Business Development Manager

Role: Business Development Associate (M&A)

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 + OTE £15k - £20k

Location: London (Moorgate), 3 days per week onsite

A fast-scaling, AI-enabled property technology business is hiring a Business Development Associate (M&A) to help drive its acquisition strategy across the UK.

Backed by leading investors and growing rapidly through acquisition, the business is building a modern, technology-enabled platform within a fragmented market. M&A sits at the heart of the growth strategy, and this role will focus on ensuring a constant flow of high-quality acquisition opportunities.

This is not a traditional sales role. It sits within the M&A team and is focused on identifying, qualifying and building relationships with business owners who may become future acquisition targets.

What you'll be doing:

• Identify and engage acquisition targets across the UK market
• Run multi-channel outreach campaigns across phone, email, LinkedIn and industry events
• Build relationships directly with business owners and key decision-makers
• Qualify opportunities and assess strategic fit for acquisition
• Develop and maintain a detailed market map of target businesses
• Research ownership structures, financial performance and operational characteristics
• Build simple financial models and assist with early-stage target evaluation
• Work closely with the M&A team as opportunities progress into diligence and execution
• Represent the business at industry events, conferences and networking opportunities

What you'll need:

• Strong business development, origination, corporate finance or M&A-related experience
• Excellent communication skills and confidence speaking with business owners
• Commercial and financial literacy with the ability to analyse business performance
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple conversations simultaneously
• Comfortable using CRM platforms, data tools and AI-enabled workflows
• Resilient, proactive and motivated by building opportunities from scratch
• Interest in acquisitions, investing, corporate development or private equity

This role would suit someone who enjoys the commercial side of M&A, loves building relationships and wants to be directly involved in sourcing the deals that drive business growth.