Business Development Manager
Salary
£30,000 Basic Salary | Uncapped Commission | OTE £45,000+
Job Summary
Are you a driven salesperson who loves creating opportunities and winning new business?
Do you thrive on building relationships, opening doors and turning conversations into commercial opportunities?
If so, we'd love to hear from you.
We're looking for an ambitious Business Development Manager to become one of the driving forces behind the continued growth of Maxine Lester Lettings & Property Management.
This is a proactive, target-driven role. You won't be waiting for leads to land in your lap, you'll be creating opportunities through cold calling, prospecting, networking, referrals and following up historic enquiries.
Working alongside our Senior Lettings Valuer, your role is to generate high-quality, fully qualified appointments, not simply fill a diary. Every appointment should have a genuine opportunity to convert into new business.
You'll also play a key role in growing our existing landlord portfolio by identifying opportunities to convert Tenant Find landlords onto our Fully Managed service.
About You
You're confident, resilient and love speaking to people.
Cold calling doesn't faze you—you enjoy the challenge of opening conversations and uncovering opportunities.
You're commercially driven, motivated by targets and understand that consistent activity leads to consistent results.
Most importantly, you take pride in generating quality opportunities, not just hitting activity numbers.
The Role
This role combines:
- Business Development
- Lead Generation
- Cold Calling
- Relationship Building
- Pipeline Management
- Commercial Growth
Your priority is simple:
Generate quality opportunities that convert into instructions.
Key Responsibilities
- Generate new landlord opportunities through cold calling, prospecting, networking, referrals and follow-up activity.
- Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of prospective landlords.
- Carry out high-quality Discovery Calls to understand landlord needs and motivations.
- Book fully qualified valuation appointments for the Senior Lettings Valuer.
- Convert Tenant Find landlords onto our Fully Managed service.
- Maintain accurate CRM records and ensure no opportunity is missed.
- Build long-term relationships that generate repeat business and referrals.
- Represent the business professionally at networking events, seminars and marketing initiatives.
Performance Expectations
This is a performance-driven role.
Success will be measured through:
- Discovery Calls completed.
- Qualified valuation appointments booked.
- Quality of appointments generated.
- Tenant Find to Fully Managed conversions.
- New landlord opportunities created.
- CRM quality and follow-up.
- Contribution towards overall business growth.
We're looking for someone who enjoys being accountable, thrives on achieving ambitious targets and understands that quality always beats quantity.
Experience & Skills
Essential
- Proven business development or sales experience.
- Confident cold caller with excellent communication skills.
- Strong objection handling and negotiation ability.
- Commercially aware and target driven.
- Excellent relationship-building skills.
- Highly organised and self-motivated.
- CRM experience.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
Desirable
- Residential lettings or estate agency experience.
- Local market knowledge.
- ARLA qualification.
The Rewards
We recognise that attracting exceptional people means offering exceptional rewards.
The successful candidate will receive a basic salary of £30,000, together with an uncapped commission and bonus structure, offering realistic On-Target Earnings of £45,000+.
There is no ceiling on earnings. The more quality opportunities you generate and the more business you help secure, the greater your earning potential.
Alongside a rewarding commission structure, you'll benefit from genuine career progression, ongoing professional development and the opportunity to play a key role within one of the region's leading independent lettings businesses.
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (20 days in Year 1)
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Pension with up to 5% employer contribution
- Life Assurance (3 x salary after one year's service)
- Private Health Cover
- £300 annual Spa/Gym contribution after one year's service
- Ongoing professional development
- Career progression opportunities
- Supportive, ambitious working environment
- Company events
Licence: Full UK Driving Licence (required)
Work Location: In person
Pay: £30,000.00-£45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
Work Location: In person
