# Business Development Manager – Government Services

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Remote, United Kingdom
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £75,800.00-£99,800.00
**Category**: Sales
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Business Development Manager to drive growth across our Government Services portfolio.

This is a senior individual contributor role within the UK Growth organisation.

The successful candidate will lead strategic business development campaigns, develop a high-quality pipeline of opportunities, and position Leidos as a trusted partner to Government customers seeking to address complex operational and digital transformation challenges.

**The Role You Will Play**

As part of the Leidos UK Growth team, you will:

- Develop and execute business development campaigns that contribute directly to annual awards and long-term growth targets.

- Build, maintain and mature a 3–5 year pipeline of qualified opportunities aligned to UK Government priorities and Leidos strategic objectives.

- Establish and strengthen relationships with senior Government stakeholders, partners and industry influencers.

- Identify, shape and qualify opportunities that align with Leidos capabilities and customer outcomes.

- Act as the voice of the customer throughout the opportunity lifecycle, supporting capture and bid teams in developing compelling, differentiated solutions.

- Lead stakeholder engagement activities, market analysis and competitive positioning for strategic pursuits.

- Collaborate across Leidos business units to bring the best of UK and global capabilities to Government customers.

- Support development of account strategies, campaign plans and customer engagement plans for key Government accounts.

- Work closely with marketing, technology and delivery teams to promote Leidos thought leadership and market presence.

- Work collaboratively with other Business Development Managers in the sector, sharing customer insight, market intelligence and opportunity context to help the wider team achieve collective growth targets.

- Represent Leidos at customer meetings, industry events, conferences and partner engagements.

- Maintain awareness of government policy, spending priorities, acquisition strategies and procurement developments across the public sector.

**Required Skills and Experience**

- Strong understanding of UK Government customers, priorities, procurement frameworks and acquisition processes.

- Demonstrable experience delivering year-on-year business growth and achieving challenging sales targets.

- Proven experience developing and winning complex public sector opportunities.

- Strong knowledge of Government buying behaviours, procurement trends and competitive positioning.

- Experience developing compelling value propositions and supporting winning bids.

- Established network of customer and industry relationships across UK Government and wider public sector.

- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, presentation and communication skills.

- Strong commercial awareness and business acumen.

- Ability to operate independently and manage multiple concurrent campaigns.

- Experience working within complex, matrixed organisations.

- High levels of energy, resilience and personal accountability.

- Commitment to collaborative working, knowledge sharing, enabling colleagues to achieve shared growth outcomes and high performing teams.

**Desirable Experience**

- Experience within a major systems integrator, consulting organisation or government supplier.

- Experience selling complex digital transformation/business transformation, managed services or mission-focused solutions to Government customers.

- Knowledge of Government frameworks and procurement routes.

- Experience working with strategic partners and alliance ecosystems.

- Understanding of civil government markets including Central Government and Transport, Justice, or Public Safety.

**What we do for you:**

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

- 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
- UK Government priorities
- procurement frameworks
- business growth
- sales targets
- public sector opportunities
- value propositions
- stakeholder management
- influencing
- presentation
- communication
- commercial awareness
- business acumen

### Nice to have
- digital transformation
- managed services
- mission-focused solutions
- Government frameworks
- procurement routes
- strategic partners
- alliance ecosystems

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