Business Development Manager Central Government

As Business Development Manager for Central Government, you will lead new business development into a specific central government department or body, building Simpson Associates' presence from the ground up. This is a hunter role: your focus is identifying and building relationships with the right people, opening new doors, and generating meaningful new business opportunities of significant scale.

Rather than a generalist central government background, we are looking for genuine expertise and an established network within a single major department or body, gained through direct, hands-on experience selling into that organisation. You will collaborate with our technical and pre-sales specialists to shape and close opportunities, with the ambition of building out a broader central government team over time as this initial role proves successful.

Responsibilities

• A proven track record of new business sales into central government, ideally with deep expertise in one specific department or body rather than government generally.
• An existing personal network of contacts within your target department, built through direct hands-on experience.
• A demonstrable track record of closing significant deals in data, analytics or related technology/consultancy solutions.
• A genuine hunter mentality – comfortable proactively opening new relationships and conversations from scratch.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to build and manage a complex sales pipeline.
• A strong understanding of central government procurement frameworks and buying processes (for example G-Cloud and other Crown Commercial Service frameworks), with the ability to negotiate commercial agreements and contribute to winning bids and proposals.
• Comfortable using CRM and pipeline management tools (for example Salesforce, HubSpot or equivalent) to keep account and opportunity records accurate and current.
• Resilience, tenacity and the confidence to represent Simpson Associates credibly at a senior level.

Advantageous Qualifications and Skills

• Experience selling data, analytics or AI solutions specifically, rather than a different technology category.
• Existing relationships within relevant Microsoft or systems integrator/partner ecosystems.
• Experience operating in adjacent or comparable central government bodies, with transferable relationships.
• A track record of building a new sector or account from scratch within a growing sales team.

Requirements

• Identify, build and own relationships with key decision-makers and influencers within your target central government department or body.
• Proactively generate new business opportunities from a standing start, with no existing account base to inherit.
• Build and manage a pipeline of substantial, enterprise-scale opportunities, rather than a high volume of smaller deals.
• Work closely with technical and pre-sales colleagues to shape credible, expert-led proposals and solutions.
• Lead structured co-sell activity with Microsoft and other alliance partners to strengthen credibility and open new routes to market.
• Represent Simpson Associates at relevant industry, partner and government events to build profile and relationships.
• Provide market intelligence and insight back into the business on your department/sector, informing future investment and hiring decisions.
• Deliver against an annual new business revenue target, paid monthly on delivered revenue.

Benefits

Annual leave, starting at 25 days, increasing to 28 at 3 years and 30 at 5 years
Matched 4% salary pension contribution
Healthcare cash plan
Private medical cover (following successful completion of probation)
Wellbeing platform
Life assurance, paying 4x basic salary
Income protection insurance (after your first year)
Car salary sacrifice purchase scheme
Personal development through a structured and empowering approach
Flexible working schedules
Gifts on your birthday and Christmas
Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme
Tech salary sacrifice scheme