Business Development Manager

City Football Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000

Job description

Business Development Manager

Location: Manchester, GB

Opening Date: 3 Apr 2025

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date of Applications – 17/04/2025

Our Story

Manchester City is an English Premier League club whose roots began in East Manchester. From its first incarnation as St Mark’s West Gorton in 1880, the club became Manchester City FC in 1894. Behind each title lies emotion, moments and memories that resonate with millions of supporters around the world. Manchester City fans are known for their commitment and togetherness, as a Club that fights to the end.

Our Winning Team

MCFC is built on a vision for sustainability, with an academy structure designed to support long-term first team success, to engagement with the communities in which we reside. Together with our passionate fans and valued network of partners, we are developing Manchester City’s future history.

The key purpose of the Business Development Manager role is to drive forward the Hospitality Sales Department in generating revenue through inbound and outbound sales to deliver our Seasonal Hospitality revenues each season. You will be targeted on selling high value products to our domestic and international client base; it would be highly beneficial to have experience in this field.

1. Build and maintain a pipeline of current and new customers to achieve targets.
2. Accurate reporting of Pipeline.
3. Meet KPI’s which include face to face meetings and hosting prospects on Matchdays.
4. Implement and demonstrate outbound sales efforts by using sales and service best practices, prospecting, networking, lead generation, referral gathering, data capture, and database management.
5. Create and implement unique sales strategies, ideas and programs as a means of producing new business opportunities.

What we are looking for

1. 3-5 years Sales experience of selling High value products.
2. Driven and goal orientated mentality.
3. Pro-active nature.
4. Team player.
5. Strategic Thinker.

City Football Group promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview.

Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Due to our safeguarding promise, all UK based CFG roles will be subject to a DBS check upon commencing employment with us. This will be either a basic, standard or enhanced check depending on the job role and responsibilities.