Consultant, Business Development, Business

Final date to receive applications: 12 January 2026

Department: Transport

Location: London and Milton Keynes

Compensation: £42,000 - £54,000 / year

Contract type/Duration: Permanent

Working hours: Full time (9 day fortnight company wide)

Band: 2.2

Salary: £42,000 - £54,000 (depending on office location and proven ability)

Reports to: Head of Integrated Transport Delivery

Location: Milton Keynes/London (minimum of two days a week in the office)

Internal Job Code:

Closing date: 9am on 12 January 2026

Recruiter Interview: Week commencing 19 January 2026

Panel Interview: Week commencing 26 January 2026

You will be part of the Integrated Transport team within the Transport Business Unit, supporting the maturation and operational readiness of transport technology. The team works with innovators, SMEs (small and medium enterprises), and other industry to accelerate the incorporation of new and impactful technology to better serve future mobility needs. We ensure technology is developed in the context of environmental priorities and addresses the market opportunity drawn from wider Connected Places Catapult expertise.

• Providing technical input into projects relating to one or more initiatives on behalf of a range of commercial and government clients.
• Enabling industry to build required capabilities for growth and innovation to address market barriers and create opportunities.
• Helping to develop strategies and project ideas on one or more initiatives.
• Building relationships with customers, project partners and other industry/government/academic stakeholders.
• Contributing to programmes with substantial complexity, requiring delegation of tasks to team members.
• Delivering impactful analysis and reports to customers in a range of new mobility areas.
• Developing your own skills and capabilities to deliver work that aligns with our objectives.
• Contributing to business development by identifying opportunities and contributing to proposals and bidding activity as required.
• Representing Connected Places Catapult at relevant industry events, conferences and meetings as appropriate.
• Undertaking any other reasonable duties to support the Connected Places Catapult in achieving its strategic outcomes and ensuring effective business operations, including providing cover for members of the team as required.

• Meet revenue targets.
• Spot opportunities.
• Contribute to bids and proposals.
• Increase client confidence in and credibility of CPC, manage sell‑ons and 2nd phase wins.
• Ensure CRM system is updated with stakeholder contact and any account information including opportunity management.
• Scope and lead streams of work.
• Shape the planning and budgeting of work.
• Shape and design the deliverables.
• Manage the PMO and commercial control.
• Organise the work stream for the core and virtual team members.
• Provide excellence in delivery.
• Meet or exceed utilisation targets.
• Design and plan innovative and professional delivery.
• Develop senior client buy‑in across a range of stakeholders.
• Hold face‑off accountability at senior management levels.
• Update CRM system with contact of client information.
• Contribute profession/specialism into delivery and proposal development.
• Provide thought leadership.
• Work in profession virtual community.
• Provide learning opportunities.
• Maintain own professional development.
• Ensure an ethos of equity, inclusivity and diversity underpin your work activity, contribute to inclusive innovation across all Catapult activities.
• You may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties to support the Catapult in achieving its strategic outcomes and ensuring effective business operations.

• Spark creative thinking across all tasks.
• Apply systems thinking to problem solving.
• Create effective networks.
• Use personal influence to progress beyond challenges and blockers.
• Use experience to provide the voice of the customer in all activities.
• Effectively manage communication across teams and stakeholders, lead meetings and contribute to publications and events.
• Co‑ordinate plans across activities.
• Role model agility and adaptation.
• Champion and promote inclusion and sustainability.

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