Full-Time Business Development Director

We are looking for ambitious, collaborative and commercially minded individuals with an understanding of digital, data and technology transformation within Central Government. If you are currently in a Business Development Manager role (or similar) looking to step up into your first Director role - Join us and be part of our exiting journey!

What does this role involve?

• Developing and maintaining relationships with senior stakeholders within Central Government organisations
• Helping to support them, and their organisations to digitally transform services, including moving to the cloud, developing target operating models, digital by design, design by data, data and AI and innovation
• Helping support customers to realise the benefits of transforming services, and guide them through complex technology decision making process
• Seeking out and developing new business leads and opportunities
• Delivering end to end customer support, from understanding a problem and developing / winning an account through to delivering a change programme.
• Be responsible for accounts, articulating a clear vision and achievable goals and supporting Hitachi’s teams to develop and iterate products, strategies and roadmaps
• Leading engagements with customers and stakeholders and representing Hitachi Solutions in a range of public arenas.
• Keeping up with the changing digital and technology landscape and the opportunities they provide to improve the delivery of public services in the UK
• A desire to collaborate, learn and improve
• Strong communication skills that enable you to engage with people through a range of channels and explain what you are doing and how you are doing it in clear and compelling ways

This is a great opportunity to collaborate with and learn from experienced senior Business Development Leads and shape your next step in your career!

What do you need to succeed in this role?

• Relevant industry experience across business development, central government digital transformation and the technology sector
• Experience of operating within pre-sales and sales and working closely with delivery and consulting teams
• Demonstrable experience developing and managing large public sector tenders and framework bids
• An understanding of user centred design, and how it underpins the public sector
• Recent Digital, data and technology experience within or working with the public sector, including adhering to best practice: the service standard, technology code of practice, NCSC guidelines and principles
• High-level understanding of modern technologies used in delivery of cloud-based software products - and able to explain the purpose and constraints of these technologies to non-technical people