth over the next three to five years. A recent decision was made to bring four separate global regions together under the one global brand and leadership team. UBT’s business advisory services comprise corporate training, consulting, recruitment, accounting, and group buying services. UBT facilitates leadership and business excellence for our client’s in their respective industries. Through the group buying function, UBT nurtures mutually-beneficial relationships between member businesses and world-leading providers of business goods and services. The outcome to which we strive is a “win-win” for small-to-medium enterprises and big business alike. UBT provides services and products to approximately 3,000 independent, family-owned businesses globally with combined annual revenues exceeding $12B (AUD). The majority are small to medium sized enterprises with typical annual revenue ranges between $5m-$20m. However, there are also some larger businesses with annual revenues in the range of $100m-$250m. The unifying feature of all UBT’s clients is that the owners are parishioners of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC). UBT (which is owned by the PBCC) supports clients by providing products, services and support designed to increase their profitability and growth. The after-tax profits generated by UBT are reinvested into community initiatives, predominantly through schools (established to educate the children of Brethren families) and charities, such as the Rapid Relief Team (“RRT”) and the Red Cross. UBT Recruitment are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We will apply a rigorous, objective selection process using non-discriminatory criteria, as far as possible on behalf of all the businesses we recruit for.To view our policy in full please contact [email protected]

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