Senior Business Development Associate

Location: London, United Kingdom; attendance at the London office as needed.

Salary: £55,000–£60,000 GBP per year, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global is a global design consultancy that partners with clients across healthcare, mobility, education, retail, and other sectors to solve complex challenges through human-centred design.

What you will do

• Support the London Studio in landing project work with new and returning clients, manage opportunity qualification, and maintain continuity across the business development process.
• Run pipeline meetings, coordinate internal leadership and design expertise, and help frame opportunities, scope programmes, and define next steps.
• Prepare pitch decks, proposals, research, discussion guides, client deliverable options, and consulting solutions.
• Track revenue, profit, yield, time-to-close, conversion, qualification, and win-rate KPIs; provide reporting and monthly market and thought-leadership insights.
• Maintain HubSpot CRM, Google Drive BD documentation, client and prospect lists, legal workflows, follow-ups, account planning, and lead-generation activities.
• Build internal and professional networks, support campaigns and events, and explore GenAI applications for client intelligence and RFP response scoring.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of relevant experience in client relationship management and business development, preferably in a creative environment and/or design consultancy.
• Project management skills, including prioritisation, maintaining momentum, developing timelines, engaging stakeholders, and balancing internal and client needs.
• Ability to create and deliver presentations, proposals, and other business development assets.
• Data literacy and fluency with G Suite Slides, Docs, and Sheets, Workday, and CRM systems, including translating quantitative outputs into qualitative business insights.
• Exceptional writing, communication, presentation, and collaboration skills for working effectively with clients and internal teams.
• Ability to conduct and synthesise research, with familiarity with market analysis tools, datasets, and benchmarks.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to determine next steps in ambiguous situations with limited direction.
• Willingness to support tasks of different sizes, collaborate across design disciplines, learn from failure, take ownership, and work with curiosity and empathy.

Culture & Benefits

• Work across projects involving digital products and experiences, customer interactions, innovation capabilities, and purpose-driven design.
• Learning and growth support, including a learning budget for strengthening business development capabilities.
• Collaborative, multidisciplinary community with an emphasis on curiosity, empathy, openness, inclusion, and work-life balance.
• Participation in London community activities, hub gatherings, internal rituals, and organisational business development initiatives.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion across the organisation, client work, research, and design.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV, cover letter, and examples of work.