Business Development Manager - Commercial Training Specialist

KnowledgeBrief

8d•Remote

About The Position

KnowledgeBrief is a leadership and management training provider specializing in apprenticeship delivery, leadership development, business competency training, and professional skills development. Through a blend of apprenticeships, digital learning, workshops, coaching, and practical development programmes, we help individuals and organisations build the knowledge, confidence, and capabilities they need to grow and succeed. Our vision is to inspire the next generation of leaders through high-impact learning experiences that empower great leadership at every level. We support organisations through core leadership and management training, digital and AI upskilling, and broader organisational performance and professional development solutions. We are a values-driven organisation with a strong focus on innovation, authenticity, inspiration, and relationships, creating meaningful impact for our learners, clients, colleagues, and partners. We're looking for a commercially minded and consultative Business Development Manager to join our Commercial team. In this role, you'll help organisations develop their people through leadership, management and professional qualifications, with a particular focus on CMI programmes and bespoke training solutions. Taking a consultative approach, you'll build strong client relationships, carry out training needs analysis to understand organisational goals and skills gaps, and recommend tailored learning solutions that deliver real business impact. Working closely with our Sales, Marketing and Delivery teams, you'll play a key role in growing our commercial training provision and creating long-term partnerships with clients across a range of sectors.

Requirements

Experience in business development, consultative sales or account management.
Experience selling commercial training, professional qualifications or learning and development solutions.
Strong relationship-building, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to identify client needs and develop tailored training solutions.
A proactive, organised and commercially focused approach.

Nice To Haves

Experience selling CMI qualifications or leadership and management development programmes.
Experience within the learning, education or training sector.
Knowledge of apprenticeships or wider workforce development solutions.

Responsibilities

Generate new business opportunities and develop long-term client relationships.
Conduct training needs analysis to identify organisational and workforce development requirements.
Recommend tailored learning solutions, including CMI qualifications, leadership programmes and bespoke training.
Prepare and present commercial proposals aligned to client objectives.
Promote our commercial training portfolio and demonstrate the value of our learning solutions.
Manage your sales pipeline and CRM to ensure opportunities are progressed effectively.
Work collaboratively with internal teams to deliver an outstanding client experience.