Senior Business Development Manager

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The opportunity

The Senior Business Development Manager will strategically identify, develop and build business relationships for the benefit of enterprise, innovation and knowledge exchange projects across the College, supporting the delivery of the College’s Knowledge Exchange strategy.

The role connects external organisations with LCF student & graduate talent, taking specific responsibility for negotiating and delivering income generating projects that contribute to the student experience and provide career development opportunities for LCF’s graduate & alumni network. The role has annual income targets and KPIs that help demonstrate the College’s impact in its Knowledge Exchange ambitions as well as generating surplus for re-investment in its Social Purpose mission.

About you

You will have experience in developing and delivering successful commercial projects, managing and leading a team to achieve against strategic objectives and KPIs. You will have an understanding of key business trends, issues and challenges facing the fashion industry and be able to identify and translate these into opportunities for business development. You will be highly organised and effective in planning and managing resources, to deliver an excellent service for all stakeholders. 

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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