Corporate Development Manager

Build the business relationships we need to put British engineering first.

Engineering is at the heart of our nation and our future: transforming ideas and materials into global infrastructure, products and services that increase the wealth and health of our economy and society. As the UK’s national academy for engineering, we bring together the discipline’s finest minds to promote excellence and champion innovation.

Building corporate relationships that deliver significant sponsorship, you will have a vital role in raising our profile whilst giving us the funds we need to succeed. Sharing our vision of creating a better world through engineering, you will contact and cultivate senior executives within major corporations, persuading them of the social benefits of making six-figure, multi-year commitments towards our crucial work. At the same time, you will closely partner the Director in implementing a long-term corporate engagement strategy, whilst creating some high-profile events that enable us to connect with our target market.

You will need the gravitas to act as a true ambassador for the organisation, and will bring an impressive record of securing sponsorship and corporate gifts via creative approaches and inspiring pitches. Needless to say, you will possess exceptional acumen in business development, innate ability to engage senior stakeholders and deep passion for engineering and innovation, and you will be a driven and highly motivated self-starter. Equally importantly, you should have a very analytical and strategic mindset, with the ability to pass your skills on to others – and you will bring total focus on the bottom line and our financial future.

If you would like to know more, please download the recruitment pack from our website.

Closing date: Midday on Thursday, 1st March 2018.

First interview: Thursday, 15th March 2018.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity and different perspectives that people from diverse backgrounds bring to their work. It is the Academy's policy to ensure that no job applicant or employee is disadvantaged or receives less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, gender or sexual orientation.

In recognition of our continued dedication to workplace diversity and inclusion, the Academy has been named one of the Inclusive Top 50 Employers in the UK.