Business Development Consultant

About us 

We are a leading consultancy with a purpose to make an enduring impact on health and healthcare. We work with leaders and frontline teams to improve health, transform healthcare, drive adoption of innovation and create value through investment. 

Our consultancy serves the entire healthcare sector, from payors and providers of care, to life science companies, health tech and sector suppliers and health investors. We provide end-to-end services, from strategy through implementation, accelerated by data, digital and AI. 

We shape opinion through evidence-based thought leadership on key issues affecting health. With unmatched ability to access and use health data, our consultants are a driving force for delivering positive and meaningful change. 

Our strategic intent 

We are focused on building the leading consulting company dedicated to health. We serve the entire healthcare sector, including healthcare systems (providers, payors and regulators), life sciences (pharmaceuticals, biotech, devices and diagnostics), health technology, health investors, and the wider supplier landscape. 

We provide end-to-end services, from strategy through implementation, supporting organisations to improve population health and healthcare outcomes. Our work spans strategy and transformation, finance and performance improvement, and delivery accelerated by data, digital and AI. We help clients understand their ambitions, identify opportunities to create value, apply innovation in practice, and deliver sustainable, measurable change. 

Our consulting is accelerated by data. With an unmatched ability to access and use health data, we are recognised for our expertise in its safe and responsible application, improving health and healthcare delivery, supporting adoption of innovation, generating evidence, and informing decision-making. Our engineering and data science capabilities underpin our consulting and are also deployed directly with clients, often as part of multidisciplinary teams. 

We are building a community of expert consultants who want to operate at the leading edge of the profession and who share a passion for health. Through structured career development from Analyst to Partner, underpinned by apprenticeship, mentorship and formal training, we are cultivating the leaders of the future and supporting individuals to develop distinctive expertise that creates value for our clients. 

Our Mission 

Our mission is to be invaluable to our clients, supporting them to innovate and make lasting improvements and to build an exceptional company that attracts, develops, and retains a trusted and uniquely talented team. 

About the Role 

As a Business Development Consultant, you will support CF’s Health Systems practice by supporting the end-to-end business development activities and processes to manage and grow the practice.  

This role requires strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle multiple priorities. You’ll work closely with the Business Development Manager, Partners and consulting and corporate teams to ensure business development efforts align to the Health System practice strategy and client needs to support our growth. 

If you are proactive, detail-oriented, and eager to grow your expertise in business development and consulting focused in the healthcare sector, this role offers an excellent opportunity to make an impact. 

Responsibilities  

You will assist in identifying and tracking opportunities, managing the pipeline, maintaining the CRM, managing bid resources, supporting content development for proposals, knowledge management, standardisation, drafting contracts, and ensuring smooth processes across the practice. 

• Assist in developing detailed, professional proposal documents that articulate CF's products, services, and unique value 

• Research and track future work opportunities that align with the objectives of CF  

• Effectively coordinate bid opportunities, including organising meetings, managing the storage of updates and clarifications, and uploading tender responses and queries 

• Manage our CRM by logging new opportunities, capturing key information about each opportunity, and recording and coding feedback we receive following bid submission 

• Provide bid support and administration to the Business Development Manager and bid teams for Health Systems 

• Create bid mobilisation documents, lodge clarification questions, complete bid compliance documents in line with client requirements, proof reading, submitting proposals via client online portals, collating CVs, case studies and other materials for proposals as needed 

• Support knowledge management through file management, templatisation of materials and collation of best-practice materials for future use 

• Provide timely updates on the business development function to the SLT and wider business development function as needed  

• Leverage our CRM, CMap and other CF tools to build and maintain a robust repository of response content and bid enablement materials 

• Identify gaps and provide insights to enhance our proposal strategy based on customer feedback 

• Coordinate inputs for the Practice governance cycle, including supporting developing the strategy 

• 2+ years of experience in business development, business analyst, project management, proposal / technical writing, or a related role  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly 

• Strong project management and organisational skills to handle multiple priorities and deadlines 

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products 

• Experience with CMap, or CRM systems advantageous 

Flexible working  

Our default is to work in person with our clients, but we also support remote working. Team members can work from home one day per week as standard, and we offer an additional 44 remote working days per year. This allows you to work from home up to two days per week-subject to client needs- or use your allowance in blocks, depending on what works best for you. Office hours are flexible within our core hours of 10am–4pm. 

• We offer a competitive and flexible reward package designed to support you at work and beyond it. You will benefit from a generous holiday allowance that grows with your career (minimum of 25 days), a strong employer pension contribution, and the freedom to tailor benefits to suit your lifestyle, from wellbeing and fitness to financial protection.
• We are committed to supporting life’s important moments, with enhanced family leave, income and life protection, and access to practical benefits that make everyday life easier, such as interest-free loans and travel support.
• Your wellbeing matters to us. You will have access to a comprehensive wellbeing and employee assistance programme, preventative health benefits, and initiatives that support an active, balanced way of working.
• Above all, we invest in our people; offering flexibility, security, and benefits that grow with you, so you can do your best work while building a sustainable and rewarding career.