Senior Business Development Manager – Innovation Funding – £100k OTE

Senior Business Development Manager | Innovation Funding | £100k+ OTE

£100k+ OTE | Warm inbound leads | Remote | No cold prospecting

About Us

GrantUp helps organisations take disruptive, innovative ideas from idea to market with government grants. We're passionate about securing grants for technology that makes the world better. We’re growing our team and we’re on the lookout for a high performing senior B2B sales professional who enjoys consultative selling and closing deals with intelligent founders and technical stakeholders.

About the Role

• Close £5k–£15k average deal size innovation funding consultancy solutions to highly intelligent founders, CTOs, and academic/technical stakeholders.
• Take multiple warm calls daily, pipeline built for you. No cold calling required.
• Professionally represent a trusted brand in the funding space, working with cutting-edge companies in industries such as biotech, AI, deep tech, and medtech.

Who You Are

• A UK based high-performing B2B closer with 10+ years of proven success.
• Comfortable handling technically complex or academically demanding conversations.
• Naturally curious and capable of learning and articulating grant funding solutions.
• Familiar with long-term, consultative sales cycles and managing objections around pricing and ROI.

Highly Preferred

• Background in innovation consulting, R&D tax credits, or Innovate UK / European funding.
• MSc/MBA/PhD or strong technical acumen.

Who This is Not For

• Those who need a large guaranteed base.
• People who avoid phones or virtual calls.
• Someone unwilling to learn the complex grant funding landscape.

What You’ll Do

• Close deals from qualified inbound leads.
• Handle multiple calls daily via virtual meetings with founders and C-Suite.
• Follow-up rigorously, manage pipeline intelligently, and push for the close.
• Nurture prospects not ready to buy and follow up diligently
• Send tailored proposals to qualified leads outlining closely aligned funding opportunities
• Keep up to date on the ever evolving innovation funding landscape

What You’ll Get

• £100K+ realistic OTE with uncapped commissions.
• Full warm pipeline provided, no cold prospecting.
• Work remotely with full flexibility.
• Pension, private healthcare.
• Work with a friendly, growth mindset team
• Help ambitious companies fulfil their dreams and grow.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Private medical insurance

Work Location: Remote