# Business Development Manager (National Security)

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: UK Mobile Worker with regular travel to Farnborough and customer sites required
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £75,800 - £99,800
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a Business Development Manager to join its National Security and Defence (NS&D) Division, focusing on the Home Office and wider National Security organisations.

The successful candidate will plan and lead business development activities to contribute to annual growth and award targets.

Key responsibilities:

- Plan and lead business development activities that contribute to annual growth and award targets

- Develop and manage a healthy pipeline of opportunities supporting two-to-five-year growth ambitions and UK strategy

- Build and maintain trusted relationships with Home Office and National Security customers, partners, and stakeholders

- Work collaboratively with capture, bid, technical, and delivery teams to shape differentiated, customer-focused propositions

- Identify and qualify opportunities that align with Leidos' strengths and offer strong outcomes for customers and the business

- Lead significant new-business campaigns across the UK National Security market

- Bring together colleagues from different disciplines, providing clear direction, inclusive leadership, and effective communication throughout each pursuit

The ideal candidate will have:

- Experience of developing and winning digital transformation, technology, or professional services opportunities within the Home Office, National Security, or a comparable UK Government environment

- A proven ability to build trusted customer and stakeholder relationships and translate customer needs into effective propositions

- A track record of delivering sustainable business growth and working towards challenging commercial targets

- Experience of leading complex, high-value pursuits and contract opportunities

- Strong knowledge of UK Government business development, procurement routes, contract awards, and customer buying behaviours

Leidos offers a comprehensive employment package, including:

- Contributory Pension Scheme

- Private Medical Insurance

- 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)

- Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays, and a cycle to work scheme)

- Flexi-Time Working

## Skills

### Required
- business development
- customer relationship management
- proposal writing
- team leadership

### Nice to have
- PPPT
- HSG
- Immigration and Borders
- IT service management
- networks
- artificial intelligence
- cyber technologies

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