Senior New Business Manager

We are thrilled to be partnering with the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity to support the recruitment of a Senior New Business Manager on a permanent basis.The organisation offers a hybrid working pattern, coming into the Chelsea office 2 days per week with occasional working from their Sutton office.

The Royal Marsden Cancer charity raises money solely to support the world-famous Royal Marsden, ensuring nurses, doctors and research teams can provide best in class care and life saving treatments in the UK and around the world. The Charity has recently completed its largest ever capital appeal, raising over £70M to build the Oak Cancer Centre at the Sutton’s Hospital site.
It’s a hugely exciting time to join the Corporate Partnerships team at the Marsden, with incredible partnerships already in place, the launch of their first Corporate Partnerships board and the launch of a new five-year strategy that prioritises future growth.
This role will lead on securing new Partnerships for the Charity, delivering excellent stewardship of New Business prospects and managing a diverse and varied pipeline of opportunities and propositions.
Key responsibilities include:

• Cultivating a robust business development pipeline, qualifying prospects and opportunities through proactive approaches, with the goal of securing new, multi-year partnerships in line with agreed income targets.  

• Developing compelling and bespoke funding propositions to companies, including written proposals and pitches, working with relevant teams across the Charity and hospital to engage and excite new partners.
• Working with the Head of Corporate Partnerships to ensure the success of the Corporate Partnerships Board, maximising connections to our gain.
• Complete full on-boarding process for new partners, including partnership agreement negotiation and smooth handover to the partnership management team.
• Contribute to the Corporate Partnerships strategy and annual planning process.
• Line management of New Business Manager, supporting their development within their role.

We’re looking for the following skills and experience:

• Demonstrable experience of securing New Business and onboarding new partnerships, and managing income targets.
• Evidence of successful income performance against targets and ability to understand and report against budgets.
• Experience of generating income from at least two of the following activities: employee fundraising, sponsorship, commercial or grants.
• A track record of successfully fundraising for a major charitable project or appeal.
• An interest in cancer and health issues, with an understanding of NHS practices and procedures.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
Along with The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, we are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.