Growth Manager

The Role
 
The Growth Manager role is a hands-on, delivery-focused position that keeps our new business engine running day to day. Sitting at the centre of the growth team, the role supports lead generation and prospect research and owns the practical running of our pitch and proposal processes  timelines, resourcing support, submissions and deadlines. Reporting to the Associate Growth Director, the role works closely with Client Services and the cross functional team (Strategy, Creative, Corporate Marketing) to ensure every opportunity is delivered on time, on brief and consistently to a high standard.

What you'll do

- Support lead generation through prospect research, account and market mapping, and building target lists within priority sectors and therapy areas.

- Work to the priorities set by the Associate Growth Director and GM leadership team, keeping outreach activity and trackers updated with live and near-term opportunities.

- Build relationships with prospective clients and contacts, supporting senior colleagues on credentials calls and following up afterwards.

- Coordinate assigned pitch, credentials and RFI/RFP processes end-to-end under the direction of the Associate Growth Director – capturing and communicating actions, building and managing timelines, and ensuring delivery against agreed milestones to a high standard of clarity and consistency.

- Progressively support proposal development by briefing and collating input from Strategy, client teams and subject matter experts, and pulling it together into a clear, well-formatted, on-brand response.

- Manage RFI/RFP portal actions and submissions, ensuring all requirements and deadlines are all met.

- Work with team leads and resourcing to secure the right people for each pitch, and book and protect studio, design and PowerPoint production time.

- Set up and run the pitch operating rhythm – kick-off, status calls, check-ins and rehearsals – including rooms, tech and logistics.

- Run the day-to-day awards process end-to-end: maintaining the awards calendar and budget tracker, flagging relevant opportunities, briefing and collating entry content, managing approvals, and submitting entries on time.

- Support the production of propositions, POVs and go-to-market materials, coordinating input and managing them through to final artwork.

About you

- Previous agency experience, with a good understanding of what clients are looking for and how agency teams work, and experience supporting growth/new business - pitches, credentials, and proposals

- Strong project management skills, with the confidence to run timelines and keep several workstreams moving at once.

- Proficient in PowerPoint, Word and Excel, and comfortable producing and formatting client-ready materials.

- Proactive, organised, and resilient under tight deadlines

- Collaborative – works effectively across teams and is comfortable coordinating, and chasing, senior stakeholders.

- Developing commercial awareness: understands agency positioning, market trends and the commercial needs of the business.

- A genuine ‘do-er’ – hands-on, happy to own the detail and the admin, and takes pride in getting things over the line.

- Operational decision-maker: confident making day-to-day calls on process, timelines and logistics, and knows when to escalate.

- Healthcare, pharma, biotech or medtech experience preferable

What we can offer

You'll receive up to a 7% pension contribution, life insurance, income protection, and private medical insurance for peace of mind. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including flexible hybrid working, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year. We provide 25 days of annual leave plus two personal well-being days, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.

Access free counselling through our employee assistance program, as well as personalized health support. Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey, as well as on-demand support from our partner Peppy. You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business.

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