Workplace & Design - Business Development Manager
Savills Workplace & Design is seeking an experienced and well-connected new business development manager to drive growth across our interior architecture and workplace strategy services.
Role Overview
Savills Workplace & Design is seeking an experienced and well-connected new business development manager to drive growth across our interior architecture and workplace strategy services.
Operating in the London commercial office market, this role focuses on building relationships, generating opportunities and positioning our team as the partner of choice for workplace strategy, interior architecture and fit-out projects for occupiers. You will leverage Savills’ extensive CRM and data platforms, including: CoStar, Salesforce and Athena to identify prospects, shape market insights and convert leads into revenue.
This role involves developing trusted relationships with landlords, occupiers, project managers, cost consultants, contractors, agents, and key industry bodies, while representing Savills at sector events to raise the team’s profile. The position also leads the creation and delivery of pitches, proposals, and RFP responses, presenting confidently to senior stakeholders and clearly articulating Savills’ workplace design and strategy offering. Collaboration is essential, working closely with internal service lines to source opportunities and promote services sensitively, ensuring alignment with both internal teams and external partners.
This role represents an exciting opportunity to join a high‑performing, design‑led team at the forefront of London’s workplace and commercial real estate market, with the platform and relationships to make a real impact.”
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What we offer you:
Career and Professional Development
25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
Life Assurance
Private Medical Scheme
Virtual GP
Global Mobility Scheme
Rewards Platform
Company Pension Scheme
Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave
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Team Overview
Savills Workplace & Design specialises in full service interior architecture and design, development advisory, and workplace strategy for occupiers.
Formerly KKS Savills, we are now based in Savills HQ in London. Our global network of professionals are acknowledged thought leaders in all aspects of workplace strategy and interior architecture and design. Backed by the extensive service-line capabilities, research resources and over 700 offices across the Savills global network, we offer clients an unrivalled and seamless service, either on an independent or all-encompassing basis.
Our offering is hands-on and tailored to meet the needs of each and every one of our clients. Our design studio is guided by an experienced senior leadership team who has gained significant recognition in the industry, has overseen multiple award-winning interior design schemes and has built up an enviable network of contacts.
Our clients are focused on employee well-being and change, a refurbishment or relocation as the vehicle to align business strategies with long-term real estate solutions. Our research and thought leadership looks at best practice within the built environment allowing us to define, design and deliver your workplace of the future.
Recruitment agencies
Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
- Business area
- Professional & Financial Services
- Role
- Workplace Strategy
- Locations
- Margaret Street, London
- Contract Type
- Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Margaret Street, London
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
About Savills
Over 42,000 people work for us in more than 70 countries all over the world. This breadth of global coverage, combined with specialist services and market insight, means we'll always have an expert who is local to you.
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