Senior Business Development Manager - Manned Guarding

Job title: Senior Business Development Manager - Manned Guarding

Salary: To £70k basic + Car Allowance + 1% commission on new business + benefits per year

Senior Business Development Manager - Manned Guarding / Security (M25 & M4 Corridor)

Salary & Package: to £70k basic + Car Allowance + 1% commission on new business + benefits

The Opportunity

Palmer McCarthy has been retained as sole agent to appoint a Senior Business Development Manager for one of the UK's top 10 manned guarding and security companies.

This is a high-impact sales and business development role with a prestigious, investment-backed organisation that is serious about growth in manned guarding and security services.

If you're performing in security sales and business development today and want a bigger platform, stronger brand, and genuine backing for business development and sales, this is worth a conversation.

The Role

You will drive business development and sales across manned guarding and security services within the M25 and M4 corridor, with additional opportunities across the South Coast-Birmingham region.

Your focus is clear:

• Identify where security spend sits
• Open doors through proactive sales and business development
• Convert into manned guarding and security contracts

Target sectors include:

• Property Managing Agents
• Logistics, Distribution & Warehousing
• Data Centres & Business Parks
• Corporate clients

What Success Looks Like

Build and convert a strong business development pipeline in security and manned guarding.

Deliver £1m new business in year one through sales and business development activity.

Grow towards £2m+ annual in security sales and manned guarding contracts.

Establish yourself as a credible figure in the security and manned guarding market.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive sales and business development activity in manned guarding and security.
• Identify, pursue, and convert new security business development opportunities.
• Lead high-level meetings and pitches for manned guarding and security solutions.
• Build and maintain a consistent pipeline of security sales opportunities.
• Use CRM and structured activity to deliver against business development and sales targets.
• Network effectively to grow presence in the security and manned guarding sector.

What We're Looking For

• Proven track record in sales and business development within manned guarding / security.
• Strong performer in security sales, used to winning new manned guarding business.
• Able to build pipeline and convert through effective business development and sales execution.
• Commercially sharp, target-driven, and comfortable being measured on security sales performance.
• Confident engaging senior stakeholders and leading manned guarding and security sales conversations.

Why This Role?

• Top 10 UK security business with a strong reputation in manned guarding and security services.
• Investment-backed growth in business development and sales with strong bid support.
• High-earning potential through security sales and manned guarding contract wins.
• Autonomy to run your own territory and drive business development activity.
• A role where sales performance and business development results are recognised and rewarded.
• Reporting to a Commercial Director that understands sales.

Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.

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