Business Development Manager - Digital Commerce

Business Development Manager - Digital Commerce

Location: Home-based with travel to client site or Columbus offices as required

Salary: Negotiable (We aim to improve your current package)

Bonus: Yes

Holiday: 25 Days, Plus Bank Holidays (Increasing with Service)

Medical Insurance: Yes (terms apply) plus additional Health Cashback Plan

Hours: Full time (36.5 hpw)

Travel/Expenses: A car is required for travel to client sites - expensed at 55p per mile from home address (excluding travel to any Columbus Office within 35mi)

About Columbus

THRIVE, GROW and SHAPE THE FUTURE

Columbus is a global digital consultancy with a local presence, helping businesses transform and thrive through technology, data, and human insight. We're a workplace where careers are nurtured and development is supported through clear, structured career paths.

Our culture is built on trust, collaboration, curiosity, and a shared commitment to delivering customer success. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting out, you'll find the freedom to explore ideas, challenge convention, and shape your own path.

Diversity and Inclusion are close to our hearts. By joining our team, you will be part of a supportive network that values your voice, respects your ideas, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. Our average length of service in the UK is 8 years, as we are committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace culture that celebrates and supports career growth and advancement in becoming a Trusted Advisor. We provide equal opportunities for everyone, ensuring a level playing field for all candidates.

The Role

You'll spend your time building relationships with prospective customers, understanding their goals and challenges, and working with colleagues across Columbus to develop solutions that create value. You'll shape new business opportunities, guide customers through their digital transformation journey and contribute to the ongoing growth of our Digital Commerce business line.

You'll also play an active role in our go-to-market initiatives, working closely with marketing, partners and subject matter experts to create opportunities and expand our reach.

Travel and Hybrid Working

We have an environment that gives you the flexibility to achieve an effective work-life balance for you and your family, whether you want to work from home or at one of our luxury Cubo offices around the UK.

We continue to offer our customers onsite consultancy time if requested, so flexibility around travel and overnight stays is expected, dependent on the project requirements. Onsite time is planned ahead of time, within 2-week blocks, so you know well in advance where you will be working.

We encourage those in customer-facing roles to aim to come into the office at least once a month, and also team meetings and client meetings; however, you can work from Nottingham HQ or any Cubo office regularly if you prefer, whichever suits you.

About You – The Essentials

• Experience in business development, account management or another customer-facing commercial role
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to engage a range of stakeholders
• A collaborative approach, proactive mindset and a genuine interest in helping customers solve challenges
• Full driver's licence and access to a vehicle
• Curious, looking to challenge the status quo and improve
• Collaborates well with both internal and external colleagues
• Committed to personal development and becoming a Trusted Advisor in your field

What We Can Offer

You will be a part of both a local and global team, where you not only share knowledge but also a laugh or two. We value our employees and leave room for flexibility so that you can enjoy a work-life balance.

At Columbus, you will get:

• 25 Days Annual Leave (Increasing with Service)
• Columbus Benefits Hub – Discounts on Tickets, Shopping, Holidays, Food and More
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Access to Free Training Courses Delivered by Columbus Academy
• Free Microsoft Certifications and access to Microsoft Learn
• Modern air-conditioned office spaces fully managed by Cubo (multiple UK locations)
• Free Barista Coffee and hot drinks made in-house
• Free Beer and Fizz every day (2 - 5pm)
• Casual Dress Code in our Offices
• Personal Pension Plan
• Life Assurance x4 Salary
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme
• £2,500 payment for successful candidate referrals (if eligible)
• Flexi-phone upgrade scheme (if eligible)
• Plus many many more (check out our careers pages for details)
• Employee Wellbeing Program (terms apply)
• Free 24/7 Access to Cubo Gym(s)
• Vitality Medical Insurance
• Westfield Health Cash plan (includes an Employee Assistance Lines)
• Mental health first aiders
• Virtual suggestion boxes

Next Steps

If this sounds like the role for you, then please drop a copy of your CV over today via our website and "Apply for this job" or CV not up-to-date? then apply using your LinkedIn profile in seconds.

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STAY CURIOUS, COLLABORATE, BUILD TRUST, and DELIVER CUSTOMER SUCCESS

Suitable for candidates working with/as: Sales Development Representative, Business Development, New Sales, Sales Manager