Business Development Consultant – US Markets

CMC | Manchester | Regular US Travel

Want a business development role where building your market means actually getting out into it?

At CMC, we’re continuing to grow our business across the US and are looking for a Business Development Consultant to help us build the next stage of that growth.

This isn’t a role where you’ll spend your entire career building relationships from behind a screen.

You’ll be developing business across the US, identifying new opportunities, building long-term relationships with clients and specialist experts, and travelling regularly to the States to meet the people you work with face-to-face.

Who are CMC?

CMC is a specialist management consultancy working across STEM markets, including Renewable Energy, Advanced Engineering and Data Centres.

Unlike traditional recruitment, we don’t simply help companies hire permanent employees. We provide specialist consultants and project experts who support our clients in delivering major, business-critical projects.

For somebody joining us in business development, that means getting genuinely close to your market. You’ll understand what your clients are trying to achieve, the challenges getting in their way and where CMC can bring in the specialist expertise to help them deliver.

What will you be doing?

You’ll take real ownership of developing your US market, including:

• Identifying and developing new business opportunities across the US
• Building relationships with key decision-makers and senior stakeholders
• Regularly travelling to the US to meet clients and experts face-to-face
• Understanding upcoming projects, challenges and where specialist expertise is needed
• Creating and developing long-term client partnerships
• Negotiating commercial agreements and securing new business
• Building relationships with highly specialised experts within your market
• Researching your market to spot future projects and opportunities
• Working closely with colleagues across CMC to ensure we deliver a brilliant service

Working the US market

Because your clients and market are in the US, your working pattern will align with them:

Monday–Thursday: 12pm–9pm

Friday: Flexible working, with the option to work either UK hours of 8:30am–4pm or US hours, depending on what best suits your business.

There will also be very regular travel to the US, giving you the opportunity to spend real time in your market, meeting clients and experts and developing those relationships in person.

If international travel and actually getting in front of the people you do business with excites you rather than puts you off, you’ll probably enjoy this role.

What are we looking for?

We don’t expect you to arrive knowing everything about management consultancy.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Commercially ambitious and motivated by developing new business
• Confident communicating and building relationships
• Happy picking up the phone and creating opportunities
• Curious enough to become a genuine expert in their market
• Excited by international business and regular travel
• Resilient, proactive and comfortable taking ownership
• Motivated by progression, success and earning potential
• Someone who wants the opportunity to build something rather than simply inherit a desk

What’s in it for you?

We want our people to do well financially, progress their careers and enjoy the rewards that come with success.

You’ll have access to:

• Genuinely uncapped commission alongside a competitive base salary, so what you earn is driven by what you build
• Monthly luxury Lunch Clubs for people hitting their targets
• Two international sales conferences every year, with previous destinations including Dubai, New York, Barcelona and Hvar
• Regular sales incentives, competitions and prizes
• International opportunities and client travel, something that will be a particularly big part of this US-focused role
• A clear 10-step career progression pathway
• Award-winning learning and development, with personalised support throughout your career
• Up to £500 per year towards your own personal development
• A monthly book, e-book or audiobook to support your learning and development
• Regular socials and a culture that celebrates success

Why this role?

You aren’t joining just to manage an existing patch.

You’re joining to help grow CMC’s US business. You’ll have the chance to open doors, develop relationships, travel into your market and create something you can genuinely point to and say, “I built that.”

And when you succeed, we want you to benefit from it too, through uncapped earnings, progression, incentives and international experiences.

Ready to take your business development career stateside?

If you like the idea of owning a US market, travelling regularly to meet your clients and experts, and being properly rewarded for the business you build, we’d love to talk.

Apply now and let’s have a conversation.

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