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Investor Relations and Business Development Associate
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Manchester, Hybrid
Full Time
Salary: A GBP 35,000 to A GBP 40,000 + Bonus (DOE)
About The Company
Our client supports life sciences, healthcare and health tech businesses through fundraising and strategic transaction activity. They combine deep sector knowledge with a targeted, data-led approach to investor engagement, helping innovative businesses connect with the right investors to achieve their growth ambitions.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing specialist advisory business, supporting innovative healthcare, life sciences and health tech companies as they raise investment.
Working closely with clients, partners and campaign teams, you'll build relationships, identify opportunities and help connect businesses with the right investors, while supporting the successful delivery of fundraising campaigns.
Our client is looking for a commercially minded, relationship-focused individual with experience in investor relations, business development, account management, consultancy, client success or another commercial role.
Ideally, you will have experience within life sciences or healthcare. However, our client is also keen to hear from candidates who have gained relevant exposure across the broader health ecosystem, including digital health, diagnostics, biotechnology, medical technology, nutrition, wellness or related sectors.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Identify and prioritise investor engagement opportunities across live fundraising campaigns.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with investors, clients and key industry stakeholders.
- Follow up investor enquiries and convert interest into meaningful conversations.
- Coordinate activity across multiple fundraising campaigns, ensuring clear plans, priorities and deadlines are maintained.
- Communicate confidently with clients, providing updates and helping campaigns remain focused and on track.
- Support targeted investor communications and marketing activity.
- Use CRM data, market intelligence and campaign insight to identify opportunities and inform decision-making.
- Maintain accurate CRM records, activity pipelines and campaign reporting.
- Assist in preparing high-quality investor presentations, communications and supporting documentation.
- Share market insight, investor feedback and sector intelligence to help strengthen future campaigns and our client's profile within the healthcare and life sciences investment community.
What They're Looking For
Essential
- Commercially minded with a passion for building strong client and stakeholder relationships.
- Experience in business development, account management, client success, consultancy, project delivery or a similar commercial, client-facing role.
- Relevant experience or exposure within healthcare, life sciences, health tech or the broader health ecosystem. This could include digital health, diagnostics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical technology, nutrition, wellness or another related sector.
- Able to understand complex healthcare and commercial concepts and communicate them clearly and confidently.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Commercially aware and analytical, using data and insight to support decision-making.
- Experience using CRM systems and maintaining accurate records and pipelines.
- Proactive, organised and detail-oriented, with a self-motivated approach.
- A confident ambassador who represents the business professionally.
- Based within commuting distance of Manchester city centre and happy to work from the office on a regular hybrid basis.
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Desirable
- Experience in investor relations, fundraising, venture capital, private equity, corporate finance or transaction support.
- Direct experience within healthcare, life sciences o
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