General Manager - Business Development

Overview

Join a prominent Australasian healthcare and retail group that operates across pharmacy, technology, and consumer services sectors with an extensive national presence. This role offers the chance to contribute to the company’s ongoing growth by developing new services, markets, partnerships, business models, and revenue streams.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and develop a portfolio of high-value growth prospects and adjacent healthcare opportunities.
• Explore opportunities in new markets, service offerings, business frameworks, and revenue generation.
• Originate, structure, and finalize strategic partnerships and commercial agreements.
• Spot potential ventures, investments, and acquisition targets.
• Engage the right partners and coordinate cross-functional efforts for deal success.
• Collaborate with M&A, finance, and legal teams to manage initiatives from concept through execution.
• Transform promising opportunities into tangible revenue, profit, and enterprise value.

Candidate Profile

• Possess a commercial and entrepreneurial mindset with strong external networking capabilities.
• Operate with humility, hunger for results, commercial acumen, curiosity, and collaboration.
• Demonstrate senior-level experience in strategic partnerships, business or corporate development, new ventures, or commercial growth roles.
• Proven ability to independently originate and close significant partnerships, ventures, or deals.
• Track record of generating new revenue channels, penetrating new markets, or developing innovative business models.
• Exhibit sound commercial and financial judgment with credibility to influence at CEO, executive, and board levels.
• Skilled at navigating complex organizations while maintaining an entrepreneurial approach.
• Energetic and curious with a proactive approach to market engagement and deal closure.

Preferred Background

Experience in healthcare sectors such as pharmaceuticals, pharmacy, diagnostics, medical services, or health technology is highly valued. Exceptional candidates from consumer, retail, technology, or other sophisticated service industries will also be considered.